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"The Great Film Renaissance Of 2017" courtesy of B&H

MattKing

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Ironically enough, that was my 19,000th post.
Whew!
 
I could not find the page.
Congratulations, I can feel your breath on the back of my neck!
 
Worked for me
 
No
 
MattKing said:
Does the link I posted not work?
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It looks like our link affiliate system is throwing a splash page for certain links and then asking people to click to continue. I've contacted them and told them to opt us out of this invasive tactic. I'll disable the system for now until i hear back. The link should now work normally.
 
Thank you
That explains where the problems that I have had only with APUG links for a few weeks.
 
I concur with that assessment of film and analogue camera usage.

One thing I did note, not a mention of Tri-X; how the mighty seem to have fallen.

19,000 posts Matt, whew.

Mick.
 
I just tried a couple of links for Unique Photo in the List of Color Chemicals thread, and they seem to work now.
I can't tell though whether they are the links that weren't working consistently before.
 
This is a hilarious article coming from a retailer who, on November 23, 2016, stopped shipping all film processing chemistry citing changes in shipping regulations, which was of course total BS. Fortunately, they saw the light and backtracked after a month or so, and have resumed shipping most stuff again.
 
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On a more serious note I don't think I saw any mention of any Kodak films other than the commitment to revive Ektachrome. Clearly Ilford HP5+ is the film for B&W portraiture and the whole Ilford range of film gets a complimentary mention.

pentaxuser
 

This is exactly what I thought. Never says never...
 
Repetition of allegations without evidence. Why the B&H hate? Please share whatever insider information you've obtained that proves B&H didn't renegotiate its carrier agreement(s) and/or begin using a different carrier for chemical shipments. Otherwise, if I were B&H, I'd be considering legal action against you for slander.
 
funny how b&h has shrunk their film and darkroom area in the store to a few bare bones shelves n not much choice anymore.

but i still love visiting the store, their candy is good.

go b&h!
 
Yeah...what was the Real Story behind That.?
They use the same 2-3 shippers that everybody else does.
 
CMoore said:
Yeah...what was the Real Story behind That.?
They use the same 2-3 shippers that everybody else does.
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It has nothing to do with the shippers. It has EVERYTHING to do with the B & H employees who do the packaging. You need special training to package hazardous chemicals. If not done correctly, the fines can be huge. There may be certification requirements to depending on the local regulations. Once everything is packaged according to the law, then drop shipment is no bid deal. But it is very much a big deal getting chemicals packaged correctly. B & H may have decided at first it was not worth the expense training their people to allow them to ship properly.
 
CMoore said:
Yeah...what was the Real Story behind That.?
They use the same 2-3 shippers that everybody else does.
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Different poster, similar response:
Sal Santamaura said:
...allegations without evidence...Please share whatever insider information you've obtained that proves B&H didn't renegotiate its carrier agreement(s) and/or begin using a different carrier for chemical shipments...
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CMoore said:
They use the same 2-3 shippers that everybody else does.
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I am totally confident that the agreements between B&H and the shippers that they use are customized, the result of intensive negotiations/bidding wars and have different terms than any one of us individuals can access.
And they probably have specific terms about what might be defined as "hazardous".
 
Matt-
what I find ironic about the whole "we can't ship hazardous chemicals because of XYZ reason" is that B&H is not the point of origin for these chemicals, and they're not being drop-shipped by the manufacturer. B&H is stocking them in their warehouse/store, which means that they had to get IN to New York on a truck. So how is it possible to receive them via the same shipment method that you refuse to use to ship them out? The only viable explanation I can see is the one previously mentioned about needing some kind of certification for packaging chemistry that not enough/any of their staff had.
 
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