Uproariously funny Dave and very well written. I lost it when you demanded
a salary! That's hilarious! Only too sorry to hear it happen to you.
RonS
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> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Jenkinson
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 6:55 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] 135/2.8 and the Jessops saga.
>
>
> On another note, I thought I'd update you all on the stunningly
> good fun I'm
> having courtesy of Jessops, which for those of you not from the UK is a
> chain of photo retail stores who seem to be taking over the world.
> As I told the list, I recently splurged on an OM4 which a colleage at work
> mentioned seeing in Jessops in Sauchiehall St (Glasgow, Scotland). Lovely
> condition, just a few wee paint scrapes on the memo holder
> nothing less. No
> buzzer, though, to check for late circuits. Chrome battery and drive caps
> and a 11xxxxx serial number filled me with hope, however so I took it home
> all excited. Tried to shoot the kids with the T20
> fitted....nothing. Tried
> T18. Nothing. Viewfinder showed flash ready light, and highlighted the
> 1/60th to show the two other pins were working. (It also
> cheekily told me I
> was under when the damn flash didn't fire...).
> Back, then to Jessops. I agreed to try to get it repaired, as there is a
> well thought of Oly repair service in Glasgow, (Johnstones). Had some
> dialougue with them whilst the camera was in the shop. It was a
> later board
> with improved electronics, but not a Ti board. And it was fried.....,
> needed a new board, and Jessops would not pay.
> Jessops got me another OM4, again with later circuits, chrome
> caps, 11xxxxx
> serial no, buzzer turned off after 30 secs. Not so clean, but it
> looked OK,
> so...I took it home. Put a roll of film in, fitted flash, went to shoot
> kids. LCD meter bar was flashing overexposed. In a dark room, F5.6,
> Kodachrome 64. Tried to reboot it a couple of times, new
> batteries etc etc.
> No joy. Now meter bar is amusingly going between 1/1 and 1/2000
> at various
> rates. Spot meters OK. Baffled. Roll of film comes back. Pleasing
> mixture of gross over and under exposure, with about 2 out of 36 correctly
> exposed. Ho hum. It goes back....
> Jessops got me another OM4. 10xxxxx serial number, black caps,
> buzzer stays
> on indefinitely. Oh deary me. It's also a bit of a user, very
> dirty, manky
> viewfinder. I'm not happy. Try it out, and discover the asa setting ring
> is buggered, so you've no idea what film speed you've set. I give 3rd OM4
> back. Ask salesmen for my salary, as I've decided to charge £100
> a day plus
> expenses for testing OM equipment. He laughs nervously. "I promise you,"
> he says once my tantrum is over, "I promise you we have an OM4 which has
> just been fully serviced, and does all those things and has all
> those things
> you keep asking about..."(They think I'm off my head about the 30
> sec buzzer
> and the chrome caps bit). It'll be here on Saturday. I'll let you know.
> The moral of this story, is of course don't buy from Jessops
> second hand if
> you can bear it. It doesn't look as though they do anything other than
> glance at bodies coming in on trade ins etc. Their trade in
> prices are grim
> to say the least ( they offered me £45 for an Zuiko 35/2...Ace cameras in
> Bath gave me £100...) and so I'm beginning to suspect that people
> only take
> their knackered bodies there. Jings that sounds a bit weird. Take your
> knackered body into Jessops...but you YKWIM. I'll be asking for my money
> back I suspect, unless body no 4 is indeed a late circuit, CLA'd model.
> Speak to you when it happens.
> Dave in Glasgow.
>
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