Response to Grey Market Tri-X

And the shipping method to get it back into the US...and the fact that if something is wrong with the film (packaging/manufacturing error--does happen)that the manufacturers will not honor the warranty in this country...I got a roll of Kodak Tri-x a few years ago that the end caps were never put on...came out of the film can with no end caps...they were never even formed. This was replaced free of charge...if it was gray market you'd be out of luck on that...you may get away okay on b&w, but avoid gray market color like the plague...folks will tell you otherwise I'm sure but we buuy big lots of film on bids, and stipulate no gray market...I've seen everything from weirdo film with no english on the package & out of date products, to film that's packaging was literally crushed & split open in transit....Fuji films all have a 74101 barcode for the US...anything else like a 94 or 91 or whatever are gray...with Kodak the box should have just english, maybe spanish on it. They should say"made fresh for USA/ Kodak Pro Products" on them.These things change from time to time, but the companies update this info on their websites and can even track the film back to the vendors if needed....like I said, you may be okay, you may sdave money, but if anything is wrong, you'll be out of luck.

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