For Sale 4X4 to 6X6 lensboard adapter

[c.d.ewen]

I made this a number of years ago, when I had a lot of lenses mounted on 4x4 lensboards. With this adapter, I used them on an 8X10 Deardorff, which takes round-cornered 6X6 lensboards.

There are extra holes drilled through this board to allow a Packard to be mounted on the back. I'll be happy to fill up the holes, if the buyer so desires.

Satisfaction guaranteed - use it for up to a week and return it, no questions asked, for a full refund. You'll pay the postage both way, of course.

Let's try a different price discovery method: scheduled price decreases!

$50+shipping until 12:01 AM EDT, Wed June 23, 2010, at which time it becomes
$45+shipping until 12:01 AM EDT, Thurs June 24, 2010, at which time it becomes
$40+shipping until 12:01 AM EDT, Fri June 25, 2010, at which time it becomes
$35+shipping until 12:01 AM EDT, Sat June 26, 2010, at which time it becomes
$30+shipping until 12:01 AM EDT, Sun June 27, 2010, at which time it becomes
$25+shipping until 12:01 AM EDT, Mon June 28, 2010, at which time it becomes
$20+shipping until 12:01 AM EDT, Tue June 29, 2010, at which time it becomes
$15+shipping until 12:01 AM EDT, Wed June 30, 2010, at which time it becomes
$10+shipping until 12:01 AM EDT, Thurs July 1, 2010, at which time it becomes
$5+shipping until 12:01 AM EDT, Fri July 2, 2010, at which time it becomes
Free+shipping

Paypal accepted.

Charley

 

[photobizzz]

That has to be the most hilarious pricing I have ever seen!

 

[Rick A]

ya know, you arent gonna get rid of it until July 3, because of that wonderfully crazy pricing.

 

[Barry S]

I'm waiting until the end of August, when you get the adapter and $200 from Charley.

 

[Rick A]

I bet I can out-wait ya and get more.

 

[c.d.ewen]

Heh, heh, heh........Mickey's hands are spinning, spinning, spinning around the dial!

Charley

 

[c.d.ewen]

Innocent Babes, have you awoken from your slumbers to find the world has shifted beneath your peaceful bed?

I've been about some mischief.

The canny have reserved first place on their selected day, while the astute have said, 'I shall buy at XXX day's price, plus a dollar'.

Yes, Sweet Lambs, this masquerades as a prix fixe offering, but functions as an auction.

Charley

 

[greybeard]

Where I come from, this is called a Dutch Auction (probably with some pejorative implications, for which I apologize to anyone of Netherlands heritage!) and is used to annoy cheapskates who always want a discount from the asking price. What a wonderful way to exact retribution!

 

[Q.G.]

You guys who think that waiting till the last moment is the way to get a good deal must remember that the first to say "mine" gets it. Unlike in the other type of auction, there is no way to outbid any other bidder. You either beat your fellows to it and be the first, or you get nothing.
And there's no way of sussing out the competition; you don't know when any other person interested will say "mine".

So, are you willing to miss out on getting this thing for $5 because it can be free the next day?
When, at what price will you consider it a deal too good to miss?


It is a very effective way of auctioning, by the way, because it does away with the 'spiel' of bidders upping their bids in turn. So it's fast (that is: as fast as the auctioneer wants it to be. If you are going to wait for a day between successive price drops, it's not.) and can't go on for ever.
And it always achieves the true value of the item sold, while the normal type of auction attracts too many bargain hunters, hoping to get things for less than they are worth, wasting time by bidding to below the true value, and then quitting just short of achieving a price something can actually be sold for. Unless there is at least one serious bidder, an auction can turn out to be a lengthy waste of everyone's time.

 

[c.d.ewen]

You guys are killing me.

Does everybody work on a shimpboat in the Gulf. Or is it that nobody's working at all?

This handy little device is priced at $20 today, and after Midnight tonight (6/29/10), it is no longer available. I might just as well keep it.

Charley

 

[c.d.ewen]

SOLD! Would you beleive it?!

Charley

 

[taulen]

Congrats =)