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Mark Williams
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 846
From: West Sussex
Registered: Mar 2007

posted January 22, 2012 10:32 AM

Only 4 left now!!

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Michael O'Regan
Film God

Posts: 3085
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Oct 2007

posted January 24, 2012 01:30 PM

Received my copy this morning. I haven't read it yet but just glancing through it, it's really cool to have a magazine devoted to film collecting. I've never read FFTC so I haven't really got anything to compare it to, but so far it's looking good.
I hope we can all support it, contribute and keep it active.

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Paul Spinks
Master Film Handler

Posts: 453
From: Barking, Essex, UK
Registered: Mar 2006

posted January 25, 2012 09:58 AM

My copy arrived this morning. It's an excellent magazine.

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Flavio Stabile
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 707
From: Roma, Italia
Registered: Feb 2005

posted January 25, 2012 09:59 AM

Bought it on ebay three days ago and got it today!

[Big Grin]

Flavio

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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God

Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted January 25, 2012 05:32 PM

Hi lads, I agree with John Clancy regarding Phil Sheards mag,
the old adage "If you don't use it,you lose it!"I received mine
on Saturday and for a first issue it's most impressive, true there
aren't many ads but it is issue 1 and that will certainly change.
The reason Deranns mag became dire was that it didn't allow
other people to push product that they thought was in competition with them.As for a lack of articles I despair as it does
go against the grain when you take time to write literate and
researched stuff to be fobbed off with half baked excuses as to
why your item hasn't appeared and then listen to the whining
from the Derann camp that it's our mag and they need our
support.Well, in my humble opinion Film for the Collector
suffered a body blow when Dave Worrall left and a double
whammy when poor Derek died thus the mag quickly became
a Staff magazine.
I am of the belief that had Derek Simmonds been alive that
business would still be here in one form or another,I've known
Derek for more years than I care to remember and one thing
he was,he was a business man and a very good business man
remember when Kodak stopped pre striped film, it didn't stop
"Del boy" Simmonds,we were his bread and butter and he
knew that but it is a two way street and he depended on our
support.Well unfortunately Derek has gone but we still have
a man who has invested in this hobby of ours and I think it's
time to show some support for PHIL SHEARD who repeatedly
sticks his neck out and I don't think a few pounds a year is asking too much to subscribe to a cracking little mag.Over to you gentlemen.

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 25, 2012 05:57 PM

Hi Hugh, it seems to me that you have been in this film collecting hobby for quite long. Funny you just join now. Where have you been?

Hopefully you will post more in this forum to share your expertise and knowledge for the benefit of other forum's members.

This come to my mind that there are still a lot of collectors not joining this forum yet.

cheers

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Winbert

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Antonio Costa Mota
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 171
From: Portugal
Registered: Jun 2004

posted January 25, 2012 06:31 PM

I have just ordered the first issue through E-bay. I shall get in touch with CHC with view to a subscription. These are great news for us collectors. Phil deserves our support to his initiative.

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António C. Mota

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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God

Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted January 25, 2012 06:48 PM

Hi Winbert, as you rightly say I have been in film collecting a long
time(I've even had to educate Ged on some of the past Derann
releases as when I started buying from Derann, Dereks Manager
was a chap called Brian Dean and between them they ran the
hire & sales dept which was mainly std(regular) 8mm.As to
where I've been I contributed to various mags including
"Movie Maker" and Paul Van Somerens super 8 collector and
even used to loan films I'd had inported to Bill Davison for review in the "Movie Maker" although this is new country to me
as I've only just got a computer and am a"new kid on the block"
as it were, but I still look back on the days when a handful of
little 200' b/w films were enough to make you grin like a bag of
chips, remember we were a simple people then.How times have
changed.

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 25, 2012 07:29 PM

Hugh, thanks for sharing. As most of us are not in film collecting during Derann first year (1970s) could you share in thsi forum some of the stories.

Of course do not post here, but instead open a new thread. The following topics must be of interest of this forum members:

- How film hire departments operating (price, titles, howthe monitor scratch etc)
- How they choose a title to be released
- How they made a contract with studios (1970/80 must be different with the 1990s/2000)
- What title is the most popular Derann release
- How they market their releases (1970/80 must be differnt with 1990s/2000)
- etc...etc...

Could you share us please (again in different thread, not here).
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Winbert

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Antoine Orsero
Master Film Handler

Posts: 374
From: marseille france
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 26, 2012 11:09 AM

I bought this magazine on Ebay!

I paid with Paypal and I asked Phil Sheard if he would also pay with Paypal for all items sold by Classic Home Cinema! He said NO! I do not know why he does not accept this payment method.

