I really don't see how shoddy workman ship and incompetent workers can help out the film business. They get so many things happening they can't be good at everything . Do you really think that they are concerned about how well your prints turn out or just how much you are willing to spend ? You screw me around once shame on you. Do it twice and shame on me !!!!
I really don't see how shoddy workman ship and incompetent workers can help out the film business. They get so many things happening they can't be good at everything . Do you really think that they are concerned about how well your prints turn out or just how much you are willing to spend ? You screw me around once shame on you. Do it twice and shame on me !!!!
From what I can tell from talking to WM people here in south Texas - Austin-San Antonio-Houston - area its a local decision based on volume of film being run. Have heard of no plans to discontinue the Fuji send-out service.
If they are phasing it out it's no big loss in my opinion. The quality was always terrible, bad csutomer service, and quite frankly the prices weren't that great either.
There are tons of good quality labs that you can send your film to if you don't want to do it at home or there isn't a local alternative. The turn around time is quick and the prices can be more than reasonable.
Is this said in regards to in house 1 hour lab or send out Fuji service, or both?
I live in Connecticut and at least my nearest Walmart no longer processes in house, it all goes to Fuji NY. I have tried the Walmart photo finishing of 120 using Fuji NY, and I was not even unimpressed, I was downright angry.
I asked Walmart for "Process and scan to CD, no prints", I got process and print, no CD. I thought of it this way, at least I have my prints low res as they may be, I can still scan them, but then came the next insult as the clerk at the counter tried to charge me for the CD that I ordered but did not receive. It was my first roll of 120 ever, and almost my last, I'm glad it didn't let it get me down.
From what I have been told, Walmart used to do a great job in house, better than a lot of 1 hour places, and other parts of the country report good things about their Fuji processing center, as for me when it comes to Walmart and Fuji processing centers, I might try them again some day, but they will get a roll or two of test film before I trust them with anything I might care about.
It's good to see that the capitalist model that states that if you provide a poor product the market will drive you out is still working. Maybe I will try Walmart again, but the new lab is actually in a better and safer location for me.Fuji NY actually shut down earlier this year, so now it gets sent god knows where.
My complaint about this cycle is that Wal*Mart came into many communities, proceeded to put a lot of Mom and Pop photo processing companies out of business, then turned around and abandoned their own on-site photo processing.
In my sub-metropolitan area there are no Mom and Pop photo processors left.
Why couldn't they leave well enough alone? The damned tyrants!
Your love for Wal*Mart doesn't make them less predatory.
It's naive to be blaming Wal-Mart for being 'tyrants'. This is what 14 year olds do when they feel they need to develop 'social awareness'. I'm sure you're older than 14, and have had time to make up your own mind instead of believing dumb documentaries and internet crap that makes Wal-Mart out to be the sole reason mom-and-pop shops are dying.
It's naive to be blaming Wal-Mart for being 'tyrants'. This is what 14 year olds do when they feel they need to develop 'social awareness'. I'm sure you're older than 14, and have had time to make up your own mind instead of believing dumb documentaries and internet crap that makes Wal-Mart out to be the sole reason mom-and-pop shops are dying.
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