Harlee
Well-known
I recently sold a fine GSN which was my own personal camera and which I've used in Russia and Ukraine, and which I personally refurbished myself, replacing the POD, cleaning the viewfinder and focusing mirror, recovered it with red vinyl and tested it with a battery which worked fine. It was a real pretty camera with the red vinyl.
The person purchased it with a BIN option two hours after I listed it. He emailed me stating that the camera was DOA. I wrote back that perhaps the battery got jarred in shipping. He wrote me again stating the battery tester didn't work. Often the red button doesn't make contact with the test switch because of the maze of wires located under the top. I wrote him stating that I never used the battery test personally, but simply remove the black panel utilizing the red test button and make sure it's making contact with the switch. I offered to refund his money if he didn't like it or didn't want the camera. He then claimed that he was taking it to a repairman to check it out.
Tonight I received another email claiming that the camera repairman claimed that the battery completely corroded the battery chamber, the wires within the camera were completely fried and there's way the camera could work. He then stated that it was a good thing he had already given me a positive response before all of this happened. I again offered to refund his money, but along with that, I basically told him that his repair man was full of horse puckey!!! Most likely the repairman gave him that bad report to charge him a hugh amount to put the camera back in working condition.
I do not store cameras with batteries in them; the battery chamber was as clean as a whistle, and the wires weren't "fried." I installed the battery the day I shipped the camera, with adapter, tested the camera and it worked fine.
All this to say, beware of some of these "expert" repairmen, who think you just fell off the turnip truck. If I get the camera back, I'll relist it and I know it'll sell fast.
The person purchased it with a BIN option two hours after I listed it. He emailed me stating that the camera was DOA. I wrote back that perhaps the battery got jarred in shipping. He wrote me again stating the battery tester didn't work. Often the red button doesn't make contact with the test switch because of the maze of wires located under the top. I wrote him stating that I never used the battery test personally, but simply remove the black panel utilizing the red test button and make sure it's making contact with the switch. I offered to refund his money if he didn't like it or didn't want the camera. He then claimed that he was taking it to a repairman to check it out.
Tonight I received another email claiming that the camera repairman claimed that the battery completely corroded the battery chamber, the wires within the camera were completely fried and there's way the camera could work. He then stated that it was a good thing he had already given me a positive response before all of this happened. I again offered to refund his money, but along with that, I basically told him that his repair man was full of horse puckey!!! Most likely the repairman gave him that bad report to charge him a hugh amount to put the camera back in working condition.
I do not store cameras with batteries in them; the battery chamber was as clean as a whistle, and the wires weren't "fried." I installed the battery the day I shipped the camera, with adapter, tested the camera and it worked fine.
All this to say, beware of some of these "expert" repairmen, who think you just fell off the turnip truck. If I get the camera back, I'll relist it and I know it'll sell fast.
