Hopefully I have found a good combination of tags so that the randomly hosted 35mm auctions to the right of this guide might have what you are looking for. I am not a film seller on eBay nor am I endorsing any of the 35mm eBay film auctions.

Your best results will normally come from buying new 35mm motion picture film stock. However there are times and situations when buying resealed, recans, or short ends may be exactly what you are looking for. Certain situations that may lend themselves to repurchased 35mm film include testing out a camera before a big shoot, back-up film stock just in case one runs out of new film stock, ultra low budget productions, or if the footage does not have to match any scene already shot, or if one only needs to shoot a very short scene and opening a new film can seems to be overkill. But if that one shot has to match what has already been shot, then it may be somewhat risky to use repurchased film stock.

Communicating with the eBay seller prior to bidding may ease your mind about the actual condition of the repurchased film you are thinking of bidding on. There are times when the actual seller of the film was the person who loaded and unloaded it into the film magazine and they may be confident in their abilities to do it the way that keeps the film in the best shape.

When it is time to ship, I recommend DO NOT X-RAY labels for the shipping box. However I am not sure which method is actually ideal for minimizing X-raying of the film. I have heard that lower ASA films handle X-rays better than higher ASA films.

Periodically check the film gate whether using new or repurchased film stock. If one notices more dirt, dust or hairs than "normal" around the film gate area while shooting repurchased film, that could be a sign that the repurchased film was put in and out of changing bags that were not perfectly clean. Plus, it's just a good idea to check the film gate for dust & hairs anyway. If your daily production costs are much higher than your film purchase costs you may be better off purchasing new film stock only, or only repurchased film stock that was never opened.

Good luck shopping for your 35mm film on eBay. The negative feedback I received for this guide happened because I reached the top 5,000 and all of my guides were spammed to drop me out of the top 5,000. ( I originally had 38 out 38 praises for my guides before the spamming happened).