ebay expired film sellers?

einolu · 03-10-2007

I am a fan buying expired film in bulk, do you know any sellers on ebay that specialize in it? I used to have a few bookmarked but lost them.

NB23 · 03-10-2007

I'm a fan too! Cheap bulk rules!... I just surf ebay and buy on the spot, though...

Doug · 03-10-2007

Hi Einars... One that I have set as an eBay "favorite seller" is Ultrafineonline whose online store is Ultrafine Direct at http://stores.ebay.com/UltraFine-Dir...Q3amesstQQtZkm

artur5 · 03-12-2007

It seems they only deliver within the U.S.A.

Anybody knows a reliable European site ?

Didier · 03-12-2007

NEVER buy from seller collect888!! This guy provided me one of my (very few) ebay nightmares. I waited 3 months, wrote about 40 mails. He finally added one roll of Pan-F to the shipment but that did not make a very bad experience better.
Didier

addendum: the worst was I had to leave a positive feedback because I was afraid to get a neg. retaliation feedback :-(
-btw I know that's what makes the ebay feedback system useless in a sense, but what else should one do in such a situation?...

clintock · 03-12-2007

I've bought kodachrome from

jasminehd
and all was well- fast delivery, great film.

Trius · 03-12-2007

Deed: Just don't leave any feedback at all.

RF-Addict · 03-12-2007

Watch out for those offers - esp. on chromes - very often they are not worth it! Here is a good example: http://cgi.ebay.com/10-Elite-Ektachr...QQcmdZViewItem

The BIN price is $27.95 for 10 rolls of 24 exp. of Elite Chrome.

The price per shot comes out to be about 12 cents (for film that expired in 12/06) - you can buy fresh Elite Chrome from B&H for $3.69 per 36 exp. roll which comes out to be about 11 cents per shot.

You effectively pay more for old film - not a good deal in my book!

Doug · 03-12-2007

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Originally Posted by RF-Addict

You effectively pay more for old film - not a good deal in my book!

True, this is not uncommon with eBay store auctions, and it takes a wise shopper to see it's a bad deal and pass. I think there are manywho just get caught up in bidding fever and lose sight of the basic value. Given the general risks and hassles of eBay, I generally won't pay more than 75% of the price I'd have to pay elsewhere more reliable like B&H etc.