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Joseph Randall
Master Film Handler
Posts: 437
From: Wyckoff, NJ, USA
Registered: Jun 2015
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posted November 03, 2015 10:01 PM
I have a great idea for a new website -- it matches up people who have projectors to sell on ebay but with no films to test them with, with people who have films to sell but with no projectors to test them with.
If that's a success, I will modify it to accommodate turntable sellers with record sellers.
And it will also have advice:
- don't call a film "tape" - don't call them "reel to reel" -- that terminology is for reel to reel tape recorders - nobody gives a hoot if the piece of tape that holds down the film end is original or not -- and it's probably not - stop calling projectors "cadillacs" or "rolls royces", especially when they are no where near close to that - films can be 8mm or 16mm, but not both, despite what it says on Castle film boxes - if you're not sure, measure the width of the film - showing a pic of the film on the reel tells me next to nothing - HAVE BADGE WILL CHASE is not rare - if your film is so rare, why do I see 5 other copies listed right now? - if it smells of vinegar, throw it out! - please put the name of the film in the auction title - I really don't care if this used to be Cecil B. Demille's personal copy of the film - if you're going to send the film in a pizza box, please have the decency to empty out the crumbs first - if a projector plays single 8 and super 8, it is not a dual 8 machine unless it plays Standard 8, too - some 8mm Bell and Howell filmo-sound machines weren't designed to play magnetic sound films -- don't ask! - it's Super 8mm sound, not 8mm Super sound -- go ask Castle why - Castle "complete" editions aren't the complete movies - again, go ask them! - stop telling me that a 40 year old projector was never used, or that a 40 year old print was never viewed - don't be cute with the wording -- "I" didn't notice any splices, this is the best print that "I've" ever seen of this title, "I've" only watched this once. - oh yea -- Don't list a DVD or VHS tape in the film stock section!!!! [ November 08, 2015, 05:20 PM: Message edited by: Joseph Randall ]
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