Kodachrome! Tell us your price gouging story!

[gdi]

Good grief, I see people are actually paying $35+ a roll for fresh 64. Isn't that a bit of an over reaction?

I ordered some from Central Camera online and the price was $7.25 with a volume discount and it was in stock. 2 days later I get an email stating that they were not going to fill my order - it would be $9.25 a roll instead.

I talked to them and they said it was the distributor who was gouging, not them. The fact that it was in stock and they could ship it at the jacked up price the next day seemed inconsistent.

I guess I should have thanked them for not raising the price to $50! 😀

 

[batterytypehah!]

Well that makes me glad I did not order from Central. I was considering it, as they seemed to be reacting more slowly to the Kodak announcement than others. But then I realized I was being nostalgic for a film I had in fact never used.

As for not honoring your order, I suppose that is legal and all, but talk about a sure way to lose a customer.

 

[gdi]

As for not honoring your order, I suppose that is legal and all, but talk about a sure way to lose a customer.

No its not illegal - I could have turned down the deal....

 

[bob338]

i just sold 60 rolls here in the classifieds for fire sale prices compared to $35 per roll...

at least it all went to people that really wanted it.

bob

 

[dfoo]

No its not illegal - I could have turned down the deal....

Its certainly morally questionable... you are the buyer agreed on a price, and then they changed their mind.

 

[Al Kaplan]

I haven't used much Kodachrome since they replaced Kodachrome II with Kodachrome 25, which I never liked. Showing my age I guess. We used to be able to buy the French and British made K-II including Kodak processing for $3.79 a roll, about half the price of Rochester made K-II with Kodak processing.

http://thepriceofsilver.blogspot.com

 

[climbing_vine]

No its not illegal - I could have turned down the deal....

You likely have a civil claim under the UCC for breach of contract (by accepting their stated offer, you created a contract--in most states), but obviously it's so small as to make it pointless.

 

[Chris101]

Buy a bunch at $9.25, wait 6 months until supply starts to dwindle, then jack it up on ebay! I saw a brick of HIE go for nearly $1000 there a month or so ago.

 

[sepiareverb]

Oh man I made a killing with a brick of K64 I had in the freezer- got $30 a roll for it.

 

[gdi]

Oh man I made a killing with a brick of K64 I had in the freezer- got $30 a roll for it.

I think you could have gotten $50!

 

[gdi]

Some recently closed auctions that I had been following, ended thusly:

8 rolls, $200.01 ($25/roll)
4 rolls, $56.00 ($14/roll)
10 rolls, $140.50 ($14/roll)

All I have to say is... LOL. 😀

And don't forget shipping.

 

[Rhodes]

Buy a bunch at $9.25, wait 6 months until supply starts to dwindle, then jack it up on ebay! I saw a brick of HIE go for nearly $1000 there a month or so ago.

😀

Thanks for the ideia, I'll do it! Here, the only onlineshop that are selling this film has it at 22.35€ with the shippment, plus the developlemnt!

 

[Florian1234]

Overhere they sell it for 20 euros. If one finds a seller at all. 😀

 

[kully]

www.7dayshop.com are selling (process paid) Kodachrome for £8.10 / roll.

 

[Chuck Albertson]

If somebody is bidding $35/roll on some online auction site, they aren't getting gouged, they're gouging themselves.

 

[gdi]

Buy a bunch at $9.25, wait 6 months until supply starts to dwindle, then jack it up on ebay! I saw a brick of HIE go for nearly $1000 there a month or so ago.

I think the highest I saw a brick of HIE sell for was over $1200. It makes think everytime I open the freezer and see mine sitting there....

 

[nuckabean]

On the day of the announcement of the discontinuation, I got 16 rolls on ebay for a total of $50. Guess I got lucky.

 

[PhotoJim]

You likely have a civil claim under the UCC for breach of contract (by accepting their stated offer, you created a contract--in most states), but obviously it's so small as to make it pointless.

Not to justify what the vendor tried to do, but under common law, the offer to purchase is made by the purchaser. An offer to sell is not an offer per se unless it is specifically extended to a specific purchaser (e.g. I'd like to sell you, Bob Smith, 5 rolls of K64 for $50). Typically advertising a product for sale is an invitation to make an offer, not an offer itself.

Now, if a person makes a web purchase and the website accepts it, that might legally be an accepted offer... I'm not sure. Perhaps we have a lawyer in the crowd who can address that point.

 

[cooltouch]

Just checked at B&H. Their price is now $9.95/roll and they are out of stock. No surprise there, I suppose. Folks probably bought out their inventory and put it up on eBay. 😎

 

[Al Kaplan]

I'd rather come up with some Ektachrome Infrared. I loved that stuff!