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Photo Forum / Film Photography / 35 mm / June 2004costs are up, why?
Just paid $7.65 to develop 24shot roll of film(got 2 sets of prints though). Up by a buck, WHY? Prices should be going down because of digital's popularity not up. Add the price of film, ability to preview and delete bad shots, and I am not surprised people are going digital. > Just paid $7.65 to develop 24shot roll of film(got 2 sets of prints though). > Up by a buck, WHY? > Prices should be going down because of digital's popularity not up. > Add the price of film, ability to preview and delete bad shots, and I am not > surprised people are going digital. Smaller scale businesses tend to charge more...not less. ...They still have to pay their overhead and workers, but with less income from development. This would logically lead to inflated prices. > BATSPAM wrote: > Just paid $7.65 to develop 24shot roll of film(got 2 sets of prints > though). Up by a buck, WHY? > Prices should be going down because of digital's popularity not up. > Add the price of film, ability to preview and delete bad shots, and I > am not surprised people are going digital. From what I've noticed, *EVERYTHING* is going up. Gas, groceries, household items, and on and on and on. I'm also starting to doubt the time-honored laws of supply and demand. It seems prices are more tied to demand even when there's more than enough supply.  SignatureAlways borrow money from a pessimist, he doesn't expect to be paid back. ~Author Unknown Isnt capitialism great ! ;0 > > BATSPAM wrote: > > Just paid $7.65 to develop 24shot roll of film(got 2 sets of prints [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > time-honored laws of supply and demand. It seems prices are more tied > to demand even when there's more than enough supply. "The Dave©" <no@no.com> wrote: >From what I've noticed, *EVERYTHING* is going up. Gas, groceries, >household items, and on and on and on. It's because the value of the dollar has plummeted on world currency markets since Dick Cheney became your President. That means anything imported into the US (including raw materials) has become much more expensive in US dollar terms. ;-) > >From what I've noticed, *EVERYTHING* is going up. Gas, groceries, > >household items, and on and on and on. When the price of gasoline goes up, the price of everything that must be transported to your location goes up, as does the price of everything that is made from raw materials that must be transported to the factory where they are made......This pretty well covers everything. > When the price of gasoline goes up, the price of everything that must be Snigger. Note the UK based sarchasm on how expensive US fuel is. I think we are nearing the 4 pounds a gallon mark. Signaturepete@petezilla.co.uk http://www.petezilla.co.uk > > >From what I've noticed, *EVERYTHING* is going up. Gas, groceries, > > >household items, and on and on and on. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > is made from raw materials that must be transported to the factory where > they are made......This pretty well covers everything. Also - * cost of energy goes up * petrochemical anything goes up the amount of thingsthat don't need energy or petrochmicals is rather low too. SignatureSander +++ Out of cheese error +++ TP said: > "The Dave©" <no@no.com> wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > ;-) Look! It's Tony Polson the macro economics expert! SignatureI am a product of The Summer Of Love, 1967. Lose the wings - then fly to me! > TP said: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Look! It's Tony Polson the macro economics expert! And...when the dollar is lower, exports from the US go up. Overseas orders = job support. It ain't ALL bad... > > BATSPAM wrote: > > Just paid $7.65 to develop 24shot roll of film(got 2 sets of prints [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > From what I've noticed, *EVERYTHING* is going up. Gas, groceries, > household items, and on and on and on. I'm also starting to doubt the Gas going up makes everything else go up too. The more transport is involved, the more it will go up. > time-honored laws of supply and demand. It seems prices are more tied > to demand even when there's more than enough supply. The "law" of supply and demand is more a rule of thumb. SignatureSander +++ Out of cheese error +++ oil, oil, OIL. > Just paid $7.65 to develop 24shot roll of film(got 2 sets of prints though). > Up by a buck, WHY? > Prices should be going down because of digital's popularity not up. > Add the price of film, ability to preview and delete bad shots, and I am not > surprised people are going digital. > Just paid $7.65 to develop 24shot roll of film(got 2 sets of prints > though). Up by a buck, WHY? > Prices should be going down because of digital's popularity not up. > Add the price of film, ability to preview and delete bad shots, and I > am not surprised people are going digital. Why would digital cause the price to go down??? Unless digital somehow reduces the cost or causes those working in the industry to chose to reduce their income, I don't see that happening. I would expect it to go up as inflation goes up. I would also not be surprised that the price may go up if and when the volume goes down. SignatureJoseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math The cheapest lab here charges 11 euro for 36 exp.+album+36 exp.free film.The cost is not a reason to go digital.The digital has many "hidden"extra costs, although at first sight it seems cheaper.Special inkjet paper;photo-quality inkjet printer;photo-quality printer inks;memory cards;and of course the camera itself.And all that relative rif-raf;Photoshop;an expensive computer etc.etc. -- Dimitris Tzortzakakis,Iraklion Crete,Greece Analogue technology rules-digital sucks http://www.patriko-kreta.com dimtzort AT otenet DOT gr the return adress is corrupted > Just paid $7.65 to develop 24shot roll of film(got 2 sets of prints though). > Up by a buck, WHY? > Prices should be going down because of digital's popularity not up. > Add the price of film, ability to preview and delete bad shots, and I am not > surprised people are going digital. > The cheapest lab here charges 11 euro for 36 exp.+album+36 exp.free film.The > cost is not a reason to go digital.The digital has many "hidden"extra costs, > although at first sight it seems cheaper.Special inkjet paper;photo-quality > inkjet printer;photo-quality printer inks;memory cards;and of course the > camera itself.And all that relative rif-raf;Photoshop;an expensive computer > etc.etc. New camera every two years. 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