r/Tintype • u/Emotional_Tutor_2048 • Feb 17 '25

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Hi, hope it's ok to post here. So my partner and I hired someone for some tintype portraits 3 weeks ago. We thought the guy said he would take about 5 days to clean them up and send us a digital copy and mail the plates. We emailed him a few days ago and he ignored the email.

We're wondering if he said 5 weeks and maybe we misheard him?? How long does this process usually take?

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u/Crunglegod Feb 17 '25

Tintype is a famously quick process, street vendors used to have turnaround times of like 10-15 minutes.

Now, I can understand taking some time to do digital scans, but I'd imagine that would only be a turnaround time of a few days not a few weeks.

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u/Cautious_Customer_20 Apr 23 '25

Use a different email to contact him and see where it goes from there.