Karl Lee Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 In case you haven't seen it, today Kodak posted an announcement regarding distribution of motion picture film. Essentially, it sounds like they're moving to a direct ship model and will be shipping all orders from their Rochester manufacturing facility. There's mention of an anticipated delivery time of 5 (?!) business days after placing an order, but I don't know if this is actual order fulfillment time or just a worst-case scenario for ground shipping. There are a few other announcements, including discontinuation of ShootSaver and NYC will call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted October 22, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted October 22, 2014 In case you haven't seen it, today Kodak posted an announcement regarding distribution of motion picture film. Essentially, it sounds like they're moving to a direct ship model and will be shipping all orders from their Rochester manufacturing facility. There's mention of an anticipated delivery time of 5 (?!) business days after placing an order, but I don't know if this is actual order fulfillment time or just a worst-case scenario for ground shipping. There are a few other announcements, including discontinuation of ShootSaver and NYC will call. I love how in one sentence they are basically saying "Here's what we're doing...deal with it," and in the next they say "We look forward to serving you now and in the future." Unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted October 22, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted October 22, 2014 And thanks for posting, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny N Suleimanagich Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) In one sense, it's a good streamlining of affairs. If they made it easier to order (like web checkout) it'd be even better. 5 days is fine (seems like they ship immediately) if you're doing a longer-lead production- can always expedite shipping if budget requires that. The will call wasn't exactly the easiest thing to deal with, anyway. I get fresh stock from Film Emporium next-day in NY. Perhaps saddest is that they're moving out of their facility in Hollywood. I guess no need to have such a huge warehouse these days in such prime real estate. Edited October 22, 2014 by Kenny N Suleimanagich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Compton Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 There's mention of an anticipated delivery time of 5 (?!) business days after placing an order, but I don't know if this is actual order fulfillment time or just a worst-case scenario for ground shipping. I just spoke with a sales rep on the phone. They still offer Next Day shipping via FEDEX/UPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted October 22, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted October 22, 2014 I don't think I've ever in my life gotten film anywhere but from a phone call to Kodak, and I don't think this will be as big of a switch for most. Generally speaking, at least my own MO has been to call up (or have the producer call up ) one of the reps with whom I've worked before and put in the order. It ships, comes in, and we store it until used. As we're going if we wind up running low on stock, we order up somemore-- though generally this rarely happens as I always overbudget raw stock a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted October 22, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted October 22, 2014 I don't think I've ever in my life gotten film anywhere but from a phone call to Kodak, and I don't think this will be as big of a switch for most. Truthfully, ever since they moved out of their office on 31st Street here in NYC, it's been a hassle to get to them for will call service. So much so that I recently set up an account for mail ordering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted October 22, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted October 22, 2014 I get fresh stock from Film Emporium next-day in NY. Wow...that's about a $40.00 mark-up for 400' of 7219 instead of getting it direct from Kodak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny N Suleimanagich Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 It depends on how much you order, sometimes it can be below market dependent on quantity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Gladstone Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I'm definitely going to miss being able to walk over to Kodak Hollywood and pick up a few rolls whenever the whim strikes me. But as long as they keep making the stuff, I'm not going to complain too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Lee Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 When Kodak consolidated their film ordering and shipping operations to Rochester in November, I was a little concerned about order fulfillment time as there was mention on Kodak's website that "anticipated delivery will be five working days after the date of your order". I ordered a few rolls of 16mm this past week, and I'm happy to report that, at least for my order, fulfillment and delivery were speedy as usual. I placed my order around 3 PM ET last Monday, and as I wasn't in a big hurry, I opted for FedEx ground delivery (which is two days in transit from Rochester to my location). To my surprise, the film was delivered on Wednesday morning, so it must have shipped on Monday afternoon. I'm guessing that the "five working days" might just be a worst case scenario, as ground service from Rochester to the west coast is likely 4 or 5 days. Time in transit aside, it looks like they're still fulfilling film orders in a timely manner, and I'd imagine that if ordered early enough in the day, most orders (especially overnight shipping orders) will probably ship the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted January 4, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted January 4, 2015 I ordered a few rolls of 16mm this past week, and I'm happy to report that, at least for my order, fulfillment and delivery were speedy as usual. I placed my order around 3 PM ET last Monday, and as I wasn't in a big hurry, I opted for FedEx ground delivery (which is two days in transit from Rochester to my location). To my surprise, the film was delivered on Wednesday morning, so it must have shipped on Monday afternoon. Karl, While I was in the middle of my shoot, I had to order 4 100ft. rolls of 7222 and I had the very same concern. I ordered on Monday and the shoot was on Saturday. The customer rep (very polite gentleman) stated that it shouldn't take more than 2-3 days and sure enough, it was here on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted January 4, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted January 4, 2015 Looks like the Kodakers got rid of a number of upper-crust executators so that they can work again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Ditto great turn around time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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