Info: Holiday Special on 16mm?

Author: SKot
Time: 8-Mar-2006 9:14 PM
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Hmmm... curiouser and curiouser.

I'm feeling better all the time about pulling out of the auction bid war on that thing.

I still want to hear back from the guy who won the auction. I could understand if he didn't want to talk about getting burned, but I'd really like to know what he ended up getting, if anything. At the very least, I could warn people about it very publicly on the Holiday Special website.

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

Author: SKot
Time: 21-Mar-2006 7:22 PM
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BUMP in the night...

An update:

I *finally* heard back from the guy who won the auction on this 16mm film. I had suspected that maybe the reason he never responded to anyone was that he's from France and may not know English, and I think I was right. His English is not very legible.

However, from what I am able to understand of what he wrote, he got robbed. He sent the money by PayPal right when the auction ended, and then the seller seems to have disappeared. I think. I am going to write him back in French to see if I can get him to clarify more details. My patchy French will probably be better than his English appears to be.

To be continued...

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

Author: tweaker
Time: 23-Mar-2006 3:26 AM
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Well, I for one am completely shocked...heh.

It's a shame that the guy got screwed, but as a few people (including me) pointed out, this had all the markings of a setup from the beginning. Vague description, no feedback, not following through with *good* additional photos...come on.

Author: RIJIR
Time: 24-Mar-2006 11:57 AM
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He should have some paypal buyer protection.

Oh how silly of me what am I thinking?

Author: SKot
Time: 28-Mar-2006 9:16 PM
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I have written to the winner in French to ask for details. Let's see what he has to say...

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]