If you buy a new-in-the-box OM from Olympus or a dealer's shelf, you have a
very good probability that it will work, and work right for a while, when
you get it... but that's not 100 ertain.
When you buy a used OM from -anybody- and from any location, be it auction,
used shelf at local camera shop, pawn shop, thrift store, or garage sale,
you have a shot-in-the-dark at getting a camera that will work right, and do
so for a while. Its a bit better if you can actually handle the body up
front, but still an iffy deal.
If you buy a camera that Clint or John H. has just CLA'd and pronouced
'good' then you have a *very* good probability that you will get a camera
that works, works right, and will keep on working right for a good time to
come. I'd say that a verifiable "recently CLA'd by [Clint or John H}" is a
strong -positive- selling point.
Its like the 'certified' used cars from BMW or Mercedes, with the
warranty... they are a lot better bets than the 'low-mileage special' from
the shyster corner used car lot.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
on 8/13/03 8:32 PM, NSURIT@xxxxxxx at NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 8/13/2003 9:36:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> rlague@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>> I use "tuning up" loosely....very....Maybe there is something wrong with the
>> camera. I am not about to admit it on this list, because if I put it up for
>> sale someone is going to say "oh is that the OM4t that had
>> the .....?"
>
> Lets see is it 10, 100 or 1000 times? I guess the answer is all of the above
> to the question, "How much more interested would you be in a camera body that
> had just been repaired by Photosphere (Clint)or Camtech (John)as compared to
> one that seemed to working OK but had never had a CLA". So there you go, one
> man's opinion. Having one of these guys go through your camera is an asset
> when selling it rather than a liability. Both of them have done work for me
> in the past and will in the future. Bill Barber
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