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Topic: Whats the best way to move a projector?
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Will Kutler
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1506
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 03-10-2018 09:32 AM
I have attempted to edit my previous post with this latest update, which the system will not allow. So this is the update.
Mark
Please get your facts straight before you start accusing and attacking people. If you have a problem, then please P.M., e-mail, text or telephone me.
I have reviewed our entire business communications (both F.T. and private e-mail) going back thru 2014. The only item that was seriously discussed was a factory new and unused E-7 that was gathering rust and destined for scrap. You quoted $200.00 for crating and shipping. I asked you to hold off, as I wanted to make my own shipping arrangements. I asked you for follow-up info so that I could make those arrangements, to which you never responded. You did leave your telephone number, which you never did seem to answer or respond to.
However, there is definitely one F.T. participant who is known for soliciting services w/o compensation. I suspect that you have us confused?
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Leo Enticknap
Film God
Posts: 7474
From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 03-15-2018 09:32 PM
quote: Julian Antos
Lastly, before scrapping anything, post here or on the art house convergence list to see if anyone wants it. There are many venues still running film several times a week for repertory and specialty screenings, and many technicians still keeping those machines running with a finite supply of spare parts.
Agreed that there is still a demand for film projectors (both complete, and parted out), but as others have pointed out, there are two major obstacles to getting them into the hands of those who could use them.
- The cost of packing and shipping these large, bulky, heavy and in many respects fragile items.
- The labor cost of refurbishing, parting out, and reinstalling.
We are also on the lookout for film-related gear, but the hard reality is that we have to consider what it would cost us to buy used film equipment, get it to our shop, refurbish it (or part it out), store it, ship it to a customer's location, and, if asked to, install it. That cost is often more than customers are able to pay (most of these venues are arthouse type places operating on very tight budgets). As a result, we have had offers of used 35mm equipment that we've had to pass on, because the math simply doesn't add up: it would cost a lot more to get it into a usable condition and into a theater that wants to use it, than we could make by doing that. For that reason I fear that Mark is right and that a lot of 35mm projectors, some of them still in pretty good shape, will end up being recycled into soda cans.
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