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Hans van der Sloot
Master Film Handler

Posts: 425
From: the Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2005

posted August 08, 2006 03:01 PM

Take a look at these 2 auctions:
http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&item=160015851125&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEDW%3AIT&rd=1
and
http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&item=220014191457&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT&rd=1
I contacted the seller and he claims to have 3 of these projectors.
What do you think of that?

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Alan Rik
Film God

Posts: 2211
From: New York City, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 08, 2006 04:36 PM

its possible...but not likely!
BTW-I sent you an Email about your Super 8 Cameras Hans..

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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

Posts: 2629
From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005

posted August 08, 2006 11:18 PM

Beware... these two Beaulieu auctions are probably scams.

I did an eBay search for Donald Terry and ticked the "Search titles and descriptions" box... and found six listings from six different sellers, all using much of the same text, and the same email address.

And wouldn't you know it, eBay themselves has yet to catch on... the whole thing just reeks! [Mad]

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Call me Phoenix. *dusts off the ashes*

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Barry Attwood
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1411
From: Enfield, U.K.
Registered: Aug 2003

posted August 09, 2006 02:55 AM

Those pictures look exactly like the ones that were featured on ebay U.K. where a Beaulieu 708 Stereo was recently sold, I think someone caught on that these projectors are rare, and exspensive, and lifted the pictures, very suspicious!

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Hans van der Sloot
Master Film Handler

Posts: 425
From: the Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2005

posted August 09, 2006 05:58 PM

The auction has been removed by eBay.
So now we know for sure it was a fraud.

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David Brooks
Junior
Posts: 16
From: League City, TX, USA
Registered: Jun 2006

posted August 10, 2006 10:12 PM

There have been another rash of hijacked accounts selling eqipment, projectors, cameras, etc. Ebay has been shutting them down as fast as they can find them. There was one selling a 16mm Eiki 6000 projector. All were hijacked from a real item by low life crooks.

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