Want to Buy WTB: Negative Stage Plate for LPL/Saunders/Omega 4x5 Enlargers

[Alain Dore]

I need a negative stage plate for any of the following enlargers (I have a Saunders/LPL 4550XL)

• LPL 7450, 7451, 7452, and 7452L 4x5 enlargers
• Jobo/LPL 7415, 7425, and 7435 4x5 enlargers
• Omega/LPL 4500-II and 4550XLG 4x5 enlargers
• Saunders/LPL 4500, 4500-II, 4550XL and 4550XLG 4x5 enlargers

KHB Product # LPL3683-2142
B&H # OMPL36832142
Manufacturer's Part # L3683-2142

Picture courtesy of KHB website

 

[bdial]

Omega-brandess looks to have it;
https://omegabrandess.com/shop/lpl-lpl36832142/

 

[Alain Dore]

Thanks. I'll call them in the morning. Their shipping to Canada is almost as much as the plate itself! Must be a cheaper way to get it to me.

 

[bdial]

Maybe that shipping cost is why KHB's price is 135 Canadian.
B&H's website indicates it's orderable, just not a stock item, if their shipping rates are better, they would likely be sourcing it from Omega-Brandess anyway if you can work with the 2 - 4 week lead time.

 

[Alain Dore]

And KHB and B&H can't tell me when they'll have stock, I've already called them. Omega-Brandess it will have to be regardless of shipping costs! Good thing I only paid $150 for the enlarger

 

[MattKing]

Maybe that shipping cost is why KHB's price is 135 Canadian

KHB is the Canadian distributor - their new inventory comes straight from the manufacturer in Japan (when things aren't Covid disrupted).
In normal times I would order it shipped to Washington state and pick it up there, but these are not normal times, and Alain is a lot farther from the border crossing than I am.
If only they could just throw it over to Ladysmith! .

 

[bdial]

I hope it works out.

 

[Alain Dore]

We'll it turns out, even though Omega Brandess shows it "in stock", it's not in stock. 6-8 weeks to special order it. I'm guessing they're in the same boat as KHB and B&H, waiting on Covid-related backlogs to clear up.

The search continues.