Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you, for telling it like it is! Slobodan Dimitrov On Jun 18, 2007, at 3:25 PM, R. Clayton McKee wrote: > Quoth the Kenneth Frazier : > >> Listers, >> >> I have an opportunity to buy a Noritsu minilab, in full working >> order, and set it up in the basement of my new church. >> >> The equipment is in excellent condition, but the photo shop is >> closing. I've had a dozen rolls of 120 run through it and the >> results are top notch. > > If this ain't a joke, then you're officially out of your mind, padre. > > That machine, new, probably cost the buyer somewhere between 20 and > 50 grand. If they're willing to let you have it more or less for the > cost of disconnecting it and hauling it away, that should tell you > something. > > I like Noritsu machines, I ran one for several years, and the > operating costs are going to eat you alive several times over. > You'll be needing to run 30-50 rolls a day, minimum, every day, to > keep the chemistry stable so you have predictable results, and then > you'll have water and electric bills out the wazoo, plus the EPA > regulation chemistry and effluent disposal, plus the cost of the > chemistry and the paper and the maintenance time and service and > parts, and then there's learning to make it work right and stay in > calibration, and.... > > Are you getting the picture here? > > There's a reason the freestanding one hour photo place is kaput, and > the maintenance and operating costs are a HUGE part of that reason. > > No Flippin' Way. > -- > > > R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com > Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com > P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 > Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information