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Pricing of Fotospeed chemistry
Looking at prices for chemistry recently I noticed Fotospeed fixer and paper developer is consistently more expensive or very similar in price to ILFORD products; I'm fairly sure a few years ago Fotospeed was a more competitively priced line?
Perhaps Fotospeed offer volume discounts to certain buyers? Tom |
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That does seem to be the case now,Tom. Its RC paper was certainly cheaper than Ilford. There isn't a massive difference in price but it is always disconcerting when a cheaper company suddenly plays catch-up
It might just be that there are price rises in the pipeline all round and Fotospeed decided or needed to move first but others such as Ilford will follow but I hope not. Mike |
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I think it is still cheaper than other brands but Firstcall has increased its price quite a bit since it first stocked Champion. It was Dave Miller, formerly of this parish, who made the point that in effect Champion produced other maker's fixer as well so buying Firstcall Champion fixer was a "no brainer". I recall a former member here selling a lot of fixer for a while. I have no idea where he obtained it but certainly if it was Firstcall fixer that was bought in large quantities then he was probably able to sell it at a small profit even at its bargain price. I am casting no aspersions on what that member did but merely using his fixer sales to illustrate what astute buying at the right price can do. One thing is certain: Bargain prices never last Mike |
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When comparing fixer prices don't forget to also compare the dilution ratios as this can vary from brand to brand.
Neil.
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Champion is still the cheapest fixer on the market today, followed by Tetenal superfix, I have an opened 5 litre bottle of Champion fixer that I got from Silverprint two years ago, today it is £12 82 per 5 litre compared to around £29 for the ilford product, and is just as good, Champion is one of the biggest makers of photo chemistry, so to buy at that price is indeed a no brainer, the dilution rate is the same as the Ilford,so at that price I will use Champion, I also use their Stop bath, cheapest around at £3,66 a litre, and as good as anything else around
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I have used fixer that must be 5+ years old with no apparent problem. The only time I had a problem was with some old fixer that went cloudy that didn't clear when diluted (precipitation of sulphur from oxidised hypo?). When I used it in my print toaster after a couple of D/R Sessions it kindly coated the slot walls black (silver?) and took a bit of cleaning! I don't remember if it succeeded in doing any fixing! I discarded it with great reluctance (I don't like waste).
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