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Osi Osgood
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted November 26, 2008 09:34 AM
... and then there's the double edged sword for the buyer.
Say you see the title you MUST have, but it has a very inflated price. You decide to wait and see if the seller lowers his price.
The only problem (worry) you have to deal with is whether some other person who also wants it, finds it, and so something that you may have waited quite awhile for could go to someone else because you may be kind of cheap.
That happened to me once, and ended up having to wait an extra year for the same title to pop up, and thankfully, it was less, but it was frusrating, none the less.
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Osi Osgood
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posted November 26, 2008 12:07 PM
Your quite right Gary!
Nine times out of ten, it's not whether I want the print, it's how can I justify spending all this money to the family.
Sometimes it's easy, (like buying the BEN HUR scope feature for 200.00, the wife saying, "It's about time you got a religious picture!", and that price ... YAHOO!!)
The more complete the collection, however, hopefully, the more money you can set aside for film purchases, as your money's not going left and right snatching up all these yummy celluloid goodies.
"Aw, but honey, but I like Battlestar Galactica!"
"Don't honey me! Diapers!!!"
diapers over treasured film prints! How the life changes!
I have unfortunately found that you cann't diaper a baby with celuloid!
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Osi Osgood
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posted November 26, 2008 10:12 PM
Paul ...
The way of rating films by dealers can sometimes be suspect, not that they attempt to be dishonest, but they're assessment of "A" quality may be the condition of the film print, (scratches, splices ect.) but may have nothing to do with the color or lack of it, as I have ran into a couple of times.
I would much rather run into a film print with an occasional splice, than a print in "A" condition, but faded color, especially if I'm not expecting it.
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Osi Osgood
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posted November 29, 2008 10:08 AM
I was just perusing an american website of a dealer mentioned on this forum, so I won't mention his name, not that there's anything inherantly wrong with the guy, I personally like him, but he is a little unrealistic.
I have been searching for a good color print of "Popeye Meets Ali Baba" (400ft Popeye cartoon), and he happened to have one, but it had a price tag of 49.00 and it said "slight color fade", well I was curious, since he is quite reliable for good prints, perhaps this fade is almost non-existent. He was very honest and said that though the film stock is not marked, it is a Niles print and it has a "purplish" hue to the whole print.
Well heck, my print is in the same condition, (and a Niles print as well), and I wouldn't pay 5.00 dollars for a "purplish" print, and yet he wants 49.00 dollars? That's being highly unrealistic.
Most sellers are quite reliable. In some cases I have NEVER gotten a bum print from some collectors, and in fact, films in better condition than expected.
Derann, for instance, ALWAYS over-estimates the fade on they're films. When I hear "fade" I automatically assume that it's about 35 or more percent gone. With Derann, fade only means, (from what I have seen), maybe ten percent fade or so, so I'm always pleased with a "faded" print from Derann.
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