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Topic: Star Wars, Lion King, GS xenon for sale
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted April 11, 2018 11:40 AM
I'd agree that, given the right projection equipment or flat screen TV, a bluray will look better ...
... but digital can "crap out" on you and be no good in a very short time, somwetimes only a year or two ...
... while film, given a good film stock, will retain it's brilliance for, now let's see, my print of "Little Black Sambo" was from the 1940's, on standard 8mm, and it still looks as brilliant as the day it was printed ...
so, like, 80 years?! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted April 14, 2018 06:03 AM
I've made this point several times before, but,,( ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) ![[Wink]](wink.gif) )
I have always said if a film sold for £5000,though it would be nuts, IF, the start price is sensible then i say good luck to the seller, as Kevin said, if your not bankrupting the household income for a movie then thats up to the buyer,
The lion king i think is probably at a start price that most would pay for a very good print,
Star Wars, (which is not a rare print), seems to go for anything from 500 to 2000 so with a bid on it the seller is lucky at such a high start price. That's if it is a genuine bid and not a shill bid to get it going.
I still laugh at some of the stuff on there but i always try and start my own listings with i reasonable price and then hope it goes high. So far i have happy with most of my listings and what i get for them.
I have a purchased a few of ebay ,(generally shorts), but now i buy only from dealers or fellow collectors.
By the way, theirs a lot of grumpy young men out there as well
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Gilbert Lambert
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 184
From: Ostende, Belgium
Registered: May 2016
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posted April 23, 2018 03:18 AM
I think , when it comes to top titles, a seller should be more accurate in his description on what he offers such as film stock , lines etc. Especially on eBay - Buyer can send it all back if not happy and eBay will grant a full refund + the seller will even have lost the shipping if he has to posted to a far away country - I had it once , with a sale from Belgium to Canada, I had to refund the 250 Dollars + lost also my 80 dollars it cost me to post the package to Canada, the product was 100% perfect, simply a new young buyer on eBay had regret about spending his 250 US dollars - On top, I never received the product back , After long search I discovered it was delivered to a complete different address than mine - Such high bids look nice, but what if the buyer changes his mind ? We'll never know - On one thing I agree of course, QUALITY ALWAYS SELLS buy Agfa or LPP movies on real/reel film - I would rather sell my stuff to someone I trust - If possible to a forum member would be my first priority even if I would receive lesser money.
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted April 23, 2018 12:28 PM
Your right on that Gilbert, but there are also very dodgy buyers as well, fortunately, in all the years i have sold on ebay i have only experienced this twice.
The second person told me he was a member on here, (i never did find out who the twat was), and he claimed,as you state, that he would simply tell ebay its not as described, and i would be forced to return his money and he would put up a story on here. I invited him to do so and asked who he was on here but never got that reply.
I copied and pasted what he wrote, opened a case myself, and he was told he was keeping it. He never came on here but i still wait to see who it was.
So i agree, good, clear accurate descriptions by sellers, but also buyers also need to be honest and not try to get partial / full refunds just because they didn't know when to stop bidding.
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