cheap GL690 for brave spanish speaking forum members

[Walter_Ai]

Under http://cgi.ebay.de/FUJICA-GL-690-PR...ryZ15241QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem a novice ebayer (history of 1; even there is a negative feedback) lists a GL690 (GL !!!) with a 65 mm + 50mm lens but with no picture and no details apart from claiming mint condition.-)
He offers a Buy it now feature for 300 Euro / 420 USD
The seller dares claiming to sell it on behalf of his father - 'a professional photographer'. His poor explanations could be a language problem or creative ignorance of technical terms for a wide-angle lens;-)
Those of you who speak spanish and are brave enough to dive into an adventure might appreciate this opportunity. This guy even quotes for a wrong shipping weight (less than 2 kg) and answered all my questions in a way I'd expect from E.T..

I do not claim this is a worthwhile opportunity nor do I have any commercial interest in this auction.
Walter
From Vienna, Austria
2 G690, 1 50mm lens;-)

Congratulations to the buyer from Germany who has enough guts

 

[Fernando]

Gl690 in Spanish

Gl690 in Spanish

It's confusing. The "50mm lens" is described as a "telephoto"(¿should it read 150mm?). I think the lens portrayed is the 65mm. If the other lens was actually a 50mm, he'd better not tell his father about the "deal".

 

[Walter_Ai]

Results on this strange ebay transaction:

Results on this strange ebay transaction:

I contacted the winning bidder after he gave a positive feedback at ebay in order to learn what was the real thing behind the weird description.
Once again Fernando is right in assuming it was the 65mm F8 lens and the 150mm (wrongly described as 50mm) lens plus the GL690 camera.
All this for Euro 300 buy it now.
So was my warning correct?
Overall it is not at all "perfecto estado" but "heavily used".
The distance metering in the Finder is severely out of range.
both front lenses are severly impacted from aggressive cleaning.
long exposure times on both lenses are definitely incorrect.

So why did the buyer give a polite feedback "nice person"?
Given the incorrect article description the seller immediately refunded Euro 100.
Thank you to the buyer for sharing the facts.

Walter,
* currently 50mm, 100mm, 150mm, 180mm, 2 G690 bodies (not for sale)
* pondering extension to 10x18 in the near future
* appreciates recommendations on a very bright 10x18 wide-angle and macro equipment

 

[taffer]

😀 😀 😀

I knew it was Benidorm by just looking at the huge apartment buildings in the background even before reading seller's location !

 

[titrisol]

not a bad deal at all!