[filmscanners] Re: Film Holder was RE: Sprintscan 4000 Slide Holder

["Arthur Entlich" <artistic@ampsc.com>]

What was that story about the cost of building a Volkswagen by factory
parts?  The car at that time cost something like $2000 US, and the cost
via parts came to something like $50,000 (and you had to put it together
yourself, too...  Yes, strange about part prices....

Art

Preston Earle wrote:

 > "Hemingway, David J" <HEMINGD@polaroid.com> wrote:
 > "Polaroid expects a delivery of several hundred slide holders the first
 > week of Feb. I think the price is $12 plus shipping."
 >
 > Wow! I broke one of the little ears off the top of the negative holder
 > on my Minolta Scan Dual II today, and I finally found a replacement on
 > the online Minolta web-site for only $39 (plus shipping, I presume.)
 > Let's see, $39 for the negative holder and I-don't-know-how-much for the
 > slide holder doesn't leave much for the rest of the scanner.
 >
 > Does anyone have a better source for these holders than the Mother
 > Factory?
 >
 > Preston Earle
 > PEarle@triad.rr.com
 >
 >




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