price of 3005 drums: are we getting to a state of lunacy?

[Daniel Stone]

hey guys,

I was watching a 3005 drum on ebay tonight, logged on tonight to bid, little did I know the price I was gonna look at: $750!!!!!

now, this drum was described as in "mint" condtition, but this being ebay, I take everything with a big grain 'o salt .

here's the linky-poo to the drum in question

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...NA%3AUS%3A1123

anyone have any ideas if we'll see theses drums(which I'd take are getting rare?) go over the $1k mark soon? I can't imagine the almighty dollar is falling THAT fast...

any ideas?

I'm still in the market for one, for developing my 8x10 color negs, but a price even 1/2 of this is what I thought the "going rate" was...

-Dan

[Jim Cole]

When I saw some going for $600 a couple of months back, I was amazed. I better take care of the one I have. I could never afford another one.

[vinny]

I got some last year for 200 and one came with a jobo processor i paid only $130 for. I'm lucky, i guess.

[Daniel Stone]

vinny,

got an "extra" you'd be interested in selling by chance? I only need one

-Dan

[jeroldharter]

I was bidding on that too. Too rich for my blood.

Maybe Kodak will start making them instead of film?

[Daniel Stone]

Jerold,

at least there isn't any silver in it, just injection-molded plastic .

I can't imagine the final costs of making one of these drums is all that high materials-wise, but the initial design and tooling costs are what needs to be re-couped.

but why not just clone it and make a few design changes?

didn't someone make something like a 3005(more like a 8x10 3006 IIRC) out of a 2500-series drum?

-Dan

[Heespharm]

The Jobo impossible project anyone??

[domaz]

Jerold,

didn't someone make something like a 3005(more like a 8x10 3006 IIRC) out of a 2500-series drum?

-Dan

Yes. If you don't want to read French someone on APUG made one as well. I would do this before I dropped $600. Actually for less than $600 I would bet you could get a 3006 custom made somehow. Can plastic be CNCed?

[jeroldharter]

Jerold,

at least there isn't any silver in it, just injection-molded plastic .

I can't imagine the final costs of making one of these drums is all that high materials-wise, but the initial design and tooling costs are what needs to be re-couped.

but why not just clone it and make a few design changes?

didn't someone make something like a 3005(more like a 8x10 3006 IIRC) out of a 2500-series drum?

-Dan

Where are the Chinese when we need them? Or those guys who build their own LED light sources or build their own field cameras? They could crank out the ersatz Jobo 3000 by the dozen and make some money!

Seems like someone could put some thin PVC tubes inside a larger tube to approximate a Jobo. Seems like I saw something like that. Maybe tubes of window screen inside a cheaper Jobo print drum.

[Allen in Montreal]

When I saw some going for $600 a couple of months back, I was amazed. I better take care of the one I have. I could never afford another one.

I bought a spare 3006 for under 200, I am glad I did.
I wish I had bought 10!
Since word of Jobo ending the last few things they did make for the system, spread, the prices jumped. I bet the fall again in a few months when the rush to get one "before they are all gone" slides.