RitzPix.com Reviewer's Comments

Ritz is an old and respected name in photography; unfortunately, we were not impressed with their prints and the ordering process could be easier.

Ease of Use - Ordering Process:  

Uploading photographs was easy and relatively painless. However, we got a little lost when trying to add photos to an existing album. For some reason the “add photos” link is listed in the right navigation box and not directly on the view screen. It just took us a moment to find the option.

Quality of Prints:  

To test for quality, we sent the same digital photos to all of the online photo developers we reviewed.

• Sunset: In our opinion the picture, is too dark. They just didn’t capture the colors of the sunset like we expected.
• Black and White: Our black and white photo was very yellow, almost sepia in tone.
• Aerial: The picture was cloudy and washed out.

Note: To check quality, we took each set of prints received from the online photo developer and laid them down, side-by-side for comparison.

Pricing:  

RitzPix.com pricing to be moderate. Although not the cheapest service we evaluated they certainly weren’t the most expensive. Comparatively their 5 x 7 prints are inexpensive.

Service and Site Features:  

RitzPix.com offers the ability to print camera phone images and have unlimited storage as long as you sign-in once every six months. We also liked the print quality scale provided. It allowed to you evaluate which photographs would be appropriate in which print size.

We found that RitzPix offered a comprehensive selection of gift options including mugs, mousepads, keychains and games.

Shipping Costs/ Turn Around Time:  

RitzPix charged us $.99 plus tax to ship four 4 x 6 prints. The actual postage for USPS First Class was $1.14, which means it cost Ritz $.15 just to ship the photos to us. Which worked out great for us. However, RitzPix determines their shipping cost by how much you’ve spent ordering photographs, not how many photos you’ve ordered.

Our prints came in a standard paper photo folder with a lightweight, cardboard insert, wrapped a rigid, cardboard envelope.

We gave each photo developing service between 1 to 6 business days to send us our completed prints; RitzPix's took six days to get our prints back, although this was within our timeframe it was longer than the majority of services we reviewed.

Summary:  

Ritz photo printing service has a great reputation; however their website just doesn’t demonstrate that reputation. The site seems old, dated and difficult to navigate