I hesitate to give my details to my Visa card in an unsecured site

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Tony

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Grant Fitzgerald
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 161
From: Owatonna, MN
Registered: Oct 2011

posted January 26, 2012 11:41 AM

I wish he would use paypal too. It is so much easier!

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Bruce Wright
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 140
From: Denham Springs, La.
Registered: Oct 2011

posted January 26, 2012 12:58 PM

All of our purchases are via paypal. Company policy. So I missed out. I'll keep an eye on ebay.

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Bruce Wright

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Tom Photiou
Film God

Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003

posted January 26, 2012 02:07 PM

If im not mistaken, dont paypal charge 10% on every transaction?

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Michael O'Regan
Film God

Posts: 3085
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Oct 2007

posted January 26, 2012 02:09 PM

Enjoyed your article, Tom.
[Smile]

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 26, 2012 02:32 PM

quote:
If im not mistaken, dont paypal charge 10% on every transaction?

No Tom,

If payment is funded from our bank account or paypal balance, no fee at all.

If payment is funded from Credit Card there is 2.5 - 4% fee.

So basically the fee is almost the same with payment taken from direct CC (no through Paypal).

I too always don't understand people to avoid paypal just because of fee.

In fact, if fee is the concern, CHC (or was Derann) can ask payment funded by paypal balance or bank account, so no fee at all, compared to what they are doing now with CC.

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Winbert

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Mark Williams
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 846
From: West Sussex
Registered: Mar 2007

posted January 26, 2012 03:07 PM

Congratulations to Phil Sheard & co for an excellent 1st issue,looking forward to issue #2 already!!

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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God

Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted January 26, 2012 03:10 PM

Hello Winbert and thankyou for those kind words unfortunately
I know very little of how deals were made,or how films were even
selected for release I'm much like your good self just an
enthusiast who was very grateful for the releases on offer.As to
which of there releaes was the most popular I would hazard a
guess and say Flynns "Robin Hood".As you say we must have
our discussion in a different category

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Antoine Orsero
Master Film Handler

Posts: 374
From: marseille france
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 27, 2012 06:47 AM

It would suffice that it slightly increases the transport costs to offset expenses Paypal

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Tony

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Joe Taffis
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1592
From: United States
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 27, 2012 11:31 AM

I received my first issue today...wonderful! Off to a great start and hopefully a long run! I hope I could contribute something to it in the future. [Smile]

p.s. is the word 'incorporating' spelled differently in the U.K.?

[ January 27, 2012, 03:07 PM: Message edited by: Joe Taffis ]

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Joe Taffis

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Tom Photiou
Film God

Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003

posted January 28, 2012 01:31 PM

Thanks Mike [Smile]

Hugh. can i suggest you use the magazine for sharing your early years, i think this could be very intersting to many of us collectors, my brother and i have been collecting since early to mid 70s, i myself since 1978

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John Hourigan
Master Film Handler

Posts: 301
From: Colorado U.S.A.
Registered: Sep 2003

posted January 28, 2012 03:34 PM

Joe, while I certainly look forward to receiving the magazine, I have found that spelling accuracy is apparently not a prerequisite for film collector publications! A good edit job is usually called for!

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Joe Taffis
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1592
From: United States
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 28, 2012 07:16 PM

John, I just thought it was funny, and I know some words are not always spelled the same. The magazine itself is great, with very nice quality. I hope every member supports it by subscribing! I would also like to see Phil & Steve posting CHC and REEL IMAGE updates on this forum. [Smile]

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Joe Taffis

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Adrian Winchester
Film God

Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted January 29, 2012 12:29 PM

Hugh - I was astonished to read (if I've interpreted your post correctly) that you submitted articles for FFTC that were not included, and there was no clear reason for this. If so, I'd be curious to have some idea of what we never got to see. Maybe you can still send one or more to Phil for the new magazine?

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Adrian Winchester

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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God

Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted January 30, 2012 05:01 PM

Hello Tom and thanks for the interest in dealings I've had over the
years some good, some not so,as I'm sure most collectors can.I
I feel a bit like Grandpa Simpson with tales of yore that could go
on forever and go nowhere!
However one dealer I dealt with way back in the mid seventies
was a gentleman by the name of Miel Koomen who ran the film
company known as MIKO STUDIO where I did quite a bit of buying
imported German and Italian prints of mainly Italian Westerns of
which I'm very fond.Imagine my suprise when a bundle of
catalogues came through the post with a letter telling me to
select any titles I wished as he was going on holiday to Italy and
he would bring them back with him.I had never met the man
and he was prepared to do this for me.Of course I selected the
titles I wanted, but I was touched by the gesture and have never forgotten it.i'm sure other collectors out there including
you Tom have experiences that are similar

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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God

Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted January 30, 2012 05:26 PM

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