Personally I feel like a good amount of "gouging" in price also comes from the vendor.
One of my local camera shops sells Fuji 400 (the Kodak UltraMAX variant) for $21 a pack of 3. She said they sell out almost as soon as they arrive, and they still make a profit. She figures it's incentive for folks who just bring their film there to process anyway.
Look around at any other on-line vendor; B&H, Freestyle, etc, and they're anywhere from 2-4x that price.
Personally I feel like a good amount of "gouging" in price also comes from the vendor.
One of my local camera shops sells Fuji 400 (the Kodak UltraMAX variant) for $21 a pack of 3. She said they sell out almost as soon as they arrive, and they still make a profit. She figures it's incentive for folks who just bring their film there to process anyway.
Look around at any other on-line vendor; B&H, Freestyle, etc, and they're anywhere from 2-4x that price.
That may well be so, but the manufacturing companies are not plotting to upset the special few who are the same special few who complain about the manufacturers gouging them.
Yet the proof is in the pudding. ektachrome is 3 times cheaper for cinema than the same for still shooters.
Rolling it in to a cassette is not 3 times the price. If this is the case can I get some portra400 400’ feet for $316?
Those decisions are based on marketing knowledge which none of us is privy to, and not based on Kodak's personal attack on the tin hatted few.
Few? I bet you majority of people think Kodak are price gouging still shooters. Let’s poll…
That may well be so, but the manufacturing companies are not plotting to upset the special few who are the same special few who complain about the manufacturers gouging them.
They're certainly not paying anywhere near that much money to obtain it from Kodak / Fuji.
One example is E100 @ 400 foot. Anybody can call Kodak direct and order some up, have it shipped to you. Or, pay B&H, and have $100+ added to the price. Free shipping doesn't save that much.
Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy
No, we do not. We understand that business is not as simple as some are assuming, but none of us take it personally.
How much is kodak’s price? Are you talking about the cinema packaging? Or do they sale bulk for still.One example is E100 @ 400 foot. Anybody can call Kodak direct and order some up, have it shipped to you. Or, pay B&H, and have $100+ added to the price. Free shipping doesn't save that much.
And if you paid them to add frame numbers and split it into individual rolls, their increased costs would greatly increase your price. The cost of the "bulk" film is a significant portion of the final cost of rolls, but just a part.
520$ for 400ft of film, equals 72 36 exp rolls, which means 7,22$ for a 36 exp roll of Ektachrome E100, versus 25$ of factory loaded same film. Big difference.How much is kodak’s price? Are you talking about the cinema packaging?
Why do you guys think Kodak stopped making bulk portra but still sale TMAX and TRIX?
Well I take that back -- it appears B&H is selling the film at the EXACT same price as Kodak direct-
Even their Vision3 lines. 400 foot, $520 for E100, $316 for Vision3 500T. SO much for my case of price-gouging...this wasn't true earlier this year...
Since when does Kodak or any other major manufacturer sell mere individuals anything direct unless it's no longer fresh? First of all you, need to establish some serious purchasing clout yourself. Most camera stores now require a middleman distributor themselves. The pandemic wiped out the momentum of many of them to do otherwise. Net pricing is often based upon the size of the buy. I don't have access to the cost structure of any of these film manufacturers, but know darn well from my own career as a corporate good buyer how the game is played. Some minor brands do allow direct personal orders, but at full list price - they're not going to undercut their own distributors and middlemen if they've got any brains at all. And most simply can't waste their time on"tire kickers".
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