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California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Love my prints. They're clear and perfect. The only thing was it said I would get my prints on a certain date and I planned to have them for my guest room for the company that I was having and they didn't come in time for that. But, they're just beautiful and I'm very pleased. I got the metallic option and I am glad that I did.

Date of experience: July 18, 2021
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I think real people are still working here vs AI. My photo are great. I have recently tried prints from M$&* and Au(**&^&%&. Their first few batches were great, but the last 2 patches of these were awful. So I sent these to Nations Photo Lab. The photos came back great. I suspect Nations uses real people not AI because they look like they had heart applied that only real people could edit not AI. I had gave permission to edit any flaws.

Date of experience: January 25, 2023
South Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Canvas and metal prints
November 22, 2022

I enthusiastically opened the pics I ordered (a combo of canvas and metal prints). So impressed with the results. The colors and clarity were stunning. I've been showing them off (except to the person they're for). They were also packaged with the utmost care and arrived pretty fast. Highly recommend!

Date of experience: November 22, 2022
New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I've been using Nations Photo Labs now for about a year. I've had approx. 30 orders processed through them. A few times I've had problems trying to navigate the ordering system, and each time, whether it's via online chat or on the phone, the rep was VERY helpful in navigating or fixing the issue. My prints come back very professional looking, exactly as the picture was taken, and exactly as I ordered. My customers are happy, and as long as they're happy, I am happy!

Date of experience: September 12, 2012
Ohio
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I am very pleased with all my 11 x 14 photo enlargements, as they are excellent. NPL consistently does excellent work and I would recommend NPL to anyone who wants the best results from their digital images.

Date of experience: March 15, 2014
Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I had a set of prints done and the color was off (very green and excessive contrast) on all of them despite selecting "color correction." The customer service representative was very responsive and had them reprinted, but they were still off. I expressed my dissatisfaction and the prints were redone yet a third time. Some were acceptable, while others were over-corrected (went from too green to to magenta). I had to select prints from each set of reprints to actually get a full set of color accurate prints. The customer service was responsive, but the time and hassle was just not worth it. I've gotten better, more color accurate prints from less touted and cheaper sources.

Date of experience: January 25, 2023
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Disappointing colors
October 3, 2023

The pictures all had a gray/brown underlaying, darker colors than they should be. The only positive is that the details were great. We compared the same pictures with Walmart, yes, Walmart. Very disappointing.

Date of experience: October 3, 2023
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Stunning
February 12, 2024

Upon receipt of my coffeetable book I am absolutely amazed at the quality and design of this book. After some of my family and friends have looked at this book they have made positive comments and say, Wow, this is a great way to show off your photos.

Date of experience: February 10, 2024
Washington
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I love love love NPL
October 4, 2012

I love love love NPL. I have nothing but great experience with them. The few times I had minor problems (for example one print out of 60 came bent), they were happy to reprint and resend for absolutely free. I can't understand where the weird negative comments on this site come from, like the commentor with the weird charge that appeared, or the commentor that said they don't care about art. I am a Nature photographer and they have treated me and my projects with great professionalism. There customer service is top notch. Simply the best!

Date of experience: October 4, 2012
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Italy 2023
July 18, 2023

Fantastic work by Nations Photo Lab, from an I Phone 11!, important for us,I was celebrating my 82th birthday with my wife and daughter.in our beloved Florence Italy our place in the world. Nations Photo Lab works let us see our moments and treasured them. Thank you again Nations Photo Lab keep the good work!

Date of experience: July 16, 2023
Kansas
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Don't use this company!
November 1, 2013

Don't use this company! I had a deadline to meet and the merchandise was not here on time. Even though I paid the 2nd day shipping cost. 5 days later, the product still wasn't here. Then when it finally arrived all most every button I has ordered was cropped so horrible that I couldn't give it to my client. So disappointed! This company probably cost me from getting this certain account again next year. Also, spoke with them several times and everything I called in the rep acted like they didn't know what I was calling about. So annoyed I could cry and scream!

Date of experience: November 1, 2013
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They had photo books on sale. I tried three times to order a photo book from their site, but the the site kept erroring out. There was a polite error message but that didn't really make up for all the time I lost. A couple days later, I went back to the site and used their chat to find out if I could still get the sale price, given that it was their fault that I couldn't place my order during the sale. They wouldn't honor the sale price, nor did they offer anything to compensate me for my lost time and frustration. In this day and age, that lack of customer service is simply not acceptable. They must have expected this kind of review and must be okay with it, which further tells me that other customers should not expect reliable service from them. I shudder to think what would happen if my prints were not as expected. I'd stay away from them.

