Bob S wrote:
> Kodak has cut back to only processing Kodachrome out of
> New Jersey, so my turn around time is now 10+ days
> instead of two!
Well, the turn around time for my last 4 rolls sent to Kodak is apparently
infinite. Got a letter stating that my package arrived with mailers, but no
film. I sent them off in a small manila envelope, which was not very sturdy...
evidently easily ripped. I usually send multiple rolls in a 2-day priority
envelope (and they return it to me in the same fashion) which is larger, more
timely, much more sturdy and supposedly less likely to get misplaced within the
USPS system... And it appears to me that Kodak *rushes* orders sent priority
and in bulk... my returned mailers are always marked accordingly ["Rush"] when
I send them this way.
To be honest I'm still not sure who is responsible for my loss... USPS or
Qualex. What's odd is that I usually put the rolls of film *inside* the mailers
(but dont seal them). So the fact that Kodak did get the mailers, but without
film... bizarre. This has left lots of room for speculation... but I refrain
since the end result is the same: my shots are gone. <insert tear drop>
Then again, this all could be a ploy devised by Pentax (!!) since it has left
me a bit disgruntled and more inclined to go digital sooner than I anticipated.
[weighing cost of digital with current photo budget...] um... maybe not. As
silly as it sounds, I think I'll also start putting my phone # on the canisters
that I send off. Just a little more insurance I suppose. Hey, it can't hurt and
the cost is nominal.
But no worries! Kodak replaced my exposed film with unexposed film and new
mailers! Whoo hoo... happy day! But before I go off on my sarcastic rant, I
guess I'd admit that this is better than nothing.
Just venting since Bob brought it up... Thanks Bob. <grunt>
jerome <-- who ofcourse believes that the lost images
were the best ones he's ever taken.
