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Topic: Kev's Post About New 8MM Forum
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Dan Lail
Film God
Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted February 15, 2004 11:12 PM
Kev, I checked out the other 8mm Forum. The only problem was when three different items by three different members were posted for sale (not counting Shorty's), the ads said U.K. sale. One of the members being the moderator. Also someone does a post that asked "where in the U.K. are you". Maybe I'm missing something, but this is the World Wide Web. This Forum (Brad's), sells to it's members regardless of where they live. So let's hear it, three cheers for Brads International forum; Hip, hip, hurrah!! [ February 16, 2004, 03:02 AM: Message edited by: Dan Lail ]
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Mark Todd
Film God
Posts: 3846
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted February 19, 2004 06:40 PM
Hi Steven, no I`m not blamming the 280M for one crooked seller, but there are lots more of them than that your way and ours, ebay is rife with them, just read a few experiances on efilm etc. I know your one of the totally straight kind and in film we either seem to fit into one or the other generally. Thing is with International sales, especially buying you take a great big gamble, about 5 months ago I bought a copy of greystoke on 16mm and it was supposed to be unmarked. Cost me rather a lot and the high postage from Australia but I was happy as I was buying it Via a chap I knew to be sqaure. The problem was that he was selling it for a customer of his who frankly was fibbing as it was covered in the most awful rewind marks, up down all over and so many, you simply couldn`t enjoy it at all. The chap just offered a very very paltry few £`s not even getting near to the post alone so the middleman who was so honest actually gave me some cash himself as it turned out as the other fellow hadn`t played ball. I sold it very cheap on ebay and in all I lost about £70+ which isn`t a fortune but is roughly what I have coming in to live on a week, luckily I don`t have to pay rent out of that. But these things do happen regulary and with overseas sales what can you do. Much of my costly bad luck has been buying or seling oversea`s, Thats how it has panned out for me. On the film sending thing Steven thats really good to know, I was just going by people your way asking me to put low values on so they wouldn`t pay, they maybe didn`t know that as well. The package I`m about to send is film type hardware so sadly that won`t be exempt. I know many people have had nothing but good things with overseas goings on but, every now and again!!!! and some people are more lucky that others. Best Mark. Ps just bought a new sealed DVD I was after from the US, when it came it was a poor "copy" from VHS, or something,dreadfully shoddy.But I`m not suggesting its all US or all UK, just you have to tread carefully, not least if you are sending from the UK with their on route rugby postal goings on anything is possible. By the way whats this Denmark thing then. I know there was supposed to have been a right going on with a one time UK dealer a few years ago involving overseas credit card customers. But Steven its the money thing some of us like yourself and many others are decent and money is just a means to an end doing a pleasant transaction to others its just all about the money and no care for anyone. There are some great salt of the earth types in the US so please edon`t get me wrong.
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