Cheap film in the UK ?? !! ?? !! The end of an era for me.

[Lucas Lightfeat]

Photomart used to sell Kodachrome for £6 a shot. Now I look and it's £11 !!

How did this happen? And what's more, where should I get it from now?

Any tips?

Lucas

[synthnut]

Hi there,
I know, same here (hey you didn't read my post on this then! ;-) ) I had a pile on order with them since January. They obviously weren't ever going to let me know about this either. I tried questioning them on why it had gone up and they said Kodak had put their prices up. I countered this by saying, yes I know, between ten and fifteen percent, not fifty! They just sort of verbally shrugged their shoulders and weren't very forthcomming.

I just noticed in another post that folks are paying as little as $7 a cart from Kodak in the States That's under four pounds!!! Is this true??? If I we could find it at that sort of money, together with discount processing at Hendersons for £4 then that would be just £8 a pop all in for Tri-X Too good to be true?
Trying to keep shooting the "reel" stuff...
Ben

[Angus]

I believe the cheapest UK supply is now http://www.7dayshop.com

£10.25 per K40 cart, flat rate of £1.95 for postage no matter how large/small your order is. No minimum or maximum order size.

I've been buying virtually all my photo supplies from them for 3 years now, they are 99% reliable and in the rare instance of a mistake they always rectify it quickly.

They occasionally have short dated or out of date film (including K40) which they sell in their "warehouse clearance" section at ridiculously cheap prices.

Based in the channel islands so no VAT due.

[matt5791]

I have just ordered some still film from 7dayshop.

As regards K40 ask Kodak.

Matt

[Lucas Lightfeat]

I believe the cheapest UK supply is now http://www.7dayshop.com

£10.25 per K40 cart, flat rate of £1.95 for postage no matter how large/small your order is. No minimum or maximum order size.

I've been buying virtually all my photo supplies from them for 3 years now, they are 99% reliable and in the rare instance of a mistake they always rectify it quickly.

They occasionally have short dated or out of date film (including K40) which they sell in their "warehouse clearance" section at ridiculously cheap prices.

Based in the channel islands so no VAT due.

That's a lousy price. I'd rather get it from Kodak. Is there anywhere on the continent we can get it cheaper? A suplier for bulk, perhaps. I'll ask in a seperate thread. Europe is import tax free, so it makes sense to look further afield.

Lucas

[aj]

I believe the cheapest UK supply is now http://www.7dayshop.com

£10.25 per K40 cart, flat rate of £1.95 for postage no matter how large/small your order is. No minimum or maximum order size.

I've been buying virtually all my photo supplies from them for 3 years now, they are 99% reliable and in the rare instance of a mistake they always rectify it quickly.

They occasionally have short dated or out of date film (including K40) which they sell in their "warehouse clearance" section at ridiculously cheap prices.

Based in the channel islands so no VAT due.

That's a lousy price. I'd rather get it from Kodak. Is there anywhere on the continent we can get it cheaper? A suplier for bulk, perhaps. I'll ask in a seperate thread. Europe is import tax free, so it makes sense to look further afield.

Lucas

This is a good price (including processing). You will be hard pressed to find a better one. The continent is not tax-free. You pay the local tax and you're not re-taxed when importing it.

Maybe you can order somewhat like 200pc from wittner and get a better price.

[Lucas Lightfeat]

I know you pay tax in Europe. That's why I said that Europe is "import tax free." I still maintain that it's a lousy price, as i was getting it for half that six months ago - damn, I've been selling it for cheaper myself. We need a syndicate.

Lucas

[matt5791]

What you need to do is telephone Kodak - I have not bought K40 direct from them but I have bought Vision 200T, and they do not charge any postage for sending it to you next day delivery.

Fuji are the same for 16mm.

Telephone: 01442 845945
Ask for: Dan Clark
Say: I want to buy some film. Say you are after a good deal. They, like anywhere else, will always deal.

Matt

[Angus]

What is Kodak's minimum order for buying direct? Do they sell to private individuals - normally such arrangements are for businesses.

7dayshop is the cheapest I have seen offered for a retailer who doesn't ask for a minimum order. I tend to buy 6 or so carts at a time, often less. A syndicate would be a great idea.

[rick201]

I was just wondering if there could be a club purchase of film ie shooting 8mm group or something so we can all get the film a bit cheaper, in that way we may be able to get bigger bulk discounts from kodak and get rid of these rip off prices as seen in photomart.
Im sure kodak would deal with us colectively as they can sell more bulk in one go.
Any ideas guys
Best Regards to all
Richard..

[FilmIs4Ever]

If you gentlemen would be interested, it might be cheap if someone here in the states would bulk order a shitload of K40 at reasonable US prices and then ship it over. With enough rolls per box, it could be much cheaper, even with high shipping, and also tax free

Regards.

[FilmIs4Ever]

DP

[daddysauce]

synthnut  

Hey that sounds like a bargain, where are Hendersons based?

[rick201]

Hi FilmIs4Ever,
My brother has a friend in the us but what sort of price is it in the us for K40 also if i was to purchase it from the us would the box still contain the prepaid mailer and would i be able to send it away to get processed in england in the usual way?

[escubria]

It can't be processed in Europe because U.S. carts can't be processed in Europe by Kodak because it's not process paid.

All European K40 is developed in Switzerland, no other Kodak labs in Europe will develop K40 and if they receive some, it is sent directly to Switzerland, so you may as well send you carts directly to the Swiss address and not use the other addresses printed on the mailer.