There were rumors before I moved that Helix had closed but I see their site is still up. Are they still around? e On Friday, March 14, 2014 1:20 AM, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: On 03/13/2014 01:07 PM, Eric Nelson wrote: > Man I leave Chicago and everything goes to hell. Well it was probably headed > there anyway. > > I spent a lot of money there over the years too esp. on photo paper. This > leaves Chicago without a retail camera store except for Central Camera which > has been in business since 1899. They stayed small and survived. Not sure > if they can fill the void but nowadays w/so much being ordered online, they > may just keep cruising for another 115 years staying just as they are. > I worked with some really nice people in their old Bensenville facility. They got a lot of my Hasselblad money. They purchased Zone VI many years ago and were making good on the lifetime warranties. I guess that's gone now as well... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.