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Topic: How to buy this Super 8 film from Italian eBay?

Christian Romero
Film Handler

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From: Everett, WA, USA
Registered: Sep 2017

posted October 16, 2017 01:41 PM

I found one Super 8 film that I have been wanting for a very long time:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IL-VENDITORE-DI-PALLONCINI-SUPER-8-SONORO-FILM-/311979992641

However it's invisible in the American eBay site. Has anyone ever been able to order to the US from there??

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Dominique De Bast
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posted October 16, 2017 01:55 PM

Christian, be aware that the seller says he has no projector to check the film and that it's pinkish.

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Christian Romero
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From: Everett, WA, USA
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posted October 16, 2017 02:06 PM

Merci, Dominique. To be accurate, he seems to be saying that a pink hue is usually present in these types of films.

But I want this film so much that I wouldn't care if the whole thing was green, hehe. I LOVED this movie when I was a kid and it brings me memories of my grandparents who took me to watch it.

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Joe Taffis
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posted October 18, 2017 10:22 AM

Christian, I've "won" (I use the term lightly) a few Italian prints off of eBay Italy. You would be better off if the film you're interested in IS green. Every Italian print I've seen or owned has turned red [Frown]

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Christian Romero
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posted October 18, 2017 12:56 PM

Well I've managed to contact him but he wants over $50 per film. He has two of the ones I want.

I would feel duped if I paid over $100 just for the shipping, for two possibly pink films.

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Christian Romero
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posted October 25, 2017 11:57 AM

So if anyone ever runs into this problem, here is how I solved it.

I went to the seller's page on the ebay.it site. In the browser address field I switched .it to .com and even though his listings disappeared, I was able to contact him using the ebay form.

It turns out ebay.it charges a few cents more to have listings appear internationally. Once he changed the settings on his listing I was able to purchase the film.

It should be three weeks to arrive, hopefully it won't be pink!

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Dominique De Bast
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posted October 25, 2017 01:22 PM

Christian, I don't want to be negative but there is a probability of 99 % that thèse films are red 😥

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Christian Romero
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posted October 25, 2017 06:36 PM

Mais pourquoi?

I wonder if I can get it telecine'd and then correct the colours in DaVinci.

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Adrian Winchester
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posted October 26, 2017 11:13 AM

It's no problem to buy ebay goods only visible on overseas sites, so long as the seller doesn't exclude your country from those he/she will post to. If you're in the site of own country and you put in the item number of the overseas item in the search box, it will still come up and the seller won't have to change any settings.

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Christian Romero
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posted November 02, 2017 12:06 PM

I'm a bit troubled that there is no tracking number. I've bought CDs and DVDs from Italy before and got no tracking number. Is it just not a thing, there?

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Winbert Hutahaean
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posted November 02, 2017 04:33 PM

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I wonder if I can get it telecine'd and then correct the colours in DaVinci.

Color correction can only be done if there are colors left in the picture. This mostly for a print that the colors are shifting. But for reddish film which is only red color left, you barely can do anything.

You cannot make a B/W to be a color film with color correction,r ight? That is what happening here. [Wink]

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Christian Romero
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posted November 02, 2017 05:40 PM

I don't know, I've never seen "red film" in my life. I confess this is a new one to me. I thought you guys were talking about the colours fading or something like that. I had no idea film turned red. Even the blacks turn red? Does the whole thing become one long red tape?

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Luigi Castellitto
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From: Campobasso, Italy
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posted November 02, 2017 06:00 PM

Guys, if you can't buy in Italy, I do! But you should not have problems, I buy very often from ebay .de, .co.uk, .com, etc.

I did it for another user, everything went fine, but he paid a very expensive shipping cost.

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Dominique De Bast
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posted November 02, 2017 06:35 PM

Christian, there are different possibilities : the colours are fading, the film is pinkish or it's red. You still see the pictures of course but with weak colours or a pink or red dominant. Red is the worse state.

Look at this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifUfvn2nUbk

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Christian Romero
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posted November 04, 2017 03:44 PM

Aaaaaaand....it's red. I haven't projected it yet because it's daytime but I can already see the red hue.

Hopefully the image will be clear and I'll be able to telecine it in black and white.

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Winbert Hutahaean
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posted November 05, 2017 01:00 AM

Any color (reddish, blueish, yellowish) can always be turned to B/W for sure.

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