Knowing expiration date before purchasing

[GregY]

Obviously. But I'm talking more about the fact that you can always make a new print (as long as you have the negative) - you can't always take a new photo.

Don...I don't really care what you're tallking about... Chuck asked this question...
"Is there a way to know the expiration date on paper or film before you make the purchase.
Yes....I i'm talking about buying expensive paper & finding it's short-dated....

 

[Don_ih]

Don...I don't really care what you're tallking about..

Then why did you respond to me?

 

[Chuck_P]

And I think the number of people who make enlargements is probably 50 - 100 times as many as the number of people who join in the exchanges.

Not many.

I would agree for sure. I wouldn't be able to put a number on it but that sounds like a healthy amount.

 

[GregY]

Then why did you respond to me?

Because of your negative passive agressive answer.... "Obviously"

 

[Don_ih]

negative passive agressive answer.

I'm not passive aggressive.

 

[MattKing]

Moderator hat on:
Gentlemen - perhaps it might be best to agree to disagree, in the classic Alberta/Ontario way?

 

[Don_ih]

it might be best to agree to disagree

I'll agree to that, but in general I'm bad at agreeing to disagree. It goes against my actively aggressive nature.

 

[axestrata]

At least, that is the way it is supposed to work.

I contacted Harman Technology support in October 2022 with the following question:
"Your website says my unopened Ilford Rapid Fixer should be good for "two years," and my Simplicity Ilfosol 3 sachets should be good for "18 months." But from when does that time start? I can't find any manufacturing dates or expiration dates on your products."

After I furnished Harman with the batch numbers from their packaging, it was determined that the Simplicity Ilfosol 3 had a manufacturing date of Nov 2018, so should have been good until May 2020 -- but when I bought it from B&H in Feb 2022, it was already 21 months older than its use-by-date.

Harman tech support was very helpful -- they replaced the developer at no cost to me and they gave me a couple of bottles of fixer as well, even though those were in-date when I bought them. And she said they would follow up with B&H about their inventory management.

BTW, the last Kodak brand chemistry I purchased was a bag of D-76 I got from B&H in Sept of 2024, and it is stamped with an actual Expiration date, which I much prefer to Harman's indecipherable "batch numbers."

This is good to know as I consider doing my own b&w developing at home.