8mm Forum: Am I Missing Something, Is This Film Made Of GOLD!

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Posted by Barry Attwood (Member # 100) on February 10, 2006, 02:37 AM:

I saw this 4x400' STANDARD 8 feature on ebay today

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GRIP-OF-THE-STRANGLER-Boris-Karloff-Standard-8-mm_W0QQitemZ9102553196QQcategoryZ1476QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and I wondered what forum members thought about it, as I cannot see why it should be the price it's listed for.

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on February 10, 2006, 03:27 AM:

Have moved this to the General Yak area. Please guy's keep all the ebay entries together under the one heading.

Thanks, Kev.

Posted by Mark Todd (Member # 96) on February 10, 2006, 03:40 AM:

Hells Bells I would ahve thought £40 would be more than enough on std 8 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best Mark

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on February 10, 2006, 07:04 AM:

It cant be that rare! did it ever make it to the Super gauge?

Kev.

Posted by Andrew Wilson (Member # 538) on February 10, 2006, 08:05 AM:

yes i think it did make super 8mm;but not at that sky high price.no wonder theres no bids on it.cheers andy

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on February 10, 2006, 08:15 AM:

This is a weird one as the seller is offering some other 8mm shorts for reasonable prices, so it's not that he's in a fantasy world. And why end it early.

Although it's a crazy price, there's always a remote chance that someone will pay it - after all, someone paid £98 for a brussel sprout recently! It also amazes me that someone recently paid £2.99 + £2.57 p&p for a normal unboxed 200' spool! It was offered with these fantastic attributes:
200ft/60M capacity
3 spoke design
Centre slot for film
No chance of rusting!
12.7 cm diameter

Posted by Andrew Wilson (Member # 538) on February 10, 2006, 08:22 AM:

hi there youre joking about the brussel sprout.so people must have more money than sense.i aint one of them.andy.

Posted by Barry Attwood (Member # 100) on February 10, 2006, 08:40 AM:

I thought that he had put the decimal point in the wrong place i.e. £45.00 instead of £450.00, but I saw this briefly on ebay last weekend (I wonder why he had no bids then!), and thought it must be a mistake, and lo and behold it's back today, all I can think of is he has re-listed it again without looking through the listing again, but wow, wouldn't be great to get £450 for a STD.8 4x400'.

I've Just looked on ebay, and the listing has been ended early stating it is no longer for sale, don't tell me it's finally dawned on him what he has done, or have Forum members gently led him that way?

Posted by Craig Hamilton (Member # 258) on February 10, 2006, 02:30 PM:

Barry, its been re-listed [Big Grin]

web page

Craig

Posted by Andrew Wilson (Member # 538) on February 10, 2006, 02:45 PM:

now its down in price-£399.a bargian or what?.andy

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on February 10, 2006, 04:32 PM:

That's £100 / reel. This guy must be living in cuckoo land [Big Grin]

BTW, The very first xmas sprout made over £2000 for charity on ebay [Smile]

Kev.

Posted by Barry Attwood (Member # 100) on February 11, 2006, 02:38 AM:

I'm sorry, what with the likes of Free DVD's in newspapers, video tapes that even charity shops can't sell anymore, let alone uber vintage Standard 8, all I can conclude is this person is an ALIEN from the planet ZOG if he thinks he's going to get £400 for a commonish Standard 8 title. What makes it even more amazing to me is, it's not a mistake, as he has entered a new price, and surely you couldn't put the decimal point in the wrong place again, surely!

This is what I love about this hobby, you never know what's gonna turn up next!

Posted by Barry Johnson (Member # 84) on February 11, 2006, 07:29 AM:

Yes.But there is JUST a chance,however remote,some prat,like the vendor,will stump up for this print.
I collect R8 sound and silent and have not paid more than £22 for a 4x400ft feature.
The Clangers rule! (Remember them?)

Posted by Andrew Wilson (Member # 538) on March 07, 2006, 10:22 AM:

well said.the clangers do rule.andy.

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