Weird meter behavior

[sunyata]

I recently bought a reportedly CLA'd GIII QL17. Cosmetically, it is indeed in good shape, with new light seals, clean glass, and a wonderfully bright viewfinder. However, the meter is acting strange, in my opinion. Basically, the meter changes drastically with the the focus. At infinity, I am always at f16, at close range, I am at f1.7, no matter what the lighting situation. Furthermore, changing the shutter speed doesn't seem to affect the meter at all! It is giving me readings of f8 at a shutter speed of 1/500 in dim indoor indirect light. Changing the ASA does seem to affect the aperture, though. I have tried cleaning the battery contacts and changing the battery, but this hasn't done much. I do not have a flash attached. I am wondering what the problem is, and if it is an easy fix, I can probably do it, but if it is more involved, I do have the option of sending it back to the seller. Thanks for any advice or help.

 

[januaryman]

Find the box and pop it back in the mail. If he said it's been CLA'd (the A is for "adjust") and it's doing that, then somebody is lying to somebody.

(edit)- I meant to say that that is what I would do. Didn't mean to sound so authoritative.