Ebay bargain of the week...

[Andre Noble]

Funny

 

[Sirius Glass]

If I buy ten think of the money I would save!

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

$9.99 + $6.99 shipping!? For two!? :confused: Seriously!? I can walk into a high street lab, any lab, ask for a bundle of rolls (I don't know what I'd use them for...) and get them free, zero, zilch, nada. From what I know, they end up in landfill, not routinely recycled. Nice bit of opportunistic profiteering which does tend to tarnish eBay a bit by dint of such a silly listing. But I've definitely seen worse things...

 

[michaelbsc]

How about special custom-made spools ?
I can make them out of aluminium for a couple hundred each, we just need a way to hype them.

I worked really hard for a while trying to figure out how to make cheap 620 spools. I know that if you could just find a refurbishable punch-press that actually made the suckers in the 1950s they could still be cheap enough.

But new tooling was just out of the question.

 

[Marc B.]

I got a bigger laugh from another item...same seller.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Vintage...098?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c2b65b91a

 

[scheimfluger_77]

I got a bigger laugh from another item...same seller.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Vintage...098?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c2b65b91a

Forget the strap, I want the table it's photographed on. I'll take that for &150.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

I've got about two bushels of 35mm film vials. I should be able to make a down payment on a house if I peddle these on feebay.

 

[BobD]

Have a look at his completed auctions and you'll see how successful he is(n't):
http://tinyurl.com/8hvjc77

Red prices = no sale.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

Forget the strap, I want the table it's photographed on. I'll take that for &150.

"new vintage collectible"
Why do I never meet these shitheads when I'm wandering around dark alleys? Couldn't I meet just one before I die? Please?

 

[Felinik]

Have a look at his completed auctions and you'll see how successful he is(n't):
http://tinyurl.com/8hvjc77

Red prices = no sale.

One has to admire his "courage"... or whatever it should be called, stamina... ?

 

[E. von Hoegh]

One has to admire his "courage"... or whatever it should be called, stamina... ?

Gall.

 

[Jeff Searust]

I bet he saw the price on some metal ones and thought these were the same thing... But I wouldn't even pay $10 a pair for metal ones.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

This caught my attention as I purchased one locally as a spare last week: http://tinyurl.com/9n4m2gp
He really has no idea what he is handling ("shutter speed coupling ring"???) or how to cost it.
Often available for $10.00.

 

[nwilkins]

okay I couldn't help messaging this guy. here is the conversation thus far:

me: are these vintage or new reproductions? I ask because $9.99 each seems pretty cheap.

seller: the film that was on the spools dated back around 1994-1997 I dont know if you would consider that vintage or not.

me: as far as I know until about 1992 or so they were really well made but
sometime after then they started using cheaper plastic and making them
to less exacting tolerances, so if these are from 1994-1997 then
probably $9.99 apiece is reasonable. darn - thought I could get a
sweet deal Still, even the newer ones are a bit tough to come by
these days it seems.

 

[tnabbott]

Hilarious!

 

[lxdude]

:devil:

 

[LarryP]

I messaged him a couple of days ago about the spools asking why would I pay his price when I can get 3 rolls of freestyle branded foma for less than that and they give me the spools with the film. he hasn't answered yet.