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cramej · Jan 19, 2016

Please, someone stop the bidders.... $170 with 3 days left!

I've already emailed the seller to inform them that this is not actually a camera.

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=27031997

Someone will be trying very, very hard to figure out how to shove a sheet of film into this thing

Rick A · Jan 19, 2016

So, if it's not actually a camera, what exactly is it? Description lists it as a "Vintage Wooden Large Format Camera w/ Stand" , you tell us what you think it is.

cramej · Jan 19, 2016

A home decoration......but it looks like a camera. Good luck focusing.

BrianShaw · Jan 19, 2016

a device for display of a persons soul upside down and backward.

Rick A · Jan 19, 2016

Goodwill is going to have to stand behind it, "truth in advertising" laws being what they are.

Old-N-Feeble · Jan 19, 2016

Rick A said:
Goodwill is going to have to stand behind it, "truth in advertising" laws being what they are.

Probably so... but is the buyer responsible for shipping one or both ways?

Alan W · Jan 19, 2016

Someone buying this will want to make a lamp or something out of it.They wont ever care if it works or not.

MattKing · Jan 19, 2016

Rick A said:
Goodwill is going to have to stand behind it, "truth in advertising" laws being what they are.

Hope that that Goodwill isn't encountering the same challenges as Goddwill in Ontario: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/goodwill-gta-lockout-1.3407732

Ian Grant · Jan 19, 2016

They get sold new on Ebay quite regularly, made in India, however the sellers make it quite clear they are decorative only.

Ian

Wayne · Jan 19, 2016

cramej said:
Good luck focusing.

I'm more concerned about getting the holder in. I could focus, if I had the right lens.

Ian Grant · Jan 19, 2016

We could ask the skilled Indian craftsmen to up their game and make fully working cameras, labour costs in India are far less now than China so they could easily undercut the Chinese manufacturers.

Ian

cramej · Jan 24, 2016

Is there something I'm missing about this "camera"? It finished up at $251!

skorpiius · Jan 25, 2016

I see the seller added:

Additional Information Added 1/20/2016 4:23:54 AM
This Item is for decorative purposes and not a functional camera.

I wonder how many people noticed.

wrieselbach · Jan 30, 2016

In a sense, it is a camera... It was used for drawing silhouettes (a favored thing in victorian times).

Sirius Glass · Jan 30, 2016

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