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Maurice Leakey
Film God

Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted July 01, 2018 02:10 AM

I suggest that members should be very careful of buying films on eBay from the UK seller "hobbytimesupplies" for the following reasons:-

1) Sellers name, address, and post-code have been purposely scrambled
2) You may be asked to deal outside of eBay
3) You may not receive all the advertised films
4) The stacked films shown in photographs may not be included in the sale
5) Films may be damaged by storage in damp conditions
6) You may be ignored if you make a complaint

I cannot recommend this seller. Here is a link to the current sales listing:-

https://www.ebay.fr/sch/hobbytimesupplies/m.html?item=323324327207&hash=item4b47a1b527%3Ag%3AFs8AAOSwhHFbL1Sq&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

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Maurice

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David Ollerearnshaw
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1373
From: Penistone Sheffield UK
Registered: Oct 2012

posted July 01, 2018 10:21 AM

Is this the same seller? https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/classicfilmsuk?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted July 01, 2018 10:40 AM

Yes
He's obviously found a new name on eBay.
It's still the same situation as I said above, under the 16mm films he also shows pics of 9.5mm films and a Buckingham 9.5mm Elf conversion. The latter looks the same as I had from him recently.
Caveat Emptor. [Embarrassed]

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Maurice

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Melvin England
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 707
From: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Feb 2016

posted July 01, 2018 01:29 PM

I support Maurice's "Tread Carefully" approach to this seller.

Back in 2012 I bought "The Dirty Dozen" super 8 on 2x 600' spools. The film was advertised with "excellent colour."
The only excellent colour was pink, and the other colours were hardly there. I tackled him about his description and his curt reply was.... "What do you expect for the money you paid."
Pity really, I did get it for a reasonable price. I suppose I should have paid mega bucks for it then , I assume, it would have magically turned into an excellent print!

With this seller, the words "Barge pole" and "20 Feet" come to mind.

Never again.

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David Guest
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1704
From: Lancashire, UK
Registered: Oct 2011

posted July 17, 2018 06:49 AM

the sellers name is sam lavington

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Terry Sills
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1423
From: Weymouth,Dorset,England
Registered: Oct 2012

posted July 17, 2018 08:39 AM

Totally agree with what's been said about him. I wouldn't trust him to run a bath and I certainly would not buy anything from him.

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