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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted September 02, 2012 03:49 AM
Here is the problem, ive been looking forward to a list from Ian since before last Christmas, Ebay and the collector, (us) is the big problem, it is going to kill our hobby at an accelerated pace, & please note,I AM AS GUILTY TO!
As previously mentioned so many people on e bay dont seem to grasp that there are still dealers in buisness, Ian, Barry, Paul, Reel Image, CHC Phil and some others, however, (as per conversations with dealers), people are paying scilly money for films especially rare and good quality prints. Right now we are seeing a 400ft digest with £46 bid on it which isnt even that rare, faded porn disguised by the seller as "glamour art" films are going for 20+ for feeble faded 200ft prints , the list is endless, so while people pay scilly money for films on e bay why should dealers bother to go to the trouble to produce & post or e mail out lists.
I have to be extremely criticle of myself here because very recently ive made purchases from CHC. In the past ive pretty much stuck with Derann, Ian and some from Paul, however, having took the trouble to actually log on the CHC website i found three titles ive been hunting down for several years, and all three plus a trailer were a fraction of the price ive seen elswhere. Now i must pull my finger out and subscribe to his list with £7 of stamps, collectors need to check ALL dealer lists otherwise e bay will almost certainly see the end of reasonable prices. Already 400ft cutdowns, (once sold for a few pounds at Ealing etc are now back up to between 15-35.00)
Ian does have films for sale and i'm sure a list will follow but as i was once told by a dealer, & i quote, " i had a musical feature i was going to list for £60, i decided to try this e bay and got £175. Films ive put on list for around 50 are going for in excess of 150,
Do you see what in saying? & as i already state, ive also sold on ebay myself because you can definatly get more money for them, its human nature, I am a firm beliver in using dealers however, greed soon sets in to us all and the nonsense of "well im only using dealers to protect the hobby" is pretty much bollocks.
I wonder if the amount of dosh dealers can get on e bay is why they dont put an advert for there own buisness on the 8mm page on the ebay site, (like the old film company does at the bottom of the 8mm listings)?
What do you Think??
BTW, look out for the next film collector number 3 Magazine!!!!!!
Do know if Doug may want to move this to a fresh topic?? ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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