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Author Topic: DFS film delivery Dave Ganoe Expert Film Handler Posts: 119 From: Point Marion, PA Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-22-2008 02:11 PM                     Can anyone confirm or deny that DFS handles film delivery themselves or do they use a 3rd party? Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-22-2008 02:41 PM                        Sorry, but your name reminds me of a T.V. show I watched as a kid. The Great Space Coaster, I think was the name of it: No Gnews is Good Gnews, with Gary Gnu. Except: No Gnews is Good Gnews with David Ganoe. Just a random thought  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-22-2008 05:10 PM                        Gary Gnu:  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 01-22-2008 05:36 PM                     Dang! Thought I was the only one who remembered "The Great Space Coaster". Anyway, the DFS/ETS depot here in OKC uses 3rd party courriers to deliver the prints or you can pick them up yourself which is what we do since we're only 15 minutes away. [ 01-22-2008, 07:56 PM: Message edited by: Jeremy Weigel ]  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-22-2008 06:04 PM                        Here, prints are shipped UPS or bus. I don't think DFS runs any of their own transportation.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-22-2008 11:52 PM                     We have Western Air here in Idaho that handles ETS shipments from the SLC depot..and once in a great while from the Portland ORE depot if SLC doesn't have that certain print. Eastern part of the state would get both - mainly from the SLC and on rare occasions, the Butte, MONT. depot.  |  IP: Logged Chad M Calpito Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 01-23-2008 10:41 AM                        Here in San Diego, Brakewater Transport delievers the DFS prints, which typically comes at 12:30am Friday morning, at least to my theatre. I can't say what time the prints arrive at other theatre locations, though.  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-23-2008 10:32 PM                     To be definitive about it, DFS does not handle delivery direct to the customer. They will use a variety of agents, including local trucking companies, national couriers like Paramount Courier, DHL/Danzas Air and Ocean, and FedEx, as well as permitting pickup from the depot ("WILL CALL"). If you have questions, call DFS customer service at 800-764-3969. If you have questions about your locality, the Jacksonville depot is 904-741-3733. --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Jake Lafree Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Valparaiso, IN USA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 02-08-2008 06:50 PM                        We receive our DFS prints via "Consolidated Film Delivery", usually late Wednesday night, between 10:30pm-1am.  |  IP: Logged

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