[LargeFormat] Buying and selling on ebay

[Eduardo Aigner]

>          So I can imagine, if I have that much trouble, and I live only an
> hour's drive from the US boarder, what is it like for LF shooters in
> Europe, Asia, South America, etc, etc, who cannot find what they need at
> all locally, see exactly what they want on ebay, but are stymied?


Well, I live in Brazil...

Thouht I have already bought from Ebay ( lens shade for hassie 40mm
distagon, etc) without any problem I see a growing number of sellers
offering their itens only for USA. My home town in extreme south Brazil is
far enough from a, let's say, 8x10 film box and even 4x5 b+w film box... I
am lucky: a pilot friend of mine can get at BH my TriX 4x5 and XTol, but
that's not enough. São Paulo, the biggest market, is 1.200 km far from my
studio and even there I am not sure about finding LF gear. Ebay is sometimes
the last way for buying any photographic gear on this distant land. And I
don't want to tell ya that one dollar is about 3 reais (our money)...

AIGNER