Cash in on my old 120 spools?

[Denverdad]

620 spools are worth money?

i have a whole jar full. what do they bring? ok, ebay has them for around $5 each, on average.

woopie do. Those folks DO realize every old 620 camera has one in it, right?

Maybe $4-5 each

I am a little embarrassed to admit this, but I can tell you exactly how much they go for. The answer is $7.25, on average.

How do I know this? Well, for some strange reason (a moment of boredom perhaps) I decided to look at completed sales of 620 spools and calculate how much they were actually selling for. I found about 3 months of sales to average; and having done the exercise twice since then, I can now report the figure above as the average price per spool over the last ~9 months. It encompasses eBay sales of just the bare spools, and only those sold in North America. It does not include shipping costs, although I have statistics for that too. Anyway, here is a histogram of the data:

[StoneNYC]

I gave an old roll of VP127 and an extra spool so one of the APUGgers could use his little camera. I still have a couple, but I'll keep them for my Baby Yashica. I could sure use a few 620 spools, I have only a few and I have a couple of old cameras which won't take a modified 120 spool. Since I have only three spools it limits my picture taking with these old box cameras.

Ironically I'm looking for some VP127 AND I just re-rolled a VP620 onto a 120 spool ... oh well...

PS you can still get 620 fresh at B&H ... no lie... there's at least two kinds, maybe 3

[Aristotle80]

I am a little embarrassed to admit this, but I can tell you exactly how much they go for. The answer is $7.25, on average.

How do I know this? Well, for some strange reason (a moment of boredom perhaps) I decided to look at completed sales of 620 spools and calculate how much they were actually selling for. I found about 3 months of sales to average; and having done the exercise twice since then, I can now report the figure above as the average price per spool over the last ~9 months. It encompasses eBay sales of just the bare spools, and only those sold in North America. It does not include shipping costs, although I have statistics for that too. Anyway, here is a histogram of the data:

This is some great market research. Ebay is all over the map for some items. Changes in description and condition alone can't account for it all. It takes me months of browsing and bidding before I get my sought after item at the average, or maybe the mean price. I can't decide if it's simply that people know they overpay and have more money than patience, or if they simply don't understand that these prices swing wildly.

[MattKing]

Ironically I'm looking for some VP127 AND I just re-rolled a VP620 onto a 120 spool ... oh well...

PS you can still get 620 fresh at B&H ... no lie... there's at least two kinds, maybe 3

The "fresh" 620 is re-rolled 120 - "Film for Classics" is apparently B & H's supplier.

[Shootar401]

I keep a few spares, but throw them all out. I just tossed a bag with about with about 70 spools in it.

[StoneNYC]

The "fresh" 620 is re-rolled 120 - "Film for Classics" is apparently B & H's supplier.

Ahh that's why they are tin foil wrapped... Either way it's still fresh AND available.... No searching for spools


~Stone

Mamiya: 7 II, RZ67 Pro II / Canon: 1V, AE-1, 5DmkII / Kodak: No 1 Pocket Autographic, No 1A Pocket Autographic | Sent w/ iPhone using Tapatalk

[StoneNYC]

I keep a few spares, but throw them all out. I just tossed a bag with about with about 70 spools in it.

I keep the spools and backing paper, there's a guy on here experimenting with a 70mm cutter, I trade him my spools and he cuts my 70mm into 120

Right now it's a trial experiment though, about to test out my first roll today


~Stone

Mamiya: 7 II, RZ67 Pro II / Canon: 1V, AE-1, 5DmkII / Kodak: No 1 Pocket Autographic, No 1A Pocket Autographic | Sent w/ iPhone using Tapatalk