It probably has something to do with:
- The amount of requests they receive (as I can imagine they must receive lots considering it's a free photo through email)
- The printing time for the photos
- The putting photos into envelopes and sealing them up
- Checking emails (making sure they are differentiated from spam)
- Physically copying the addresses down on the envelopes by hand.
I guess because it is a "free" photo, that a wait is better than not getting anything at all.
Remember - you get what you pay for
nowandagain [rockon]