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John Hawkinson
Film God

Posts: 2273
From: Cambridge, MA, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 07-30-2002 12:06 PM

We got the following letter from Technicolor today enclosed with some trailers and one-sheets:

quote:
Technicolor
Cinema Distribution
July 15, 2002
Re: ARS Labels
Dear Exhibitor:
PLEASE NOTE: Trailer-return shipping labels will no longer be enclosed with advertising materials shipped by Technicolor. Please destroy any unused "ARS" labels as the current trailer return program is being discontinued. Continued use of these labels may result in transportation charges to your theater.
A new trailer-return program will soon be inplemented.
Thank you for your help.
Kindest regards,
TECHNICOLOR CINEMA DISTRIBUTION

Now, I don't remember ever getting an ARS label from TES, so the whole premise seems a bit weird. Still, if there's any chance that TES is revamping their trailer returns such that people might actually stand a chance of getting old trailers when they need them, then I'm all for it!

Anyone have any details?

--jhawk

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

Posts: 12767
From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 07-30-2002 01:28 PM

We got the labels with some shipments, but not all. I would bet that TES is negotiating with Airborne to do trailer pickups. Would make sense since that's who does all their deliveries.

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Brooks M. Davies
Film Handler

Posts: 28
From: Killeen, TX, USA
Registered: Jul 2002

posted 07-31-2002 01:06 PM

we recieved that notification too. wonder how long this will take? by the time the "new" shipping gets running ill have boxes and boxes to send them, and ill recieve 1 label...lol

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Manuel Francisco Valencia
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 151
From: Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 08-02-2002 03:53 PM

I also got this message but after doing a little Q&A with some people I found out that this is only for studio trailers and not rolling stock. We were told to discard the messsage entirely and just ship our ads the same way as before.

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John Hawkinson
Film God

Posts: 2273
From: Cambridge, MA, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 08-02-2002 03:54 PM

It pretty clearly says "Trailers."

--jhawk

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Manuel Francisco Valencia
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 151
From: Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 08-04-2002 01:41 AM

No Shit!

Many people also refer to the ads as trailers. Many people send their old trailers to their discount theatres and hardly ever send them back so the only thing shipped using the ARS labels are ads so when they get the memo the first thing they think of is ads. Also they came with our next ad flight.

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Manuel Francisco Valencia
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 151
From: Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 08-04-2002 01:51 AM

Might I also add that you never freakin know what the hell is up when it comes to Technicolor.

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