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and back to the world of extortion and profiteering
« on: July 02, 2011, 06:14:12 PM »
a quick link for anybody who has never heard of ebay, or thinks TIP film is ridiculously cheap. what a minefield it must be to get into film photography as a novice!

http://buypolaroids.com/?category_name=600
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Re: and back to the world of extortion and profiteering
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2011, 07:45:26 PM »
Holy smokes, they are charging TIP prices for those cams. Actually, they are higher than TIP. I paid 15 bucks for two One Steps. Both work great.
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Re: and back to the world of extortion and profiteering
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2011, 08:37:05 PM »
The most I've ever paid for a 600 compatible camera is 5$...
That means I'm sitting on a gold mine with all the ones I have! :)
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Re: and back to the world of extortion and profiteering
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2011, 01:48:28 AM »
Maybe I'm just naive (is that how you spell it....?) but I would be embarrassed to advertise such cameras and film at those prices. I don't mind paying good money for something that, subject to the user knowing what they're about, is capable of producing top quality results. However, that is just "extracting the urine" in my humble opinion.

Still, there's one born every minute as the saying goes........
"An ounce of perception. A pound of obscure".