craig_sander Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 There is a company called TDATrading and they sell photographic equip. I was wondering if anyone has dealt with these people and if they are recommended?I want to order several batches of film from them, but I want to make sure I'm getting a good deal and not a cheap price on film thats about to expire.Thanks so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danscool Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 by from big brand names that you know are good and you can't go wrong, don't go to dodgy places to try and get a few quid off some film its not worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danscool Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 buy even Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_thompson2 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 They have a 99% rating on eBay. Looks like they take close out on discontinued photography products and sell it for cheap. My guess is that film you will buy will probably be the type that will expire quicker. But with film nowadays there is not really any guarantee that even if you buy it from a reputable source that the expiration date will be years away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_sander Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Here is my issue with them and another company called Superiaphoto... I see a lot of spelling errors on their webpages, and that tends to make me think that they are a shotty company. Is that wrong? I guess if the price is right, and they have secure payment methods, than I should go for it, but I have my reservations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtk Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Hi Craig....I would say go for it. It's not like it's alot of $$$...Speaking of spelling errors, the correct spelling of shotty is shoddy....(lol)... Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_sander Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 SHOTTY...SHODDY...Who cares?! I'm not the one with the company website. But if I were, you bet I would have it proofread. Anyhow, I'm not so concerned about expired film. Even if was expired by a couple months, I can deal with that. My concern is my credit card number being floated around. I was the victim of credit card fraud about a year ago, and the company that leaked it was...well...lets just say it was a company that I'm sure a lot of us photo types have bought from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolefan32 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I can't blame Mark for having a little fun. I don't generally get wrapped up about the spelling of others, especially on Internet posting forums, because like Craig did, I'm almost guaranteed to mispell something in the post commenting about spelling errors. It's Murphy's Law. But Craig, I do understand your trepidation -- it doesn't reflect well on a company if their advertising is riddled with spelling and grammatical errors. That would make me uncomfortable about dealing with them, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_haykin Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 "Mispell" should read "misspell." (The spelling police.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolefan32 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 ""Mispell" should read "misspell." (The spelling police.)" See!? I wasn't kidding. It's inevitable -- you complain about someone else's spelling, and you're all but guaranteed to misspell something in that very post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_sevigny Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Unless the price is fantasic, stick with B&H. Simply the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_sander Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Spelling errors are not reeeeeeaally the topic here... Does anyone have any experience in dealing with either TDATrading or Superiaphoto? And if so, how was is? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danscool Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 stick with big names and you can't go wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_gillette Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Or little names - like "B&H." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fp_anderson Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 If you read the eBay disclaimers carefully you will see that the seller must have a feedback of 98.8 or higher or they will not help with problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_hutcherson Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Well, earlier this evening I ordered 10 rolls of short dated (5/2007) 120 Velvia 100F from t.d.a. trading. I couldn't beat the price of $14.95 per pack of 5 rolls($2.99 a roll), and I'll probably use it before its expiration, so that's not of a huge concern to me. I haven't paid yet, as when I attempted to run the payment through Paypal, the shipping came up double the normal price. I'm awaiting their response to my e-mail, as I suspect that this is a simple error. The shipping calculator showed it being the same price for both 5 and 10 rolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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