Re: Polaroid Paranoid

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From: epona (acolyta@napc.com)
Date: 11/21/02-03:02:57 PM Z

Hmm, Ebay, eh? I have been known to frequent such a place....too often for my
bank account. ;^)

I believe it was an Ipswich porter, if I remember correctly. My memory of that
period in time is hazy, and best left that way!

Cheers,
Christine

PS Thanks to others for their tips as well.

John Campbell wrote:

> Okay, okay. . . . I'll confess. . .
>
> I've picked up quite a few boxes of 55p/n on ebay--and I'm not talking
> out-of-date or abused, either--for about half the retail value (plus modest
> shipping charges, of course). So far (knocking on wood) I haven't been
> disappointed.
>
> I also concur re calumet. Exceptional service and a very manageable web
> site.
>
> So, Christine. . . what sort of really good beer. . . ?
>
> Toodle,
> John
>
> www.photogecko.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Healy" <mjhealy@kcnet.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:00 AM
> Subject: Re: Polaroid Paranoid
>
> > B&H is out of Type 55?????? Unbelievable. Well, you should be shopping
> thru
> > Calumet anyhow.
> >
> >
> http://www.calumetphoto.com/syrinx/ctl?PAGE=Controller&ac.ui.pn=home.Home&ns
> > =1
> >
> > They're the only place to buy film (and a lot of other stuff as well).
> Plus
> > their website is about 8000 times easier to navigate than the B&H site
> (last
> > time I bothered to check B&H, anyhow). Here in Phoenix, I have found that
> I
> > can score Fuji 64T only sporadically, plus nobody deigns to carry Delta
> 100
> > in 4x5, or any Maco or even Konica IR. So I quit bothering with them. I
> > order all my film now. Calumet ships same day, and the price of 2nd day
> > delivery is reasonable. Plus if you live anywhere but Arizona, you have
> the
> > luxury of having film shipped to you in the summer too!
> >
> > Mike Healy
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "epona" <acolyta@napc.com>
> > To: "the alt photo gurus" <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:28 AM
> > Subject: Polaroid Paranoid
> >
> >
> > Hello folks,
> >
> > One of the greatest travesties of my adult life has been to leave behind
> > in the refrigerator my Type 55 film when I moved last month, along with
> > the remnants of that six-pack of really good beer and food that was
> > worth taking with me. I blame U-Haul for not honoring my truck
> > reservation. If I had the truck, the move would have been much less
> > stressful, reserving more parts of my brain for more important things,
> > however, I digress.....
> >
> > I just checked B+H and they are out of stock. Anyone have any
> > suggestions of where else I may order this film from? Favorite
> > companies?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Christine
> >
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an
> > airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or
> > some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
> > --Frank Zappa
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an
airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or
some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
--Frank Zappa
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