Heh, heh.  Leave it to Kodak to raise prices on something they no longer
even manufacture.

I remember an observation from someone a while back, something to the effect
that 'Kodak's ability to piss off and alienate its lifelong customers is
nothing short of breathless...'

Does this fall into that category?

Ken

who cares, real men use Fuji color materials and Ilford B&W.
Good riddance EK.

#ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. is raising prices for
#photographic paper this summer to offset a steady rise in the cost of
#raw materials, including pulp, silver and petrochemicals.
#
#Kodak, which is in the midst of a mammoth digital overhaul, said
Monday
#that the price hikes will take effect in July, varying from around 4
#percent to 10 percent across a wide range of silver halide-based
paper
#made for both consumer and professional markets.
#
#''Over the past several years, Kodak has been absorbing unrelenting
#increases in the costs of raw materials,'' the company said in a
#statement.
#
#''Other costs tied to the escalating price of energy, including
#transportation and packaging, also have increased,'' it said. ''These
#pressures have reached the point where they can no longer be offset
by
#Kodak's ongoing productivity programs.''
#
#The company has racked up $2.2 billion in restructuring costs since
#January 2004. It reported a $298 million loss in the first quarter --
#its sixth straight quarterly loss.
#
#Kodak shares fell 35 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $23.51 in morning
#trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Who cares?