Price of Kodak Ektar 4x5 gone up 20-30%+ ?

[StoneNYC]

The buyers sometimes get info on notices and don't want to lose their jobs by not increasing the sales price and being stuck with a negative producing purchase, so sometimes they "jump the gun" and I'm sure the big retailers get a heads up BEFORE the little guy does and that's the reason the bigger retailers price changes before the smaller retailers, it's not because the bigger ones are trying to "get us" it's because they are more efficient, B&H is like a smoothly oiled machine, they have the power to have a dedicated team just to adjust online price catalogues, little retailer has one guy, who is probably not a web guru, and probably makes changes once a week when he has time to sit down and do it.

It's all scale gentlemen...

That's also why B&H could quickly lower it to $36 and I'm sure the others will follow suit soon as they can get to it.

It's not a conspiracy and it's not rocket science, it's just business...

[EdSawyer]

It's nice B&H is getting back to reality with that price, but that is still $2-4 higher than what it was a few weeks ago ($32.95 or $34.95, I forget...). Hopefully Portra will come down again too...

[Drew Wiley]

Look at 8x10 Ektar - it's right up there with Portra. I went thru the freezer yesterday to figure out what I need more of in reserve, and what I don't.

[axs810]

Its weird BHPhoto now sells 4x5 Portra 400 less than the Portra 160...for as long as I've been buying from them it's always the other way around. BHPhoto's 8x10 portra film prices aren't too bad right now either.



BTW, Freestyle just added Portra 400 in 220 to their website! Cool stuff