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    Re: Biggest "steal" you ever made...

    This weekend I picked up a loaded jobo cpp2 processor for a 100$ us and a omega d5500 dual head enlarger with lens and 35mm-4x5 film holders for 100 $ I am kinda a newbie so that might not be a good deal.

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    Re: Biggest "steal" you ever made...

    I'll have to plead the 5th on this question.

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    Re: Biggest "steal" you ever made...

    A local photo editor died and was selling off his estate... They were gonna through out his darkroom stuff unless someone picked it up... I went up there and gave them 50 bucks to take it all away... The two digital timers, durst enlarger and two Saunders easels alone were worth a pretty penny... Hey at least I'll use it more than the dump will....

    And today I picked up a rb67 setup sold to me "as is" because the seller wanted to get rid of it and didn't know what it was.... Bought it for 61 dollars... Works perfectly...

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    Re: Biggest "steal" you ever made...

    My best buy was a Rolleicord V for about £30.


    Steve.

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    Re: Biggest "steal" you ever made...

    Quote Originally Posted by Heespharm View Post
    A local photo editor died and was selling off his estate...
    Not quite sure how that is possible...
    Lachlan.

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    Re: Biggest "steal" you ever made...

    I just bought a Eidoscope No.3 (275mm) for about 400USD - great price on local auction site. But still it was double price than I bought No.1 (200USD) and No.2 (150USD)

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    Re: Biggest "steal" you ever made...

    My best steal was buying my G Claron (355) from Kerry T last fall. Not so much the price, but this lens is really amazing, been looking for one in pristine condition.

    Every time I loope a negative, I say to myself

    What a steal!

    Bob

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    Re: Biggest "steal" you ever made...

    Quote Originally Posted by skagroovy View Post
    This weekend I picked up a loaded jobo cpp2 processor for a 100$ us and a omega d5500 dual head enlarger with lens and 35mm-4x5 film holders for 100 $ I am kinda a newbie so that might not be a good deal.
    Considering you could probably still sell the CPP2 for $700-$800, I'd say you did well. Have fun shipping it though; I packed one up for shipping once and it was a half-day job to get it all properly padded and boxed, as you can probably imagine.
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    Re: Biggest "steal" you ever made...

    My first large format camera was a Cambo SC 4x5 with a 210mm lens. I found it on Ebay at a good price and the Seller lived in St. Louis so I could save on shipping. It turned out that the Seller worked at a photography

    studio in my neighborhood so he was nice enough to drop it by my house. A month or two later he called me and asked if I still had the camera. His boss wanted to mount a digital back to it. I was offered $100.00 extra if

    I sold it back to him. Easiest $100.00 I ever made. I put it towards my Tachihara.

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    Re: Biggest "steal" you ever made...

    Quote Originally Posted by Lachlan 617 View Post
    Not quite sure how that is possible...
    you know what i mean.. he had an estate seller sell off his estate or did you mean that photoeditors don't die :-)

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