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Posted by Stuart Reid (Member # 1460) on July 12, 2018, 01:35 PM:
 
Look at this annoying ebay post. Flogging a bunch of films, says he's no idea what's on them as he is selling them for a neighbour. Well firstly, why not ask the neighbour?! Secondly, LOOK AT THE LEADERS! Oh and thirdly, the impression is that he's already flogged a load of these, so God knows if separate reels of the same film get shipped off to different people! So annoying! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F123241437947
 
Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on July 12, 2018, 02:43 PM:
 
And the accompanying photographs are no help either.
 
Posted by Stuart Reid (Member # 1460) on July 12, 2018, 02:58 PM:
 
Maurice, do you think people are getting dumber?
 
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on July 12, 2018, 04:30 PM:
 
well well, i guess the dumb ones would be those who bid, you know me, i had to ask the seller,(who, it has to be said, does have good feedback), here is what ive asked, if i get a reply i wil let you know,

Hello there,
i may be interested in these,
are you able to look at the leaders to see what is written on them, this may give an idea of content.
i can see something written on some of them so hoping you may be able to let me know
regards,
 
Posted by Nantawat Kittiwarakul (Member # 6050) on July 12, 2018, 09:02 PM:
 
Thinking on the bright side,sometimes you might get "treasures" from this kind of sellers.

(A bit unrelated to films but hey...)
Recently I saw a professional hdv tape vcr (Sony HVR-M25,to name it) at local garage sales. The seller had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what it is,only knowing that it still fires up,but untested,and that's it. [Roll Eyes]

Since the asking price was only about 78$,so I decided to took the gamble.After bargain I eventually end up taking it home at just 58$.
Guess what? It turned out to be FULLY FUNCTIONAL. If I throw it up on Ebay I might get a few hundred $'s from it,but decided to keep it - might be useful to me in the future.

BTW still had absolutely no idea how this pricey piece ended up there? [Confused]
 
Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on July 13, 2018, 11:50 AM:
 
Yes, as a general rule, humanity is getting dumber! [Smile]
 


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