FrankS
Registered User
I really enjoy getting a good deal. I admit that sometimes I'll even buy something I don't need, if it's a good deal. Today I got a good deal, and it was exactly what I needed.
Over the past while, I have been using up some bulk rolled TMax 400 B+W film that I got partly in a deal selling a Jobo processor. Included were 2 bulk rolls of more TMax 400. I was in the need of a bulk loader to load some rolls so I could keep shooting.
Running errands today (Saturday) I pulled into a garage sale, as I am wont to do. (I always wanted to use that word. 🙂) I usually come up dry, but this time there was a large box with photo stuff. I liked what I saw without digging and examining everything, and found the seller. Finding something of interest (photo stuff) at a garage sale is exciting because it happens rarely, so I was in a heightened state of awareness.
"Are you interested in the photo stuff?" she asked.
"Why yes, yes I am," I replied. "How much for the whole box?"
"What do you think?" she asked.
"How about $20?"
"That's what I was thinking," she said.
Here is the booty:
3 bulk rolls of HP5+ (30M, 30M, 17M)
14 rolls of FP4+, 36exp
4 rolls APX400
maybe 50 bulk roll film cassettes, metal with snap lids, unused
a new Watson bulk film roller in its box
2 Patterson film developing tanks with reels
a Petri f1.9 fixed lens RF camera in its original box, shutter speeds good, very good cosmetic condition, but RF patch is weak, still usable
It's not a crazy, over-the-top buy, like a Nikon S kit for $20, but it was just what I needed (except for the camera) and it made my day. Just wanted to share. Feel free to add your own garage/lawn/boot/estate sale buys.
Over the past while, I have been using up some bulk rolled TMax 400 B+W film that I got partly in a deal selling a Jobo processor. Included were 2 bulk rolls of more TMax 400. I was in the need of a bulk loader to load some rolls so I could keep shooting.
Running errands today (Saturday) I pulled into a garage sale, as I am wont to do. (I always wanted to use that word. 🙂) I usually come up dry, but this time there was a large box with photo stuff. I liked what I saw without digging and examining everything, and found the seller. Finding something of interest (photo stuff) at a garage sale is exciting because it happens rarely, so I was in a heightened state of awareness.
"Are you interested in the photo stuff?" she asked.
"Why yes, yes I am," I replied. "How much for the whole box?"
"What do you think?" she asked.
"How about $20?"
"That's what I was thinking," she said.
Here is the booty:
3 bulk rolls of HP5+ (30M, 30M, 17M)
14 rolls of FP4+, 36exp
4 rolls APX400
maybe 50 bulk roll film cassettes, metal with snap lids, unused
a new Watson bulk film roller in its box
2 Patterson film developing tanks with reels
a Petri f1.9 fixed lens RF camera in its original box, shutter speeds good, very good cosmetic condition, but RF patch is weak, still usable
It's not a crazy, over-the-top buy, like a Nikon S kit for $20, but it was just what I needed (except for the camera) and it made my day. Just wanted to share. Feel free to add your own garage/lawn/boot/estate sale buys.
