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David Baker
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 233
From: Hamilton , Ohio
Registered: Aug 2012

posted September 13, 2012 05:48 PM

Is it " safe " to buy films from other Forum members personally ?
I know I have delt with some of you members in the past on eBay , but is everyone on here " legit. "?

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

Posts: 3523
From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted September 13, 2012 05:54 PM

YES!

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David Baker
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 233
From: Hamilton , Ohio
Registered: Aug 2012

posted September 13, 2012 05:55 PM

Well ...yes Pat D , I KNOW you are !!!

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

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

posted September 13, 2012 08:50 PM

Not that fast David.

If you deal with a long time forum member with significant number of posts, yes you are perhaps not going to have a problem.

But there are several case that a new member suddenly offering films here. This should be taken carefully unless there is a recommendation from other fellow member here.

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Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted September 14, 2012 01:21 PM

One of the best reasons for buying films from fellow forum members is that, (especially for us older members of the forum who just can't "shut up", yeah, I speak of myself) ...

Whenever we make a buy, sell or trade, our reputation is on the line, everytime, and that, if one of us is so "shadey" as to do a rotten deed on a felow forum member, that member will be called out for it, and hey, that includes myself as well.

This means that there is an "accountability" to being a forum member that is kind of inherant in being a forum member, and I personally like that protection.

So, for instance, I have no problem buying, selling or trading with Pat, Rob or any one of you, as far as I'm concerned, as I know full well, that one screw-job can lose you a lot of "street cred" when it comes to reliability.

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Bill Brandenstein
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1632
From: California
Registered: Aug 2007

posted September 14, 2012 03:40 PM

Some of the best deals and highest quality purchases I've ever made were from reputable members of this forum. Not a lot - about a handful - but I'm really grateful for this bunch.

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Greg Marshall
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 612
From: Nashville, TN USA
Registered: Sep 2008

posted September 14, 2012 07:52 PM

I have references here as well, so yes.

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David Kilderry
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 963
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Feb 2006

posted September 15, 2012 10:25 PM

David, I have bought films from forum members over the years and every deal has been a good one. There have not been a large amount of them, but good just the same.

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