(This article is an excerpt from How to Select a Photo Scanning Service for Highly-Valued Photographic Collections, published by FotoBridge. The entire publication can be downloaded here.)

How to Select a Photo Scanning Service (Part 3 of 4)

Estimating Total Cost Worksheet

Often, the challenge when comparing multiple service providers on the basis of cost is distilling “apparent” or “advertised” cost to actual total cost.  Each provider has typically made a variety of decisions in constructing their offerings that complicate “apples to apples” comparisons.  Here again, we suggest a simple straight forward approach and want to underscore that you specific requirements should drive your evaluation of costs.

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