the cheap fujicolor 200 film on sale at walmart

[Truzi]

Well, I stand corrected... went to pick up the five packs I ordered online, and went back to check the shelf price - nearly $10. That tells you it's been a while since I've been in Walmart. I could swear it was around $7 a year ago.

They had a good stock of Fuji 400 and 800 film, as well as "single"-use cameras. One must wonder why they are putting the 200 on sale. I know little of retailing, though, so it might just be one of their normal decisions.

 

[Vonder]

Difference between Fujicolor 200 sold at Walmart and Superia 200? - a Reply from Fuji

Thank you for contacting FUJIFILM North America Corporation. Please allow us to assist you.

There is no difference between the films; all of our 35mm film uses the Superia branding.

We sincerely hope this information has been beneficial to you. If you should have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us in the future. It would be our pleasure to assist you again.

Thank you for your interest in FUJIFILM products and services.

Respectfully,

Damion
Authorized Customer Care Representative
Customer Care, Imaging Division
FUJIFILM North America Corporation
Email: contactfuji@fujifilm.com

 

[ulysses]

Regular price was $6.59 when I picked up my 3 packs ordered on line. I had wanted 5, but got cut back to 3 when ordering. They had plenty on the shelf, but I didn't have time to argue.

 

[destroya]

when i bought my 10 packs, it only allowed me to get 5. but when i viewed my cart, i change the quantity to 10 and it went through. maybe try that

 

[clayne]

Thank you for contacting FUJIFILM North America Corporation. Please allow us to assist you.

There is no difference between the films; all of our 35mm film uses the Superia branding.

I was right! 4 rolls of film sent to my address please.

 

[x100art]

Just picked up 4 packs, just waiting for the email confirmation for it to be ready for pickup

 

[StoneNYC]

Seriously, does anyone get the impression that film is harder to obtain cheaply than it was merely two or so years ago? Walgreens had Fuji 800 film on sale for $1 per roll only three years ago and there was no mad rush for it. - David Lyga

This is because they are getting rid of old stock... The reason it's so cheap is because new stock isn't being made... They are just getting rid of it, so it's getting harder to find cheap because it's running out... Get it while you can!

If I were a C-41 shooter I would probably jump on this (everyone else seems to think it's a grand film) but it would be a waste of money for me, I'm much happier spending $100 for 20 images on E-6 than a few bucks on 36 images ... Hmm wonder it I'm going crazy... Lol

 

[David Lyga]

Well, under so-called 'capitalism' there should soon be emerging an entrepreneur who will make 'no frills' film for cheap. (But, somehow I think that Adam Smith will quietly prevent that from happening with an 'invisible hand' stopping such thinking in its tracks.)

Why is it so damn EXPENSIVE for a a manufacturer to make cheap, 'good quality control' film? The amount of silver in it is miniscule. Freestyle is having a 'sale' on past date TMAX 100 film in bulk 100 foot rolls. The price is 'only' $80. I wonder what the non-discounted retail price for a lousy 100 feet of that film is when FRESH? $150? One 36 exposure roll of TMX FRESH is 10 bucks! WHY? And US prices are CHEAP compared with where others live. Just ask SEAN how expensive New Zealand film prices are!

It HAS to be low demand which prevents this cost-effective film resurgence from ocurring. - David Lyga

 

[destroya]

dont think they are getting rid of old stock. use by date is late 2016

 

[StoneNYC]

Well, under so-called 'capitalism' there should soon be emerging an entrepreneur who will make 'no frills' film for cheap. (But, somehow I think that Adam Smith will quietly prevent that from happening with an 'invisible hand' stopping such thinking in its tracks.)

Why is it so damn EXPENSIVE for a a manufacturer to make cheap, 'good quality control' film? The amount of silver in it is miniscule. Freestyle is having a 'sale' on past date TMAX 100 film in bulk 100 foot rolls. The price is 'only' $80. I wonder what the non-discounted retail price for a lousy 100 feet of that film is when FRESH? $150? One 36 exposure roll of TMX FRESH is 10 bucks! WHY? And US prices are CHEAP compared with where others live. Just ask SEAN how expensive New Zealand film prices are!

