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Photograph Developers
When having your precious holiday photographs developed, how much
difference is there between companies? STELL YARROW tested five of
them.
Film Plus
A
This wasn`t first choice. I`d intended to try
out another company first, but the
machinery in the branch I visited was being
replaced (the shop had neglected to tell me
this when I rang the day before). The
service at Film Plus, in keeping with its low-
cost image, is of the Do-it-Yourself variety.
Customers fill in details on an envelope and
deposit their films in a container. After
laboriously completing the form (having had
some difficulty understanding the prices and
instructions), I realised the films are picked
up only once a week, on Thursday, for
returning on the Friday. Luckily this was
Wednesday. But even if I`d waited longer,
it`s hard to complain at this price.
Packaging: Flimsy, and the strips of the
negatives were all in one sleeve, not
separated once as they should have been.
Quickprint
B
The film was processed in the shop`s own
mini-laboratory, where technicians in white
coats operated mysterious-looking
machinery. The prints were ready within the
hour, as guaranteed, and there was nothing
to criticise in the service. I was lucky,
though: my pictures were the last to be
developed before they ran out of paper and
the service was halted, to the annoyance of
the queue of customers. The service is
cheaper if you are prepared to wait longer
for your pictures.
Packaging: Reasonably strong and the
negatives were properly sleeved.
Photo Express
C
medicines or shampoo. The snaps were
ready within the hour, as advertised, and
chipper than Quickprint.
Packaging: The negatives were in a
separate bag in separate sleeves and they
and the photos were in a strong envelope
made of card.
Snapshots
D
The prints from this mail-order company
were slightly better than those of its
competitor, Pictureland, but it trailed behind
on service. It promised that the mail-order
envelpes I requested would arrive within
three days; they took five. A second batch I
asked for when the first didn`t turn up took a
week. The prints were returned to me ten
days after the film was posted to the
company, although the company says prints
are returned within seven to nine days of
posting. At such a rock-bottom price, the
company doesn`t throw in a free film – but I
was sent a mass of leaflets for more
expensive sister companies, which do.
Packaging: Flimsy, but the negatives were
satisfactorily packed.
Pictureland
E
The mail-order envelopes I asked for turned
up a day later than promised, but the
service was otherwise efficient. The
company guaranteed you a refund if it
doesn`t get the snaps back to you within
seven days. It met this target, just took
seven days to get to me. Snapshots on the
other hand, didn`t offer such a guarantee
and took longer.
One fault with Pictureland is that you must
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