• Nations Photo Lab

Nations Photo Lab

Overview

Nations Photo Lab has a rating of 3.4 stars from 26 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Nations Photo Lab most frequently mention customer service. Nations Photo Lab ranks 23rd among Photo Printing sites.

  • Service
    4
  • Value
    5
  • Shipping
    5
  • Quality
    5
Positive reviews (last 12 months): 66.7%
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  • Nations Photo Lab always takes special care of customer service and attention to quality.

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Top Positive Review

“Clear and beautiful!”

Jeanette S.
7/19/21

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.

Top Critical Review

“Disappointing colors”

Erika G.
10/3/23

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.

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Thumbnail of user jeanettes183
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 19th, 2021

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.

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Thumbnail of user tashab2
1 review
2 helpful votes
May 21st, 2013

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.

Thumbnail of user kathyv292
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 27th, 2023

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.

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Thumbnail of user jw1066
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 22nd, 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!

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Worth the cost!

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Canvas and metal prints

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Thumbnail of user jlorenzo194119
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 18th, 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!

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Service and quality+price

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Thumbnail of user erikag260
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 3rd, 2023
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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.

Thumbnail of user bnnsradio
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 12th, 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.

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Coffee Table Book

Thumbnail of user barbaraf1680
1 review
2 helpful votes
December 5th, 2022

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.

Tip for consumers:
This is on par with Shutterfly, Walgreens, Walmart printing. Great service for value and still prefer to Shutterfly but don’t use for professional Photog printing services

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Books, metal print, and collage prints

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Thumbnail of user chuckw5
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 15th, 2014

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.

Thumbnail of user jamesd335
4 reviews
8 helpful votes
June 20th, 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.

Thumbnail of user dylanh
16 reviews
51 helpful votes
December 21st, 2008

Prints to please - i have recently made a few orders from this facility and the results were definitely of top marks on the majority of the prints. If there were any color errors, they were my fault because my monitor wasn't properly calibrated to render the colors as they would appear on the prints. They offer a pretty fair deal on evaluation prints(limit 5 images but each image is printed on metallic paper and lustre(similar to matte but with a textured finish) color corrected and un corrected, so you get a very good idea about what you are going to receive before committing to a large order, helping to ease the anxiety of mishaps. I only hold back the fifth star is for two reasons, 1, because i have not had any other proclaimed professionals print my works so i don't have a comparison to other quality printers, they're way beyond kinkos... soo if that gives any idea. 2nd they use fed-ex, let me explain... on the 16th i made an order at beyond early in the morning, files conveniently transfer via internet, when it came time for shipping options i needed this product asap for a deadline so i chose next day delivery... four days later heres my package... but my deadline was the day before... so i was quite purturbed other than that im sure it was a fluke. They have awesome products available

Thumbnail of user shawnw7
1 review
3 helpful votes
July 15th, 2013

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!

Thumbnail of user mikea2382
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 26th, 2023

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.

Thumbnail of user andrial
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 3rd, 2013

I love their service, fast turnaround and beautiful finished products! Recommend to everyone!

Thumbnail of user lisam50
1 review
2 helpful votes
October 4th, 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!

Thumbnail of user ellenc4
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 28th, 2011

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.

Thumbnail of user nh6
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 11th, 2011

Nations Photo Lab always takes special care of customer service and attention to quality. If something ever goes wrong they will always work with you to try again, 100% satisfied customer.

Thumbnail of user kirkm89
1 review
2 helpful votes
April 13th, 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...

Thumbnail of user michellea15
1 review
1 helpful vote
October 28th, 2012

Great products and wonderful customer service. I highly recomend.

Thumbnail of user todh14
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 10th, 2018

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.

Thumbnail of user alanj39
1 review
1 helpful vote
April 11th, 2016

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.

Thumbnail of user debbiel55
1 review
2 helpful votes
November 22nd, 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

Thumbnail of user carrah
1 review
8 helpful votes
November 1st, 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!

Thumbnail of user davidp47
1 review
5 helpful votes
August 11th, 2012

Shame on them. My 6 x 4 pictures came out croped as if they were in the 4 x 6 format. I never knew i had to rotate then into the 4x6. I had to rotate them in my computer's folder. Because in the new ROES application you won't see how you can rotate them. I had to re-order all those prints. And the picture size 16 x 20 was rather in the 20 x 16, i had to re-order and rotate the pictures before placing the order. They don't have the 6x4 size format, ( landscape), they only have the 4x6 ( portrait). So if you order 6x4, you better rotate them. If they saw how the pictures were being printed they didn't care rotate them. Shame on them. The new ROES lay out is very, very confusing.

Thumbnail of user bernadetteh
1 review
18 helpful votes
October 13th, 2010

Be very careful. I own a professional photography comapny in PA. I had some prints doen once to check quality. My orders was $20. A few months later I was notified that somehow another customer with an account number similiar to mine was able to process through my account and my bank account was charged $920. I notified the company and they said they were aware of the situation and would refund me right away. I checked my bank account the next morning and they had Charged my account another $920, thus causing my account to overdraft. They told me my bank Had to contact them so I wentt o the bank and we called them, but they had an excuse for why it could not be fixed. Then I needed to fax them something, oh but their fax machine mysteriously wasnt working. So I emailed them and they have to talk to their online merchandising department whom they could not find a member of at the moment... problem still not resolved, have to get a lawyer.

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