As of today, all chemistry including powders are 'Store Pickup Only".
As of today, all chemistry including powders are 'Store Pickup Only".
WTF? Rationale?
Might this be an opportunity to a distributed network of suppliers?
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Oh no, it's starting.
I just called. The fellow in the darkroom department said that UPS just changed its regulations and that shipping chemistry was no longer allowed. He said that it was a permanent change.
they already failed to ship the chemistry I was interested in, for years now. I have had to source my Rodinal and rapid fix elsewhere. What did they actually still ship, but don't anymore?
Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.
--A=B by Petkovšek et. al.
I just got fixer and developer in last week.
Maybe it was just the Rodinal, which is ORM-D, that tipped me over to buying all my chemistry elsewhere. It's simpler to order from one place.
Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.
--A=B by Petkovšek et. al.
Ah, that is new news, that UPS is the culprit. Does B&H not use Fed-Ex at all anymore?
Banning the powders seems pretty hyper frightened. And Permawash? Gosh that seems so super dangerous.
I was under the impression that NYC has some special restrictions, or at least distinct headaches related to parcel shipments of chemicals which might affect
their overhead and paperwork. Just buy what you need elsewhere.
Of course, cost, convenience and time be damned. Apologies for the needless scare if you can just pop downtown and get your DD-X and Oriental Seagull.Originally Posted by Drew Wiley
Many of us have no local option for 99% of our materials and supplies. I can drive 6 hours to Boston and back and not come home with everything I might need. Burlington is a sure bet to get negative pages for 35mm film and a liter of Sprint Fixer. Nothing else I use.
I spend a good bit of money every year on supplies, I appreciated the savings that B&H afforded me. I purchase from other suppliers as well, but only if I can't get what I need at B&H, because they were always cheaper (even if only a little bit), shipped for free (again only a small savings), and I received my order in two days. The timeframe is important sometimes when a client emails asking for a certain look. Plus there was never any fear of them Selling me something they didn't have in stock like Adorama has done to me over and over again (When B&H is out of stock I've learned that Adorama is almost certainly as well, despite what they may tell you).
I suspect that many here relied on B&H as I have (since 1990 via the quaint telephone order - those accents always brought me right back home), and that this will be a substantial change to our practice of photography. Thought it was important to know since those of us on the east coast will now have a week to ten day wait for chemistry from Freestyle.
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