[photo-3d] RE: duped slides

["Michael Galazin" <RexLion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary Nored wrote:
"I wouldn't count on financing much more than a burger and fries
this way:-) I've sold a couple of park sets, and even at $3.00 a slide,
there's no real money in it (counting film, mounts, duping fees,
mileage, etc.). I never got close to minimum wage, though the
buyers still rage about how beautiful they are. FWIW"
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This makes me wonder why you aren't still selling these slides.  The way I
figure it, the biggest expense was the trip to the park.  I can get 36 exp.
film for $3.00 to $3.40 a roll from Rocky Mtn Memories, 18 stereo pairs
duped are 19 cents a pair.  Processing locally is $5.20 plus tax on that
roll.  Add a spicer mount and I've got 60 cents in the duplicate slide.
Let's say I spend $1,000 on a vacation drive through some scenic part of the
country.  If I can sell a set of 10 slides for, say, $25.00, then  $6 a set
pays for supplies and $19 goes toward the vacation cost.  I can pay for that
vacation if I sell 53 sets.

On the tax side, I realize a deductible expense for that $1,000 vacation.
So if I have a loss for a couple of years and then show a modest net income,
even $100 or so, for the next three years then it's a business and not a
hobby in the IRS' eyes.  Plus I have a whole bunch of great slides to enjoy,
and they can be duped as often as I like, anytime I can sell a set, for the
next umpteen years.

I'm not looking at this as, can I earn a living or not, but more like, can I
get some financial benefit out of all the fun I'm having?!

So my big issue is, will they sell for that kind of money?  Assuming that
I'm a decent enough photographer, nature puts out some dynamite stereoviews,
and I should be able to capture some of them!  :)

Best regards,

Mike Galazin