Date of experience: August 10, 2018
Arizona
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I wish I could give it more stars because the timeliness and customer service was superb, but I'm a professional Photog and I make professional books for clients. I have a high megapixel camera and formatted these images properly for high quality print and to the requirements of the website. All of the images are grainy and unclear and then in some of the photos the customers skin is very magenta. It's just not great quality printing and not what I'd expect from a professional printing service. Take the reviews of other pro photogs on here. They're right. This company is on par with Shutterfly printing not professional photo printing quality and I've tested their print quality more than a few times now.

Date of experience: December 3, 2022
Idaho
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The worst customer service. Don't count on your orders being on time or even shipped and when they aren't be prepared to be asked to pay for the reprints. If you value your customerst don't give them expected arrival times on the products you order.

Date of experience: April 11, 2016
Michigan
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Horrible lies
November 22, 2016

This is a horrible business. Promise 4 to 5 days... ordered Nov 15th it is now the 22nd and still not done. Paid $30. For overnight shipping they willnot ship in time and refuse to refund my money. This was an anniversary present... so thanks alot for ruining it! NEVER EVER USE THIS COMPANY

Date of experience: November 22, 2016
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I just received an order for my daughters senior pictures. The website was easy to use (after a little practice), the pictures were exactly what I ordered, and they came in two business days (ordered Thursday afternoon, arrived Monday afternoon). I couldn't be happier with the price, quality and service. Obviously, I can not judge them on how they would handle a problem, but I plan on using them again and would recommend their services to others.

Date of experience: March 28, 2011
Bahamas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I have been using NPL for about 4 months now. The customer service is great I just dont like the answering service which is used after hours, they dont have any knowledge on products and for the time I called they could only take a message which is no help at all. I live outside of the US and perfer all of my items to be ship bundled they do offer this service at additional cost to ship internationally but I have a US address and just perfer all of my items to arrive the same time. They do send notice or called if there is a query on you order. I am still getting familar with the ROES system which works pretty good. I like that they have regular sales going on. BRANDON, CHRISTA & COURTNEY where always so patient with me when i called and their service to me has been excellent so far. Over all if you are looking for a new lab, I recommend them.

Thanks NPL
Satisfied customer D. P.

Date of experience: May 21, 2013
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Terrible prints
April 13, 2020

I sent them PROFESSIONAL prints to copy and they are not clear. Their color correction that is INCLUDED ruined the color on alot of the prints. I will not use them again... very disappointed. If I wanted cheap bad prints, I could go to CVS...

Date of experience: April 13, 2020
Maryland
1 review
6 helpful votes
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This place is a horrible company. I would never ever use them. The print quality is so bad, yes they use Kodak. What they do not do is work to keep your work in good condition even before it is shipped it will be damaged. They will always re-print your order and mail it right back to you, it will be just as bad the second time. A friend of a friend knew a pro who went to the location; spoke of a toxic nightmare. Very dangerous lab with jerry-rigged systems. Very un-professionally ran and no care for actual photography and art. This place is un-ethical and needs to be shutdown. DO NOT support this lab. Read the reviews on this site, read the reviews online and at these sites: http://olegkikin.com/nationsphotolab-review-138.htm http://www.yelp.com/biz/nations-photo-lab-hunt-valley
Read the real reviews, These people are not in the business for art sake!

Date of experience: July 14, 2012
Washington
4 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I feel scammed
June 20, 2019

I have been working with digital images for 30 years. When I saw a checkbox for "color correction" I took that quite literally to mean adjusting the color of my photos. I didn't want anyone messing with my color as I work hard to create the exact hue I desire. So I did not check this box. I received photos so dark they are useless. I'm not talking just a little dark, I am talking 2-3 downturns of exposure. Parts look blacked out. Now, I would have just chalked this up as a learning experience and made the adjustments and tried again but for one major problem. A few months ago I contacted Nations Lab and explained exactly what I wanted and asked if they could provide the quality I desired. I would have been more than happy to pay extra, money was not the issue. I was ensured that a technician would make sure the image looked just like it did on my screen. I understand the difference between an illuminated image and one in print and even asked if that was an issue. Because of this assurance, I didn't send just a single test image I ordered six for a small project. Seeing the poor quality, I was really dismayed and started a chat with support who promptly tried to lecture me about how this was my fault for not checking their "color" correction box. They were both condescending and using those absurd placating canned responses. Not sure why companies still do this when it is obvious with the rest of the dialogue that they just don't care and was even rather irritated that I questioned their assertions. That aside, Walgreens and Wal Mart could have easily achieved the same quality as this company. They just plug it into the same type of printer everyone else uses with the same algorithms and hit auto print. There is nothing special to be gained here. Just a greater disappointment.

Date of experience: June 20, 2019

Overview

Nations Photo Lab has a rating of 3.2 stars from 26 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Nations Photo Lab most frequently mention and customer service. Nations Photo Lab ranks 24th among Photo Printing sites.

service
4
value
5
shipping
5
quality
5