John has a long history of helpful information and a good reputation
on this list, so when my OM-1 stopped syncing properly, he
seemed a natural choice for a repair. After 4 or 5 months, and cash
about equal to the retail value of the camera, I had the camera
back, and used it on a commercial shoot. Big mistake. Still didn't
work. I let John know, and he agreed to fix what he didn't. Smarting
from a botched job, I waited a while (ok, more than two years), with
the OM-1 pretty unusable to me (as a studio shooter, all i use is
strobe). I finally decided to sell the body. I asked John to follow
through on the repair he'd not completed (I offered to pay for parts),
so that I could in good faith sell a fully working body.
John refused. He said, in so many words, that he didn't legally have
to, so he wouldn't.
The bottom line seems to be that John will take the time that he
wants to "fix" cameras, but won't allow a comparable time
multiplier for to follow through on failed repairs.
-matt
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