Kodachrome processing cost?

[malcao]

Just got 5 rolls of Kodachrome back with a letter from Kodak "Processing costs are not included in the sales price of your films".

I have been using Kochrome for more then 30 years and it have always been included in the film price so I checked the box "Notice: Film price includes Kodak processing".

So why does Kodak want me to pay for processing cost?

[rdp]

i believe it's just an error, don't pay these 16chf per film
(same happened to me, with kodak's apology for that "processing cost" letter after my question to lausanne)

[Tony-S]

As far as I know, only one place still processes Kodachrome - Dwayne's in Parsons, Kansas, USA.

[rdp]

As far as I know, only one place still processes Kodachrome - Dwayne's in Parsons, Kansas, USA.

you are right, k-lab lausanne resends kodachromes to kansas ... however, i was really surprised - last processing took one week, it's unbelievely fast for rather complicated route CZ->CH->USA->CH-CZ, maybe they started their k-lab again ?

[benjiboy]

Just got 5 rolls of Kodachrome back with a letter from Kodak "Processing costs are not included in the sales price of your films".

I have been using Kochrome for more then 30 years and it have always been included in the film price so I checked the box "Notice: Film price includes Kodak processing".

So why does Kodak want me to pay for processing cost?

If it was processed in the U.S the reason you are being charged is that they don't know that it's from Europe, and was sold process paid, because in America it is illegal to sell film process paid because of the Anti-Trust laws that consider that selling film with strings attached (processing) is Anti-competitive, which is why most independent labs in the U.S used to be able to process Kodachrome.

[tiberiustibz]

Somebody said the credit system was ending. It's probably an error though.

Dwayne's machine can process a lot of film. They normally do it same day or overnight, it's the shipping that kills you.

[malcao]

Even the envelope says "processed-payed film only". The film is sent to CH from EU and they want payment in CHF so I doubt that it's a US problem. Maybe Kodak tries to educates KR users that E6 process costs money
I sent Kodak CH an email and asked for the reason, but no reply.

[nickrapak]

Does the film canister have red or black ends? If the ends are red, this means that it is process-paid, and you should not have to pay. If the ends are black, it was not prepaid.

[malcao]

Old film it's red, new film it's black. But in the field Notes it's written "Film Price INCLUDES Kodak Processing".

[lxdude]

If it was processed in the U.S the reason you are being charged is that they don't know that it's from Europe, and was sold process paid, because in America it is illegal to sell film process paid because of the Anti-Trust laws that consider that selling film with strings attached (processing) is Anti-competitive, which is why most independent labs in the U.S used to be able to process Kodachrome.

Actually, that judgment was rescinded in 1994, along with another prohibiting Kodak from producing film to be sold under private labels, like they now do with Freestyle. The court decided that Kodak no longer had such dominance that such practices would be anti-competitive. Also, it was not illegal to sell film process paid, just for Kodak to do so. I used to get Agfa and I think also Fuji slide film with process paid mailers here.