It HAS to be low demand which prevents this cost-effective film resurgence from ocurring. - David Lyga

That doesn't seem right... B&H has it cheaper..

 

[x100art]

Just got an email confirmation that my order was canceled because it's out of stock

 

[jstout]

Picked up 4 packs today. At $1.25 a roll it will be so much more fun to use than five or ten-dollar film, and anyway, I think this is very good film. It will be fun to try developing color myself for the first time, (and also, I hope to get some nice pictures). These are the "good old days". They're practically giving away F5 and F4 Nikons, just to name a couple, plus enlargers. It seems like it used to cost so much more to have so much creative enjoyment. I hope to make hay while the sun shines.

 

[StoneNYC]

Picked up 4 packs today. At $1.25 a roll it will be so much more fun to use than five or ten-dollar film, and anyway, I think this is very good film. It will be fun to try developing color myself for the first time, (and also, I hope to get some nice pictures). These are the "good old days". They're practically giving away F5 and F4 Nikons, just to name a couple, plus enlargers. It seems like it used to cost so much more to have so much creative enjoyment. I hope to make hay while the sun shines.

If I thought I would use it, I totally would jump on this.

 

[Pioneer]

Once I got notice that Fuji intended another price increase in January I had been stocking up at 6.59 a pack already but it jumped to over 9 dollars this past weekend. Then I spotted this sale so I have bought five more packs but now it won't allow me to get anymore locally and it says it is out of stock on-line. Ah well, good little sale while it lasted.

 

[Xmas]

One 36 exposure roll of TMX FRESH is 10 bucks! WHY? And US prices are CHEAP compared with where others live. Just ask SEAN how expensive New Zealand film prices are!

It HAS to be low demand which prevents this cost-effective film resurgence from ocurring. - David Lyga

If you are selling hot cakes from a street market stall and it gets dark and people are going home you need to turn off the bottled gas before then to maximise profit and sell the last ones cheap or discard, cause cheap is still something.

If everyone gets type II diabetic so that they only buy apple's from neighbours stall and your bottle of butane gas needs replacing...

Buy the bulk before it gets darker... our fresh trix was 129 GBP last time I looked that is 215USD...

 

[David Lyga]

An endearing, albeit belated, 'Merry Christmas', xmas.

Seriously, there seems to be no stopping this (recent) film demand at prices which are (in relative terms, not absolute ones) rather cheap. Also, there seems to be a shade of terror here, with 'last stocks' being grabbed up quickly.

I hope this quest for film continues because then, the 'invisible hand' that Adam Smith is (in)famous for will manifest. Entreprenuers...listening?

Sorry for knocking the 'Britannia', xmas, but USD 215 is utterly outrageous for a lousy 100 feet of Tri-X. That's about $1 for 5 inches, about 33 cents (or about 20 pence) per picture. - David Lyga

 

[StoneNYC]

An endearing, albeit belated, 'Merry Christmas', xmas.

Seriously, there seems to be no stopping this (recent) film demand at prices which are (in relative terms, not absolute ones) rather cheap. Also, there seems to be a shade of terror here, with 'last stocks' being grabbed up quickly.

I hope this quest for film continues because then, the 'invisible hand' that Adam Smith is (in)famous for will manifest. Entreprenuers...listening?

Sorry for knocking the 'Britannia', xmas, but USD 215 is utterly outrageous for a lousy 100 feet of Tri-X. That's about $1 for 5 inches, about 33 cents (or about 20 pence) per picture. - David Lyga

I agree that's too much, but again the dollar is weak here...

 

[David Lyga]

STONE: I thought that the US Dollar was 'good as gold' (At least that was what was said in the 50s.)

Seems the downfall was presaged by the 'fiatization' brought about, slowly and quietly, by the debasement of metal coinage after 1964. Before 1965, every US dime, quarter, half dollar, and dollar was made of 90% silver. "Then": 4 Swiss francs per US dollar. "NOW": 0.8 Swiss francs per US Dollar. WOW! More so, especially because the Swiss ALSO debased their franc. Something we are doing to our monetary system is very nefarious. - David Lyga

 

[StoneNYC]

STONE: I thought that the US Dollar was 'good as gold' (At least that was what was said in the 50s.)

