I can only say praise for John, he has worked on two of my OM's and have no
problems since. He has been up front with me in repairs as to weather I
should go ahead with a given repair. Lets not forget that these are 20+ year
old cameras we are using and refusing to let go of. I will take my 20 year
old OM with service by John over today's newer cameras.
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea" <pdxgirl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 01:15 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Caution on John Hermanson
> Not to be taking sides, but I sure hope you've tried to work with John on
> this situation, since making this type of accusation in a public forum
> could make you legally liable. I sell on e*bay and I give folks a fair
> chance to examine the goods and return them if they want. If someone
> wants to return something, I take it back, but they had better get it
> back to me within the week. After waiting two years (!) you want him to
> honor a repair? I think that's nuts, IMHO.
> - Andrea
>
> Matt Haber & Jane Diamond wrote:
>
> > 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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