Any hope my film has not been destroyed?

[sepstein17]

I'm betting on it being TOAST...think he may have been nosy enough to see exactly what he was consolidating...

[mdm]

I have used a parcel forwarder to ship xray film to me. They did not open the package because they were just forwarding it without consolidating orders. cxs does not ship overseas and 11x14 xray is not available locally. If its new ilford film they would have broken the seals on the box to get it open. Its one thing to check that everything is in a parcel but something else entirely to break the seals on a box.

[Pawlowski6132]

I'm sure they opened the bag and pulled the film out to see what was in there.

[Louis Pacilla]

I think you should contact the shipping agent as soon as possible and explain the error - I would be inclined to refuse delivery of it.

Ditto. The item has been mishandled, and in a properly ordered universe they (shipping agent) should be liable.

Good luck!

I agree with these fine gentlemen.

[Louis Pacilla]

I'm sure they opened the bag and pulled the film out to see what was in there.

Yep.

[E. von Hoegh]

You know, evil is inherently limited. But stupidity... stupidity is infinite.

[rguinter]

You know, evil is inherently limited. But stupidity... stupidity is infinite.

As the old adage says, "You just can't fix stupid!"

But my guess is the film is probably OK unless the film stack inside each black-plastic envelope was taken out and separated from the protective end-boards (i.e., cardboards).

Just my hunch.

Bob G.

[Michael_qrt]

Lots of responses, thanks chiming in everyone, at least I've gotten something for my misfortune. My take on the situation is that the guy quickly rifles through the packages taking a few snaps, obviously without any real thought. I doubt he would have taken the film out of the plastic package, my hope is that he was rushing through it enough that he wasn't bothered to unfold the ends of the packet and look in. If that is the case then judging from the responses here, the film might be of at least some use. I live in hope...

BTW the film box was previously opened and half used, so it wasn't sealed. I've contacted the shipping agent and am awaiting their response.

[IanG]

You need to assume the worst, if by any chance it's undamaged that's a bonus.

Ian

[Michael_qrt]

Well, there's been quite a delay since I last replied to this thread, I just got time to test the film. I tested 3 sheets, one from the top, bottom and middle of the top envelope (box had 2 envelopes of 25 sheets). Much to my surprise they were all 100% fine, no fogging at all. I guess I got rather lucky. No scanner at the moment and just took some boring test shots so you'll just have to believe me.

Still have to test the second envelope, maybe that was opened and the film ruined but so far so good!