terry_rory Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I have just about got to the end of my tether with Jessops (UK) as far as ordering film is concerned. (In other respects including D&P they are fine for me.) I have had quantities of 35mm and 120 rollfilm Kodak Portra 400 UC on order for over 2 weeks now. Still no sign of the stuff. Jessops are a huge chain and Kodak are a huge supplier and the distance this film will need to travel is about 150 miles to where I live so I would expect it in a day or two. Yesterday I gave up on Jessops and ordered from Calumet online. It all arrived 22.5 hours later (!) at 90 pence less expensive than the Jessops RRP (and thats INCLUDING the P&P I had to pay for the Calumet offering!) Any other suggestions for good reliable , cost effective online suppliers of film in the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johann_fuller Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 www.7dayshop.com ; £2.20 and £2.75 for 120 and 35mm - they are located in the Channel Islands but deliver to mainland very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn_warren Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Ditto 7 day shop. Cheap, fast, efficient. I've never had a problem in 3 years. Also use their sister company D Lab 7 for D&P with excellent results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_michel Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 7 day shop is ace!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted August 14, 2003 Author Share Posted August 14, 2003 OK thanks. Looking at 7Day shop online now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 7dayshop, again. 35mm Provia, for example, is half what it is in Jessops. 35mm Scala, incl. processing, is £8.95. I don't think they'd take two weeks, but I'd order stuff at least a week before if you're depending on it rather than just stocking up. They also have a priority despatch option, and they'll email you sharpish if something's out of stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanskavinsky Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Mathers of Bolton have always been very fast, cheap and reliable to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Williams Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Two companies I have used, both with very fast delivery:<br> <a href="http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/">http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/</a><br> <a href="http://www.mailshots.co.uk/">http://www.mailshots.co.uk/</a><br> </body> </html> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger c Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Another one for 7dayshop, who are often <b>less than half</b> the price of Jessops or Boots, but they don't always have everything in stock. A few rolls of Reala took 5 weeks once and some Ektachrome infrared took even longer. Basically, order before you run out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_imlach Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Trevor, I believe even cheaper than 7dayshop are MX2, possibly because they're in the Channel Islands. This URL; http://www.mx2.co.uk/acatalog/MX2_co_uk_Camera_Food_56.html should take you to the film page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_jones4 Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 7 day shop are great but I did have one disasterous experience with them about a year ago when they lost my (£90) order. Their customer service was so awful as to be laughable - they seem to have a total staff of about 4 none of whom is on speaking terms with any other. It nearly drove me round the bend and took about 2 months of constant emails ("oh yes, we don't respond to emails") and phone calls to come to a satisfactory conculsion. They are, though, very very cheap. I find Mathers - based in Lancashire and not web-based, to be very competitive and extremely fast to deliver - like next working day (tel: 01204 522186): Morco (www.morco.uk.com) is good for paper and more unusual/professional film (e.g. kodak EPP/EPN, Agfa RSX2 etc). With 7dayshop.com I always allowed 7 working days for delivery - to be fair they say on their website "Dispatch is normally 2-4 days, delivery is 3-5 but please allow up to 10 working days". I'm still tempted by their super low prices but can't quite face another C.S. trauma yet - maybe they're better now.... BTW, I agree that Jessops are quite good for some things (e.g. D+P on Fuji Frontiers) but their film prices are truly staggering as are their battery prices. As for Boots...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoph_frick1 Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Just because MX2 was mentioned some posts above: Here in Germany, I used to use MX2 a few times and used to be happy with the service: good prices, quick delivery, fresh film. But a few months ago I tried to order some film from them via telephone, a guy took my orders as usual, but then nothing happened for about a week, so I called again, heard some excuses, but still no delivery. At some point, nobody was reachable any more under the MX2 phone number for Germany. I also noticed that their ads vanished in some of the German photo journals. I gave up and ordered somewhere else (unfortunately, more expensive...). Does anybody have any news about good film sources in Germany, about the fate of MX2, in particular a good source for TriX (which is notoriously difficult to get here)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_bryans3 Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 I've used 7dayshop without any complaints, but for film I'd recommend www.mailshots.co.uk. They have a less extensive range but for film (and many batteries) the pricing is similar & delivery in my experience is much faster, often next day vs. up to a week from 7dayshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_reynolds Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 Trevor,Silverprint in London do EVERYTHING you could need for silver-based photography, as well as an increasing range of digital consumables. They tell me trade has never been better, because it is contracting to them from all the other stores.http://www.silverprint.co.uk/I don't know how prices compare, but the service is brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek_stringer1 Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 I use photoglossy.com. Another Channel Island based firm, delivery quoted 3-7 days, my experience is 3 days. They e-mail you if items are out of stock. They specialise in film and digital printing requirements. Use with confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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