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Topic: "Blue Water, White Death"
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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God
Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted April 25, 2012 09:09 AM
We never knew what is the worth of a film until somebody bid on it. But first of all, I have to thank Pat twice, first for trading this film for me and second, for writing the above post about the optical sound so I realized I made a mistake on my first listing.
When I received his film from Pat it was on a custom made jacket which I didn't like it. So I made my own. But after watching the first reel and I knew I would not like it at all. So after keeping for several months, I decided to list it on Ebay.
Because I spent hours and hours to make my own cover plus the cost of ink jet color (not to mention all mistakes) I put the starting price $49 to cover those efforts (ps: I will open another thread about this custom made cover and you will see step by step how I made this).
In the first listing, I received two bidders and reached $69 something by that time I read this thread and realized I made a mistake by describing this as a magnetic sound film without re-checking. So when I found this was an optical sound as Pat mentioned above I canceled the listing for a revision.
I did not continue to list after also finding that the higher bidder was the same person with my other listing which was still on. I was afraid if he or she won my 2 listings (both multi-reelers), would be hit by the Canada Post`high shipping cost. So I decided to wait until my first listing finish.
I didn't realize that this postponement brought another luck that another potential buyer came up. So when I re-listed this, this new bidder were on bid war against the previous bidder brought the price to $250 on the 5th day. I could not believe my own eyes to see this.
But when I checked the new bidder was from a country that most Ebay sellers would not to send, I contacted the higher bidder. My basic principle was not to discriminate anyone because every body needs to have same opportunity to buy my film no matter his or her country was well known for fraud or the shipping cost will be enormous.
So I kindly emailed the bidder to notify him to check my shipping calculator provided in my listing and if he felt to be expensive he was most than welcome to cancel the bid. But he didn't do that and kept bidding until finally reached $350!
So he was the winner.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160782045261?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1562.l2649
Not waiting too long he paypaled me, although the shipping cost alone was $88!
Osi, the winner knew about this film, so he was not expecting a kind of action one. And if you read the summary of this film that it was shot in South Africa. May be he has some attachment to it.
So, this film was from South Africa, sent to the USA later was sent to Canada, and finally the film will be going home soon! funny huh....
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Winbert
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted April 25, 2012 01:08 PM
It amazed me, but that's the funny thing about the "crap shoot" known as ebay. Some things that would never sell for a lot, will suddenly surprise you as a bidding war commences. I'm really surprised to see how high it did get.
I thought that was probably you selling it, as it was Canada, and I had remembered you buying it, and when I didn't see it listed as optical sound, if it was you, I assumed that it was an oversight on your part, as I know your character to be on the "up and up", so there was never a thought in my mind as to whether you were being naughty or not. You are and have always been a man of integrity in my "book"
OSI
PS, I envy that selling price! That has to be one of the higest amounts ever paid for an optical super 8 print, to be sure! Possibly a new record.
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"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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