Asda Photo Service – Store Collection

Wanted to order a few photo prints, could use my Samsung photo printer but I noticed that Asda are now doing in-store collection. Order on-line, pick up in an hour.

So setup an account (10 free photos, but only for home delivery), uploaded some images painlessly & selected the local store. 11:26am, e-mail to say order taken. 11:37am, e-mail to say order ready (Subject was ‘Order Shipped’, but it’s close enough & the body said ‘They are ready to be picked up now.’ – not the best grammar…). So under 15 minutes. Unfortunately I couldn’t make it to the store that quickly, but when I did get there they were waiting for me.

18p/print isn’t too bad compared for the convenience. Having to wait the full hour isn’t too much of a problem if you’ve got some shopping to do. Photobox charge from 10p/print + £1.35 P&P, so work out better if you can wait a few days and are printing more than 17 images. My Samsung 2020 dye-sub works out at 25p/print for a 6×4 (40 = £9.99 last time I bought a ribbon/paper kit) & takes 60sec/print.

Image quality is pretty decent, certainly better than using a Kodak kiosk & comparable with the Boots 1hr digital service. Not sure why they don’t offer a similar service, I’ve spent an hour wandering around the shops waiting, but all their website shows is the delivery service (powered by Photobox). 7×5 is 23p & 9×6 is 25p, after that it gets expensive. Paper is Fuji Crystal Archive.