"Free" Unicare Film for sale on Ebay

RE*AC*TOR

Enterprising or dickish?

http://cgi.ebay.ie/10X-FUJI-SUPERIA-200-36EXP-35mm-Film-Expires-END-07-09_W0QQitemZ320408305617QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Photography_Film?hash=item4a99d2bfd1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

mayordenis

The height of dickery.
There are some people who would really appreciate a company being kind with out of date stock and would use them - as opposed to abuse them.

Tactical

I don't think this is what Unicare had in mind somehow...:eek:

Totally out of order.

stick-dan

Isn't the seller a boardsie? look at the sellers name?

Tallon

Im calling shinanigans


....SHINANIGANS

Thomas_S_Hunterson

I have no problem with it. Free market bla bla bla.

Instead of handing it out free, unicare should charge a fair economic price for it.

Mycroft H

stick-dan wrote: »

Isn't the seller a boardsie? look at the sellers name?

Me thinks that too.........

selling free film :eek:

jao

Sean_K wrote: »

unicare should charge a fair economic price for it.

I dunno
I dont think they can, because its out of date this month / next month.
I would imagine thats why they're giving it away

Tactical

I wonder if the seller can stand by some of their claims...

i.e. stored in a fridge...

Can an auditable paper trail be supplied to back up that claim I wonder?

As for expiry dates... Well milk and medicines (for example) all have expiry dates. Anyone drink a litre of milk a few months past its expiry

The whole thing is silly and morally wrong.

Ghost Train

anybody know if they still have this free film in shops? I don't want it to sell on ebay btw, got a camera today need to get film

duffarama

Tallon wrote: »

Im calling shinanigans


....SHINANIGANS

For future reference it's SHEnanigans. :rolleyes:

Mycroft H

Ghost Train wrote: »

anybody know if they still have this free film in shops? I don't want it to sell on ebay btw, got a camera today need to get film

The one in blanchardstown town center still has about 4 boxes of the stuff......

Ghost Train

landyman wrote: »

The one in blanchardstown town center still has about 4 boxes of the stuff......

thanks, might try there if they don't have it locally

Rb

That's very poor form.

humberklog

Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh-ee...Anthony's pulling a fast one!


Well spotted Reactor.

This is where Boards fails sometimes though. It needs a Kangaroo court jury "smiley" option.

DaireQuinlan

humberklog wrote: »

This is where Boards fails sometimes though. It needs a Kangaroo court jury "smiley" option.

Just re-direct the thread to AH That would get us a self-rightous mob in double quick time. The only problem is that they're fickle, damn them, FICKLE. They could turn against us in a moment !

Actually, I'm with simplicious on this one. Who are you people to try and prevent the free movement of goods and services ! Boooo !

humberklog

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Just re-direct the thread to AH That would get us a self-rightous mob in double quick time. The only problem is that they're fickle, damn them, FICKLE. They could turn against us in a moment !

Actually, I'm with simplicious on this one. Who are you people to try and prevent the free movement of goods and services ! Boooo !

Yeah !! It's an open free market we live in!! It's not a Kibbutz!! Or a collective farm in some godforesaken radioactive idiotocracy!!

More of this type of industriousness and the country would be doing dandy!!!
I'm taking my fickleness off to AH for a half an hour while I'm on a roll.

Simplicius

Before I get burned at the stake or something by this kangaroo court.

I am indeed getting rid of some of the film via ebay. I got a few boxes in haste and then decided I could use B&W film instead so in the spirit of free enterprise I placed it there.

You are entitled to think what you like about this, it's called simply business to some, enterprise to others and a multitude of other opinions no doubt. Luckily it is a free world.

after that, I have no further comment.

CabanSail

There's nothing wrong with it legally.... but the morality of it is another question.

Posted at the same time as the above post.

Maybe in the spirit of the original pffer you could have passed it on for free to someone else?

Rb

Tallon

CabanSail wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with it legally.... but the morality of it is another question.

Posted at the same time as the above post.

Maybe in the spirit of the original pffer you could have passed it on for free to someone else?

Thats is the stance I'm thinking.
Especially with the spirt of mrmacs's thread last night!

humberklog

Simplicius wrote: »

Before I get burned at the stake or something by this kangaroo court.

I am indeed getting rid of some of the film via ebay. I got a few boxes in haste and then decided I could use B&W film instead so in the spirit of free enterprise I placed it there.

You are entitled to think what you like about this, it's called simply business to some, enterprise to others and a multitude of other opinions no doubt. Luckily it is a free world.

after that, I have no further comment.

Oh com'ere big fella and I'll give ya a tickle!!
It's only funny, good investigating and good business. Still funny though.

