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Boots to close 160 film mini-labs
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Andy I read your title and then had exactly the same thought that I then discovered you had made into your one liner. You have to wonder how many other film users realised that in bigger towns/ cities they could walk straight in for processing and presumably the smaller branches of Boots would take film and send to labs or would they?
Unless Boots made things easy for customers then it isn't surprising that it couldn't generate enough business. Big companies are often crap at making non-core stuff work properly Mike |
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Just when I was thinking of buying a Boots wood & Brass field camera which is up for auction (not Ebay) !
I've noticed there are never any customers at the processing counter and digital bits in my local Boots, usually see people in Jessops as I'm passing though. Ian |
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I used to get slide film developed at boots and they did a good job too. And smaller boots would always send film for dev and print.
It's more of a wonder to me that people didn't know. Boots have always sold film. And 160 mini labs makes them one of the biggest processors of film in the country. Why didn't you know? My guess is most men stay out of chemists cos they are all £10 plus shops and full of stuff women like to buy. Oh, and traditionally chemists were always the goto place to get film developed. It figures really since its all about chemistry isn't it. |
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Anyone else read the title of this thread and thought "what the hell is 160 film?". I was envisioning some ancient kodak rollfilm format from the 1920s and wondering why Boots was still processing it
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You should have a look at the currently in production fuji films.
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I don't even know which is our nearest branch but it will be 20 miles away whether it's Ashford or Folkestone. I expect Snappy Snaps et al. will be happy though. |
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On a positive note, think of all those processing machines up for grabs
I must admit to using Jessops for colour, as they've always done a pretty good job Phil |
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