A while ago we went in to JC Penney’s and suffered through a photo shoot. After we were tortured through the decision process of picking out what shots we wanted (and after I recovered from the coronary brought on by their ridiculous prices), I walked to the register to part with our life savings.
I saw a sign about buying a CD of our session. I asked about it, and she didn’t know much about it, the CD thing was new and her manager wasn’t there. I asked if the images were hi-rez (are you familiar with their Smiles by Wire? Oh my.), and yes she thought they were. Duplication license? Yes, that was included. The CD would have all the images from our session, save for the enhanced stuff they put together.
The CD was a hundred bucks. Which, my goodness, is atrocious. But compared to the prices of their print packages it’s a better deal, I think.
So I said wait just a minute, cancel our order of the prints. But oops, she had just put it through, she didn’t know if she could cancel it. So I got her manager’s number and said I’d call tomorrow.
To their credit, the manager called us the next day with the order already canceled. And after getting all the ensuing stuff worked out, we received the CD in the mail a few days ago. Now Jewel can get any picture she wants, in any size she wants, no limits, no restrictions. And if she wants more in a year or two or whenever, we still have them.
Wait just a minute. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea!!
4 Responses
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:25 am
Those are absolutely adorable. Get them girls out here!! (I guess you and Jewel can come too.)
=)
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Those girls are too adorable!! Now let me tell you–the youngest resembles her cousin Cody in a big way!! Impossible you say! Not!! Coming from an adopted family and married into one it is entirely possible!!! And here I thought Cody looked like a Baker!! Must have some Troyer blood after all!! Good call on the CD by the way!
July 30th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
What great pictures and it sounds like you did get a great deal! It is true in regards to getting what you pay for; especially with portraits.
August 7th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Thank you for explaining that! I just paid $105 for my newborns first photos and I had to AGONIZE over limiting my order to a few. Then I see that for $100 I could have ALL of them AND the rights to reprint! I’m still trying to gulp down the idea of $100 bucks each time I go in there, but I’m an art teacher and would MUCH rather be able to crop and print and play with high resolution images. They don’t spell that out on the Penny’s web stuff.. probably on purpose! Thanks a bunch!
Cheryl