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	"it was very interesting seeing behind the scenes at a print lab. I didn't realise quite how much work they put in making sure our photos look as good as possible; even on a per print basis sorting out cropping issues etc. Makes the print prices seem even better value for money." RB, Norfolk

The Parker Franklin Price List

The Parker Franklin price list is designed to give you, the customer, the fairest deal possible whilst still giving you complete flexibility in the structure and content of the packs you choose to offer your customers. However this flexilibility has presented us with some problems; most labs offer a selection of pre-configured packs that are naturally cheaper than the sum of the price of each individual product in that pack. By providing you with such pre-configured packs they are able to effectively give you bigger discounts the more products there are in a pack. However the down side is that you are obliged to use only the packs that the lab has already set up; you do not have the freedom to structure your own packs.

Our pricing system is designed to give you that freedom; allowing you to design packs from any combination of our products that you choose, whilst still giving you the price reductions that you would expect with larger packs.

	Sliding Price Scale
	This flexibility is achieved with a sliding discount scale; the more products you place in a pack the higher the discount and therefore the lower the price you pay for each product. Unfortunately this does make it a little more complicated to work out what you will be charged for each of your packs. To help we have put our price list into an active spreadsheet that will work out the prices for you. There are tables showing each price based on the number of products in a pack but to make it easier for you we have added a pack calculator below these tables (see below for more details).

	Mounts or No Mounts
	We have a standard black mount with silver borders that we will supply with your prints. There are a number of other mounts types that we can supply, though there may be a small extra charge with some. However should you choose to provide your own mounts instead, or even provide none at all, that is fine. Ther are two complete price lists; one that includes the mounts and one for no mounts. For more on our mount choices see Products.

	Service Levels
	As well as the sliding scale discussed to the left, there are also three different levels of service you can receive from us, each of which has its own set of prices. Note that all of them include all postage or courier costs. We will never add a delivery cost for anything other than exceptional items. Each of these services has its own price table. Read more...

The Price List Spreadsheet

The price list is downloadable from our Download page or directly from the download link below. The spreadsheet has four sheets:

Instructions - information on how to use the price list spreadsheet.
With Mounts - prices and pack calculator for each service with standard mounts supplied by us.
Photos Only - prices and pack calculator for each service with no mounts supplied by us.
Mount Types - a table of the different mounts available and what print sizes are available in each type.

Download the Price List (zip file).

	The Price Tables
	From the small clip above, taken from the Full Service With Mounts prices tables for 2008-2009, you can see that if you have a pack with say one 10x8 and two 8x6's then the total number of products is 3 and the discount on the base price is 12.9%, the 8x6 price is £2.02 (instead of £2.32) and the 10x8 price is £2.61 (instead of £3.00) giving a total price for printing and posting an order for this pack as £6.65. Remember this price includes the mounts and postage direct to the customer. However for an easier way to calculate this price see the calculator to the right of this article.

	The Pack Calculator
	From the small clip above, taken from the With Mounts Pack Calculator for 2008-2009, you can see that one 10x8 and two 8x6's have been selected and on the left the total price for the pack is given for each of our standard services; giving a price of £6.65 for Full Service printing and posting. Remember this price includes the mounts and postage direct to the customer. For a breakdown of how the calculator got its prices see the Price Tables to the left of this article.

	Further Discounts
	In fact the actual price to you is often going to be even less than those shown above; if a customer orders two of your packs with one 10x8 and two 8x6's (maybe one for each sibling) then there are a total of six products for that order and the discount moves on to 28.5% giving a total price for each pack of just £5.46. In other words the discount is actually calculated on each order, rather than each pack.