OK, we have the best deal ever. Now here is the reverse. What is the worst trade or purchase you have made and why?
Here are mine:
4. Giant 30" by 20" leather photo album labeled "Deardorff". Has about 20 vintage 8x10 black and white prints of babies and kids. I paid $100 for it, but now that I have it I have no use for it and I doubt I could get $10 for it.
3. Olympus 35RC. Paid $50 for it thinking it was complete but when I received it it was missing parts and was damaged. Thats what I get for not looking at the pics well enough. I really wanted to try to return it, but it was very plain that it was damaged in the pics. I sold it here for $20 i think. The recipient was able to combine 3 cameras into 2 working units.
2. "free darkroom print dryer" -An ad on craigslist. I thought it would be one of the nice units to feed fiber prints through. Instead it was a much more vintage thing. Streched canvas over a wire frame with a light bulb socket underneath. Very crude. Not something I will ever use. For some reason I took it home anyway..(?) Been collecting dust in my garage ever since.
And my number 1 "worst trade ever" (drum roll please)...
1. "BROWN" Horizontal Copy Enlarger - Price $1
I placed a starting bid on this just for fun.. and ended up winning the auction. The seller was quick to point out that I was contractually obliged to buy it and take it away. I asked if it would fit in a pickup and he laughed, said it was 15 feet long. I must have been delusional that week and I rented a big U-haul and drove 100 miles to pick it up. All the time having no frigging clue what I was going to do with it.
When I got there, it was still bolted to the walls of the shop. I helped him detach it, clear a path to the truck launch, and move it 30 feet or so. When It was just to the mouth of the truck launch, I re-measured it and it was actually 17 feet long. That made it too big to fit in the truck and close the back. Thats when I came to my senses and backed out of the deal. I didnt make it back to the rental shop in time, so I was changed for an extra day. Ended up costing me $250.
Worst part is, my wife uses the incident to remind me of my stupidity whenever I get a crazy idea in my head.. "17 feet!"
Here are mine:
4. Giant 30" by 20" leather photo album labeled "Deardorff". Has about 20 vintage 8x10 black and white prints of babies and kids. I paid $100 for it, but now that I have it I have no use for it and I doubt I could get $10 for it.
3. Olympus 35RC. Paid $50 for it thinking it was complete but when I received it it was missing parts and was damaged. Thats what I get for not looking at the pics well enough. I really wanted to try to return it, but it was very plain that it was damaged in the pics. I sold it here for $20 i think. The recipient was able to combine 3 cameras into 2 working units.
2. "free darkroom print dryer" -An ad on craigslist. I thought it would be one of the nice units to feed fiber prints through. Instead it was a much more vintage thing. Streched canvas over a wire frame with a light bulb socket underneath. Very crude. Not something I will ever use. For some reason I took it home anyway..(?) Been collecting dust in my garage ever since.
And my number 1 "worst trade ever" (drum roll please)...
1. "BROWN" Horizontal Copy Enlarger - Price $1
I placed a starting bid on this just for fun.. and ended up winning the auction. The seller was quick to point out that I was contractually obliged to buy it and take it away. I asked if it would fit in a pickup and he laughed, said it was 15 feet long. I must have been delusional that week and I rented a big U-haul and drove 100 miles to pick it up. All the time having no frigging clue what I was going to do with it.
When I got there, it was still bolted to the walls of the shop. I helped him detach it, clear a path to the truck launch, and move it 30 feet or so. When It was just to the mouth of the truck launch, I re-measured it and it was actually 17 feet long. That made it too big to fit in the truck and close the back. Thats when I came to my senses and backed out of the deal. I didnt make it back to the rental shop in time, so I was changed for an extra day. Ended up costing me $250.
Worst part is, my wife uses the incident to remind me of my stupidity whenever I get a crazy idea in my head.. "17 feet!"