Seems the downfall was presaged by the 'fiatization' brought about, slowly and quietly, by the debasement of metal coinage after 1964. Before 1965, every US dime, quarter, half dollar, and dollar was made of 90% silver. "Then": 4 Swiss francs per US dollar. "NOW": 0.8 Swiss francs per US Dollar. WOW! More so, especially because the Swiss ALSO debased their franc. Something we are doing to our monetary system is very nefarious. - David Lyga

The dollar is no longer tied to anything physical like gold or silver, it's now just "made up" it's as good as buying a bitcoin...

 

[David Lyga]

Yes, Stone, that's called FIAT currency and there is not a country in the world that is NOT that way now. No one has a currency tied to anything with intrinsic value. The Swiss. a few years ago, were the last to have deleted that requirement from their statutes.

Bretton Woods was the locale in New Hampshire where the post WWII exchange rates were etched in stone for 'eternity' in 1946. All that fell apart in August 1971 (I remember that day well) when the dollar fell OVERNIGHT from 4 Swiss francs to 3 Swiss francs (and has fallen continuously since then to what it is now). You see, exports were the most important thing for the US Goverment to uphold and cheap dollars meant that buyers overseas would be able to afford our products much easier. To hell with savers in the USA who lost tons with the dollar depreciation. Only twelve years ago the price of one troy ounce of gold (when the British banks were getting rid of gold) was USD 250. Now it is USD 1250 and only two years ago it was USD 1800. It's truly crazy out there. - David Lyga

 

[wblynch]

What is gold but a measure? It has only artificial value itself. No different than giant stones or tiki statues on a remote island.

All I know is, if I work for 1 hour I can afford "X" rolls of film. (or pizzas, or bottles of beer). That's the only measure that means anything to me.

And if I didn't already have hundreds of rolls of film in the cooler, I'd be buying these.

 

[David Lyga]

One hour's labor is a very good determinant for quantification of 'value', wblynch. You are correct in asserting that; more prescient, in fact, than the average bloke is capapble of being.

But, come what may, gold will hold some value even if the USA goes belly-up. That is a historically proven fact. The problem is in determining at which point to buy gold or silver. At USD 250 I bought some but sold when it reached USD 900. I thought that I was being sensible in gaining that profit but....you know the rest. - David Lyga

 

[StoneNYC]

What is gold but a measure? It has only artificial value itself. No different than giant stones or tiki statues on a remote island.

All I know is, if I work for 1 hour I can afford "X" rolls of film. (or pizzas, or bottles of beer). That's the only measure that means anything to me.

And if I didn't already have hundreds of rolls of film in the cooler, I'd be buying these.

True, plus there's perceived value, like diamonds for example, which aren't really that rare, and other previous rare earth stones like ruby's and emeralds are way more "valuable" except that the huge diamond owners hold the diamonds "at bay" to increase their value and convince happy couples that they won't be happy unless they have one...

It's all a crock...

Color is way more fun than clear anyway

Keep trying to convince my GF of this... It hasn't worked yet.

I kind of wish Tea were still a valuable trade resource, not only was it fun to carry in bricks around china, but you could make some nice tea too, AND grow your own... The good old days when money literally used to grow on trees... HAH!

 

[michaelbsc]

All I know is, if I work for 1 hour I can afford "X" rolls of film. (or pizzas, or bottles of beer). That's the only measure that means anything to me.

Some years ago, when I had an interest in economics, I decided that money - whether gold/silver/other metal, pieces of paper, or big rocks on Easter Island - is best thought of as a storage mechanism for human labor.

 

[fotch]

Some years ago, when I had an interest in economics, I decided that money - whether gold/silver/other metal, pieces of paper, or big rocks on Easter Island - is best thought of as a storage mechanism for human labor.

Makes sense, only humans have an interest in those kind of things.