StoneNYC
18-Jan-2015, 18:04
Hi guys, a little while ago for Christmas I was able to find a connection in Japan to sell me some of my very favorite film in 8 x 10 sizes, I received a bunch of messages from people asking if I would essentially buy some more and sell it to them in the United States.
I'm not a retailer and I'm not a shop of any kind, I'm a person, and I was a little hesitant to do this kind of thing however I think for the good of the film community and to keep this film alive which I very much believe in, I would like to help share this film with others.
I believe in being transparent, so I will tell you that I am taking a small profit from the sale of this film, however most of it will end up being spent on more boxes for myself, so I won't exactly be pocketing the money but I will be able to use more of the film. I also had to do this simply to cover my butt, essentially I wanted to make sure there was enough buffer in the price that I wouldn't get screwed because of changes in the yen. Unfortunately the person I am purchasing from will except only money in yen, so I must convert it and depending on the price of the day this can fluctuate of course.
All that being said, I first want to say that prices subject to change and purchases can be canceled at any time for any reason with a full refund if the film cannot be gotten to you.
I am basically going to leave the price as is so long as the end doesn't shift up or down to such a degree that it becomes prohibitive for me to sell it at that price, at which time I will of course adjust the price accordingly.
After I crunched the numbers, and looked at the prices of them being sold on eBay from Japan directly, I decided that these prices were fair and just slightly under the current eBay prices that I could find.
I'm going to have a minimum order of five boxes for any given size. This is mostly due to the complications in shipping less film. That being said, you can mix and match the 8x10 stuff as 5 of those are the same shipping no matter which you get, but I won't mix and match 4x5 and 8x10.
So here goes...
5 boxes 4x5 Velvia50 $500 ($100/box)
5 boxes 8x10 Velvia50 $1,600 ($320/box)
5 boxes 8x10 Acros100 $850 ($170/box)
Please add $10 in addition to the price for shipping CONUS. Sorry for international people I'm not really great with figuring out shipping and it's probably best to just order on eBay.
I have to pay my contact in Japan through paypal so to keep it simple you'll have to pay me through paypal, and please send it as a gift as I didn't add in paypal fee's as part of the equation or find a way to cover the paypal fees on your end. Yes this is a risk, but I assure you, I'm not about to rip anyone off, I'm trying to help the community and it's a lot of work to do all this and I'm not really making much.
My last order took 2 weeks for my guy to get the film from fuji and 2 weeks to get it to me, so expect a wait time of 4-5 weeks for delivery, if this becomes a more common thing I may keep a stockpile and waiting time would be less but I doubt it.
This is fresh stock, the expiry dates on the film I go for Christmas was in the 2016 area. So yes it's still being made despite rumors to the contrary.
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Please PM me for my paypal address when you are ready to order. Sure you can go in with other people but I don't want to coordinate small shipping batches so it's 5 at a time, sorry, it would just get too complicated otherwise and I don't want to screw anything up for anyone as I've never done this sort of thing before.
Please keep comments to purchasing and please only comment if you're actually serious about buying.
Moderators if this is in the wrong area please move it to the correct place, I've never done this before and I've no idea if there's a section that's better suited for this. If this is sticky worthy please feel free to do so as well.
I'm not a retailer and I'm not a shop of any kind, I'm a person, and I was a little hesitant to do this kind of thing however I think for the good of the film community and to keep this film alive which I very much believe in, I would like to help share this film with others.
I believe in being transparent, so I will tell you that I am taking a small profit from the sale of this film, however most of it will end up being spent on more boxes for myself, so I won't exactly be pocketing the money but I will be able to use more of the film. I also had to do this simply to cover my butt, essentially I wanted to make sure there was enough buffer in the price that I wouldn't get screwed because of changes in the yen. Unfortunately the person I am purchasing from will except only money in yen, so I must convert it and depending on the price of the day this can fluctuate of course.
All that being said, I first want to say that prices subject to change and purchases can be canceled at any time for any reason with a full refund if the film cannot be gotten to you.
I am basically going to leave the price as is so long as the end doesn't shift up or down to such a degree that it becomes prohibitive for me to sell it at that price, at which time I will of course adjust the price accordingly.
After I crunched the numbers, and looked at the prices of them being sold on eBay from Japan directly, I decided that these prices were fair and just slightly under the current eBay prices that I could find.
I'm going to have a minimum order of five boxes for any given size. This is mostly due to the complications in shipping less film. That being said, you can mix and match the 8x10 stuff as 5 of those are the same shipping no matter which you get, but I won't mix and match 4x5 and 8x10.
So here goes...
5 boxes 4x5 Velvia50 $500 ($100/box)
5 boxes 8x10 Velvia50 $1,600 ($320/box)
5 boxes 8x10 Acros100 $850 ($170/box)
Please add $10 in addition to the price for shipping CONUS. Sorry for international people I'm not really great with figuring out shipping and it's probably best to just order on eBay.
I have to pay my contact in Japan through paypal so to keep it simple you'll have to pay me through paypal, and please send it as a gift as I didn't add in paypal fee's as part of the equation or find a way to cover the paypal fees on your end. Yes this is a risk, but I assure you, I'm not about to rip anyone off, I'm trying to help the community and it's a lot of work to do all this and I'm not really making much.
My last order took 2 weeks for my guy to get the film from fuji and 2 weeks to get it to me, so expect a wait time of 4-5 weeks for delivery, if this becomes a more common thing I may keep a stockpile and waiting time would be less but I doubt it.
This is fresh stock, the expiry dates on the film I go for Christmas was in the 2016 area. So yes it's still being made despite rumors to the contrary.
128270
128271
Please PM me for my paypal address when you are ready to order. Sure you can go in with other people but I don't want to coordinate small shipping batches so it's 5 at a time, sorry, it would just get too complicated otherwise and I don't want to screw anything up for anyone as I've never done this sort of thing before.
Please keep comments to purchasing and please only comment if you're actually serious about buying.
Moderators if this is in the wrong area please move it to the correct place, I've never done this before and I've no idea if there's a section that's better suited for this. If this is sticky worthy please feel free to do so as well.