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From: del@t4test.UUCP (Del Duncan)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: mail order photo houses
Message-ID: <913@t4test.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Jul-84 12:27:19 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 20 12:27:19 1984
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>Subject: mail order photo houses
>Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
>From: hartley@uvm-cs.UUCP (Stephen J. Hartley)
>Date: Sun, 15-Jul-84 13:25:21 PDT
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>I have only used two mail order photo houses, both in New York:  Adorama and
>Honest Abe's Focus.  Both delivered the ordered items within a week and I
>had no problems getting what I wanted.  But the manner of the people on the
>toll-free lines of both places was very gruff.  When I asked about shipping
>and handling, they were reluctant to estimate even though they must know since
>they ship orders all day long.  I also think that shipping and handling is their
>fudge factor, where they make up some for their low advertised prices.  Six
>dollars shipping and handling for ten rolls of KR135-36 seems like a lot to me.
>-- 
>"If that's true, then I'm the Pope!"		Stephen J. Hartley
>USENET:	decvax!dartvax!uvm-gen!uvm-cs!hartley	The University of Vermont

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I don't know about the gruffness of the sales people, but when I ordered
from Adorama, the shipping on $25 worth of material was less than $2. 
I ordered by mail, and got my stuff within two weeks.