Bostick - Sullivan: reliable?

[walter23]

I'd never heard of this company before but clicked on a banner ad here. They have pretty good prices on cyanotype / van dyke kits (e.g. a package deal for both for $42, claims to give 250 8x10s for the cyanotype kit and 100ml of vandyke solution).

Have any of you ordered from them? I'm pretty close to doing so, but want to hear if they are a reputable company first.

[David A. Goldfarb]

Yes, absolutely!

I've bought a few things from them, most recently the bellows patch kit. Working on the 7x17" bellows...

[erikg]

Very reliable. They pretty much were the place for alt process for many years. The experts on Plat/Pd. Order with confidence.

[Loris Medici]

B&S is a reputable / serious company. I ordered many times from them, never had any problem.

BTW, buying the raw materials (Ammonium Iron(III) Citrate, Potassium Ferricyanide and Silver Nitrate) and mixing the solutions yourself is much much more cost effective.

I'd never heard of this company before but clicked on a banner ad here. They have pretty good prices on cyanotype / van dyke kits (e.g. a package deal for both for $42, claims to give 250 8x10s for the cyanotype kit and 100ml of vandyke solution).

Have any of you ordered from them? I'm pretty close to doing so, but want to hear if they are a reputable company first.

[walter23]

Loris, yeah, I realize that about the chemistry. I just figure I'll try a small kit with pre-measured quantities first to see how I like it; saves the trouble of weighing out quantities (I don't have a scale yet) or mixing up huge batches of stock solution and doing dilutions.

[Ian Leake]

I've found them to be totally reliable (including international shipping) and really helpful on the phone. 100% recommended!

[clay]

They are very reliable. I got a bonky batch of ferric oxalate from them, and didn't discover this for six months after I purchased it. I called Melanie, and she cheerfully and quickly replaced the chemical. IOW, no worries about B&S. They are great people.

[david b]

Kevin Sullivan is one of THE most knowledgeable people in the industry. And he is a helluva nice guy too.

[Robert Hall]

Are you kidding?

If you can't count on them, then who?

Just wanted to second everyone else's sentiment.

[TheFlyingCamera]

Wonderful customer service. There was a mixup on the shipping from them of a Palladium kit I ordered, and they sent me a whole replacement kit plus some extras, at no charge. Great people to deal with. Plus, they sometimes offer specials just for APUG folks!