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Gilo25

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Can anybody suggest any online shops with a wide selection of films (such as MX2) which ship 35 mm film worldwide?
 
B&H has been my regular supplier for the last years. They don't stock everything, but I've yet to be let down. Other than that, Freestyle Photo is decent.
 
The problem I find with Bh Photo is that the shipping is very expensive.


ZebGoesZeiss said:
B&H has been my regular supplier for the last years. They don't stock everything, but I've yet to be let down. Other than that, Freestyle Photo is decent.
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Gilo25 said:
The problem I find with Bh Photo is that the shipping is very expensive.
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Well, I usually order 200 rolls or more once I get started, and that usually costs approx. 30 cent/shipping per roll. So even if the shipping is $100 or so, I come up way ahead when compared to purchasing locally. The last roll of film I bought locally was $9 for a roll of Ilford XP2...

Where are you located, and how many rolls are you looking for? And - what kind of film?
 
I agree with you: if you get 200 rolls at the time it is worth the shipping cost. But to do that you need to spend, let's say on average, $850 upfront. Plus, storing properly 200 rolls in the tropics is not that easy, unless you shoot 2 rolls per day on average and finished them all off in 3 months (which is not my case, unfortunately). For a non professional user (or somebody who simply alternates digital and film) it becomes trickier.
So shipping inevitably has an impact.
I am based in the Philippines (almost no film available locally). I am looking at buying lets say 40 rolls at the time, 1/4 bw, 1/4 slides, 1/2 color prints, on average.
 
I understand that. I guess you would be looking for a seller in Asia then. There is always www.unicircuits.com/shop (Megaperls), but I'm not sure if they offer any cheaper shipping though. eBay could be a long shot, Once every while I find someone with "cheap" shipping, but most of the time it's actually more expensive than B&H, and I end up ordering from 2-3 different sellers - and that negates any savings.
 
ClaremontPhoto said:
Gilo25 asked about 'wide selection' of film with international shipping so why are we discussing money?
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If you'd taken the time to read the thread you would have noticed he wrote that he found B&H's shipping too expensive. In my experience, shipping costs what it costs, and at least they stock the films that most people want or need.
 
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