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Tom Photiou
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posted October 21, 2015 08:58 AM

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Not too sure how many members on these forums are actually film collectors, so i ask,
When (NOT what) did you last purchase a super 8 or 16 mm film from a dealer?
I ask this with interest because a lot of people join forums and make comments,(sometimes pointless), but i wonder if ALL forum members actually buy films.

I am NOT talking about people who are buying purely to sell or buy from other collectors but make,& therefore, support purchases from dealers?

It will be interesting to see,(bearing in mind how many members this forum has), how many people actually read this and answer it. [Wink]

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John Hourigan
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posted October 21, 2015 09:19 AM

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My most recent Super 8 film purchase has been within the last month.

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Steve Klare
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posted October 21, 2015 09:19 AM

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Hi Tom,

I bought a couple of films from Paul Foster last summer. Every time he sends out an update e-mail I see what he has.

I got a couple of nice reels from Lou Franchetti last week, but that was in person.

-back in the day I was a very dedicated Derann customer. Their lists showed up during lunch on Friday and most of the time I was sitting at my desk waiting for it like a lion watching a herd of antelope!

I guess that means a large part of my collection is impulse buys!

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Tom Photiou
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posted October 21, 2015 09:25 AM

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Steve, you must have been the reason i kept ringing up first thing Mondays and 8 times out of 10 what i wanted was gone. [Big Grin]

[Big Grin]

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Kevin Clark
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posted October 21, 2015 09:30 AM

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Hello Tom

I buy films regularly from the usual dealers, currently waiting for delivery of a Super 8 & 16mm used films parcel from Classic.

Kevin

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Steve Klare
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posted October 21, 2015 09:37 AM

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Yes, it was very useful being five time zones behind Derann!

-the downside is I didn't get to go out to lunch with my friends from work!

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All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...

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Dominique De Bast
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posted October 21, 2015 10:35 AM

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I bought films (9,5 and standard 8) last Sunday at the Get Together 9,5 in the UK.

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted October 21, 2015 10:59 AM

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I ordered from Bert at Super 8 Warehouse in August and I'm looking forward to a package arriving shortly from Steve Osborne/The Reel Image.

Doug

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Paul Barker
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posted October 21, 2015 11:02 AM

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purchased some 16mm items from a collector friend, but nothing from a dealer recently.

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Steven J Kirk
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posted October 21, 2015 11:11 AM

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I don't buy from dealers because of BAD experiences. I buy from eBay when there are honest descriptions and screenshots. I received a great 16mm feature print last week and have bids for films on eBay right now.

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VistaVision
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Bryan Chernick
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posted October 21, 2015 11:49 AM

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I rarely purchase commercial films but I did recently get a 2 x 400' of Nosferatu in regular 8mm. The reason I'm on this forum is more for projection than film collecting. I shoot my home movies on Regular 8mm and Super 8 and view them with projectors. I also have some home movies that I have purchased at estate sales and ebay that cover subject matter that I'm interested like the 1962 Seattle Worlds Fair. Sometimes I sell off the home movies that I end up with that don't interest me. I have purchased a film from a forum member at least once.

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Bill Phelps
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posted October 21, 2015 11:50 AM

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I am a collector and just bought one last night from THE REEL IMAGE. I get films from eBay, the forum and mainly Steve at REEL IMAGE.

Bill [Smile]

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James Wilson
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posted October 21, 2015 12:15 PM

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6 x 16mm about one year ago,

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Joe Caruso
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posted October 21, 2015 12:18 PM

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Steve Osborne, Bert, Alex Bartosh, several fellow-collectors at Wildwood - All most as recent as I can think of - Shorty

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Antonio Costa Mota
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posted October 21, 2015 12:23 PM

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A few months ago I bought some Super 8 and 16mm shorts from
Paul Foster. Only very occasionally I buy from EBAY.

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Mike Newell
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posted October 21, 2015 02:08 PM

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A few buys of ebay a couple months ago and I bought an Elmo from a collector not because I needed it but it was a very good purchase in pristine condition. To be honest very little appeals to me on the dealers lists.

[ October 23, 2015, 05:23 AM: Message edited by: Mike Newell ]

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
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posted October 21, 2015 03:02 PM

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Shorty,you did meet Alex Bartosh? Tell him to send me an 8 mm film list!

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Brian Fretwell
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posted October 21, 2015 03:42 PM

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Sunday at 9.5 do. Not as regular as in the past due to lack of space and not having time to both watch films and do the clear out of other things I need to.

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Joe Taffis
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posted October 21, 2015 04:07 PM

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My very recent purchases and orders are from:
Bert at Super8Warehouse
Steve at The Reel Image
and eBay
I also have, and will buy from Paul Foster, Barry at Indi8, Ian at Perry's, BD Cine, CHC, Rik at The Old Film Company and Michael Schneider when they have something I want. They all have provided me with excellent service...

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Clinton Hunt
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posted October 21, 2015 04:24 PM

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I usually buy something about once a fortnight and I am always looking for films of all guages (9.5mm / S8 / R8 / 16mm) for my collection to keep, I only sell if I have bought another copy by mistake or it is in a bulk purchase and I'm not interested in keeping it.
Most of my purchases are from e-bay and Trademe here in New Zealand.
I started out buying lots of projectors - Standard 8mm - in New Zealand and now have 30+ of them so rarely is there one I haven't got or want :-) and I have 2 x 9.5mm projectors , 2 x 16mm projectors and 3 x super 8mm sound projectors and MANY standard 8mm projectors - I'm ok for projectors :-)
Dealers are great but not neccessary for me at this stage :-)

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Cheers from me in New Zealand :-)

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Yanis Tzortzis
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posted October 21, 2015 07:36 PM

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Does buying films from fellow Forum members count? If yes,I bought one last week...

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Jonathan Trevithick
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posted October 21, 2015 08:18 PM

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I bought a heap of super8 shorts from Classic when I was over in July. I've bought a few odds and ends on Ebay since then.

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Mathew James
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posted October 21, 2015 08:28 PM

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I've been trading more lately...since our dollar is so bad....
If we were par with the US,i'd have alot more [Smile]

[Smile]

And yes, I do use dealers. I normally like Phil's stuff:
http://8mm16mmfilms.com/
Cheers,
Matt

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Marshall Crist
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posted October 21, 2015 09:03 PM

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Ordered at Super 8 Warehouse during their last big update.

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Jason Smith
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posted October 21, 2015 09:12 PM

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I just got into collecting 8mm films but I haven`t been able to find any dealers selling films in my country. So I`ve been just buying what i can from other collectors in my area.

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