There are wholesale places which have good prices. When I was a
student at Ryerson Photo Arts in Toronto 30 years ago, Hall's would
sell me, on credit, with local delivery, film & paper at excellent
prices.
You may have a local source, especially if you have a business with
tax numbers to quote.
Tom
On Monday, September 24, 2001 at 9:31, Walt Wayman <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote on "Re: [OM] Kodachrome," saying..
> On Mon, 24 September 2001, "Charles Loeven" wrote:
>
> > Most pro films are available from several sources here in "Lost
> > Wages" NV. but camera stores are so expensive it makes B+H seem like
> > the only source. And my big sister works right down the street and
> > she can go in and beat them up if they screw me. ;-)
> >
> > Charlie
>
> Absolutely right! I buy nearly all my photo gear and supplies from
> B&H. Besides better prices, there's no sales tax, and shipping
> charges are usually less than the 6 percent extracted by the state.
> I've never had an order take more than three days to arrive. And as
> for prices -- last year I got caught short of film and had to buy a
> couple of 36 exp. rolls of Fuji Provia 400 from Wolf. The price just
> for the film was more than I pay for both film and processing mailer
> by Fuji from B&H. I also got screwed when I took it back to Wolf for
> developing. Total cost for film and processing per 36 exp. roll: $16.
> Never again. My refrigerator runneth over with 35mm, 120 and 220
> film from B&H.
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