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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted March 28, 2008 11:17 PM
I love the Derann used film lists, but I have terrible luck getting the prints.
... even if I write back in the very same hour as I get the list. The titles I usually want get snatched up. Could somebody explain exactly how they do thier business on them.
For instance, my worst time to get the lists are on a friday afternoon, as I often do not hear back until Monday, and in those cases, i have never (yet) gotten the print I desired.
Is this because they are open on Saturdays but don't go over the e-mails they recieve, but do business on that day and quite frankly, lets face it, if someone comes in from off the street and they see the print you want available, it goes out that and your shit outta luck.
Don't get me wrong, I have always been well treated by them, (awesome guy that Gary!), but the used sales lists can be irritating.
On this new one that went out, I wrote both Gary AND Ged! Lets see if a double strike will work on that title!
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Keith Ashfield
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 997
From: U.K.
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted March 29, 2008 03:33 AM
Osi, the sales lists are sent out around 17.00 GMT on, usually, the last Friday of the month. The staff at the 8mm department do not work on Saturday, so any replies are dealt with first thing Monday morning, on a first come first served basis. This is why it is so difficult to get thru by phone, on Monday mornings. Everyone is trying to do the same thing. I believe it is done this way to prevent "over the counter" sales from "decimating" the list, before their customer base, who subscribe to the list, see it.
As we all collect "worldwide" and therefore live in different time zones it does make it difficult.
It is the fairest way to do it because if they put the list out at the start of the week, whilst they were open, us lucky chaps in the GMT time zone would "pick the carcass" clean. This way the "race" start at the same time for everyone at 09.00 GMT Monday morning.
Liken it to the "Californian gold strike" - miners in that, or neighbouring states, got to the gold before the miners in New York State. Now, if they had anounced the "Strike" at 09.00 on a Monday, so that ALL the miners were present at the same time, everyone has the same chance.
Believe me, Gary and Ged work tirelessly to be as fair with the e-mails and phone calls as they can and I can assure you that Monday morning will be manic for those lads.
I am sure that if any of the above is untrue, one of the stirling lads at DFS will correct it.
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"We'll find 'em in the end, I promise you. We'll find 'em. Just as sure as a turnin' of the earth".
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