I guess I was lucky in getting the 1-4 screen from them as advertised
NIB...just when I was thinking of relaxing my stance on the NY
warehouses...
then your tale appears...my condolences, Tris, I had a similar problem
with
"minty" -1n's from another NY house that arrived at my door twice before
I
stupidly gave up and got a -2K from them (they had my CC# and I wanted to
cut my losses-plus the -2K is a good B/U body [gotta justify it somehow!
>; ) ] )
Skewing topics...
BTW, Would a 55/1.2 silver nose with oily leaves (and no other obvious
faults)
be worth ~100USD? It really does release s-l-o-w-l-y when stopped
down...I've
already mentioned the fact that the lens is not usable as-is, but didn't
press
the price that they asked (yet!!) Was thinking of offering ~70USD just
to see if
they would bite, but don't have a clue as to what it would take to get
the lens
back to usable condition. Any help on that would be appreciated by this
digest lurker...not that I have the $ to even pay for the glass in the
first place >;(
Thanks to whoever posted a few days back about Holland _?_ out of TX
about
the Cibachromes...they seem really energetic and will get some biz out of
me
as soon as I can break down 3 pages of chromes that are worthy to 1-2
slides
that I can afford to get in hanging condition.
Bill >; P
"Life unfolds on a great sheet called Time (film)*,
and once finished (developed)* is gone(here)* forever..."
*provided ya have a good archival system in place.
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 01:11:05 +1000
From: "O.C" <oben@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] 50 1.2 at Cameta
At 12:27 AM Wednesday 25/07/2001, you wrote:
>What shape was this lens represented to be in when you purchased it from
>Cameta, Oben? Any problems returning it? Did they pick up the return
>shipping charge?
>
>Tris
The lens was purported to be as they say on their web site... glass free
of
any defects (and I'm being kind in saying the lens had fungus. Its
multicoating was deeply etched by very fine and dense fungal blooms on
multiple elements. The most obvious fungus was immediately on the rear of
the front element and was at least 3cm long, 0.5cm wide. In terms of
visibility could have been said to be of the "dog's balls" variety. No
experienced grader could have missed it).
I'd imagine cleaning it would have damaged the MC coating as the Olympus
technician in Sydney who looked at it advised me. He had said they could
do
a test cleaning and not charge me for it if it didn't come off. I gave
Cameta the option of allowing such a cleaning to take place for which
they
could re-imburse me if all seemed OK. They offered $50 for cleaning and I
take all the risk to which I refused. After all the lens should have been
clean in the first place. Returning it then became a drama requiring at
least 4 long emails on my part explaining the situation.
They only returned the cost of the lens plus my original shipping charge.
The return shipping was not re-imbursed and was substantial -$35 US and
came out of my pocket. I had made it clear that I expected the return
charge to be paid by them but they didn't return it. I just wanted the
whole drama to be over and couldn't be bothered with them stuffing around
with my credit card number.
Moreover it was declared merchandise (as it should have been - I'm not
complaining) on the customs form requiring a GST payment of ~$30 US that
I
had to pay to simply get it out of the customs wrapping. All up $65 US
down. Apparently I can get back the GST component if I can prove that it
was shipped back etc requiring letters from the post office and receipts
etc. Too much trouble and would cost me more in time than the refund is
worth.
A circular waste of time and money. The funny thing was the packet of
lollies they included with the lens with Bill Cameta's business card
saying
"Enjoy your purchase!". I mailed that back to them as well... if its
anyone
who sucks... its their graders.
OC
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