DaireQuinlan

CabanSail wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with it legally.... but the morality of it is another question.

Posted at the same time as the above post.

Maybe in the spirit of the original pffer you could have passed it on for free to someone else?

Tallon wrote: »

Thats is the stance I'm thinking.
Especially with the spirt of mrmacs's thread last night!

Ach morality schmorality. It's not as if every single person who wanted a ton of this stuff didn't get themselves off to the nearest unicare pharmacy over the last month or more and come back with more expired 200 speed film than they'll probably ever shoot. Unicare is STILL giving the stuff away.

If simplicuis had, in disguise, and while cackling evilly the whole while, driven his battered van around to every single unicare pharmacy in the city and divested them of their seemingly endless stocks of expired film with the SOLE PURPOSE of flogging it all on Ebay at inflated prices THEN I might feel like piously giving out about the morality of it

-edit-
Speaking of which, where's the poll ! How can I decide to buck the majority opinion unless I know how most people think ? Damnit ! A Poll ! A Poll !

Rb

Charging €12 + €5 for p&p for something he got free is hilarious.

Placebo

right, the OP didnt post it here so you could make a quick buck, it was for us to get some bonus free film to shoot more and get better.

i didnt even get any !

PaulieC

Nothing like a bit of online moral outrage.

Hands-up: who here would express the same moral outrage to Anthony face-to-face ? Always easy to act the big lad behind a keyboard

Placebo

I would, if he was selling it on the street.

DaireQuinlan

Placebo wrote: »

i didnt even get any !

Well you've no-one but yourself to blame for that, do you ? Just doing a quick search there are no less than 17 threads discussing unicare and free film, the very first one in november of 2007 !

Just when WERE you planning on going up to your local unicare ?

Fajitas!

Fwiw, Unicare'll be handing this out for free for ages to come. They're making their profit in the developing.

Tallon

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Just when WERE you planning on going up to your local unicare ?

jeeze, relax there dude

Placebo wrote: »

i didnt even get any !

I have plenty of roles if you need some!

DaireQuinlan

Tallon wrote: »

jeeze, relax there dude

I will not ! I'm trying to build up a head of anti-indignation !

Tallon

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

...anti-indignation !

Happiness?

DaireQuinlan

Tallon wrote: »

Happiness?

nah, I think it's actually being indignant anyway, sorta like inflammable actually means flammable (what a country !)

Placebo

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Well you've no-one but yourself to blame for that, do you ? Just doing a quick search there are no less than 17 threads discussing unicare and free film, the very first one in november of 2007 !

Just when WERE you planning on going up to your local unicare ?

i try check this everyday but sometimes life gets in the way, i have been planning to go sometime soon but i rather people didn't take it for profit and left some for the busy working man.

DaireQuinlan

Placebo wrote: »

i try check this everyday but sometimes life gets in the way, i have been planning to go sometime soon but i rather people didn't take it for profit and left some for the busy working man.

I hear you mate, I'm a busy working man meself, but at the same time if I'd wanted some film I very probably would have found time to do it at some point over the last TWO YEARS !

I've gotten married, had a child, moved house, changed jobs, been to Serbia, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, The UK and here and there around Ireland in that time. I'm pretty sure I could have popped down to my local unicare pharmacy at some point !

Fajitas!

I think poor Daire needs to take 5

bernard0368

Simplicius, Fair play, we need more Entrepreneurs.

DaireQuinlan

Fajitas! wrote: »

I think poor Daire needs to take 5

but but but ... TWO YEARS !

Very well, I shall become un-dignant. I shall merely observe the rest of the proceedings with a glazed look of apathetic indifference.

Placebo

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

I hear you mate, I'm a busy working man meself, but at the same time if I'd wanted some film I very probably would have found time to do it at some point over the last TWO YEARS !

I've gotten married, had a child, moved house, changed jobs, been to Serbia, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, The UK and here and there around Ireland in that time. I'm pretty sure I could have popped down to my local unicare pharmacy at some point !

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

but but but ... TWO YEARS !

Very well, I shall become un-dignant. I shall merely observe the rest of the proceedings with a glazed look of apathetic indifference.

i only seen the new thread ? dont remember anything about this two years ago, when i was cult film head.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055623416&highlight=unicare

Tallon

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

....un-dignant...

Stop trying to use that word!

eas

my take -

selling kidneys on ebay = bad
selling free film on ebay = not so bad. Rates pretty hight on the cheekometer though.

good luck with the sale simpilicious.

AnCatDubh

ok. this has run its course methinks.

Nothing illegal committed so move along now everyone and head out and take a few pictures on either free film or digital media - medium doesn't matter. Sun is shining outside folks, ya know. Conditions good.