Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Arch, I've heard people state that the repackaging is either film which was sent back to the MFG by the original retailer for varying reasons and then resold for repackaging, or that the re packagers buy bulk spools and spool themselves under their own name. I'de bet repackaged film isn't fresh but certainly useable. Chris At 12:42 PM 3/23/2006, you wrote: >I just ordered 10 rolls each of APX 100 & Fomapan 200 from Freestyle. >The sales guy on the phone says they ordered a half million rolls of APX >just before Agfa went belly up. The interesting thing is that he swears >the Arista II line of films is the exactly the same stock with different >packaging, and a buck per roll cheaper. The same deal with the Fomapan >line, which Freestyle packages as Arista.edu. > >Is this too good to be true? > >Arche > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information