What happens when waiting for new old toys from Russia?

Alex answered. He said sure. Send him $8.00 more and he'll switch lenses.

I sent him the eight bucks. He also said he would ship tomorrow.

Ted
 
I once waited 48 days for delivery of a package from the Ukraine. I paid for air mail and they sent it surface, all the while claiming to have air mailed it. The package was purposely sent surface and had no "Par Avon" stamps or markings on it. No apology from the seller and no refund of postage. They have no idea how much those few dollars and the time wasted has cost them in sales. Even if they offer something I want badly, I refuse to buy from them again.

A package from Zhanna arrived this morning in the mail. It took 10 days from the time it was mailed. The only problem I've had with Grizzly33Bear was once when my money was received by their Stateside Banker and they didn't get the word. The Banker corrected that problem quickly and it all turned out well.

I feel certain that Zhanna or her partner(s) will get your problem sorted out. Hang in there.

Walker
 
My Zorki 3M is still visiting Oleg's Health Spa and I got so twitchy waiting for it to come back home I bought Joe's Bessa R :D

Gene
 
Fedzilla_Bob said:
Ouch! Thats gotta hurt.

For real?
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For real. I corresponded with the woman for more than a year. She even sent my pictures of the package that was returned to her by the Siberian postal service. I'm not sure if I believe her but she claimed they have an antiquties law that requires people sending any item more than 50 years old get a special release (which usually requires greasing someone's palm). I know when I first was looking for FSU gear three years ago there were several Siberian sellers. Now there don't seem to be any. I think the bureaucracy over there just made doing business too difficult.

She did manage to get a Jupiter 12 and 25 brand new take-up spools through to me but never the camera.
 
dll927 said:
In my experience, I think twelve days is the shortest time I've had to put up with the 'anticipation' bug. About 12-15 days seems about the going rate.

I'm trying to put together a set of Zorkis from 1 to 6. At this point I have everything but a 2. The 2's weren't produced for very long and are a little more scarce. And amore expensive than some others.

The early Zorkis - 1 and 3 especially, are the "classic Leica" look. Never having had a real screw-mount Leica, I was rather surprised at how smallish the Zorki 1 is. With the collapsable lens (mine is Industar-22) the Zorki-1 is a quite compact little beast. The Zorki-3 has the slow-speed dial of the Leica III.

All in all, the waiting game has been worth it. When I buy, I really watch the illustrations and read some of the feedback from previous buyers.
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The Zorki 2 is a nice camera with the later type shutter dial, self timer and, most important, strap lugs -- all in a Z1 size case. There were only about 10,000 made. I bougth mine directly from http://www.sovietcamera.com.ua/. It already had new curtains.
 
"What happens when waiting for new old toys from Russia?"

1. Your postman sees you standing by your mailbox in a fur hat 8 days in a row and greeting him with, "Hey! Yo! Comrade!"

2. You call in sick at work so you can stay home and watch The Hunt for Red October .......... for the 16th time.

3. You cross your heart and make a vow in front of your children to wear your "Lucky yak-hair socks" every day until your little lost lens arrives safe and sound.


seewhatimsayin?
 
You call in sick at work so you can stay home and watch The Hunt for Red October .......... for the 16th time
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Yeah... "One ping Mr. Vassily. One ping only." (I had to chuckle about your list)

My bottle of Stoly is done, and still my lens isn't here.

Guess I will have to drink Grey Goose instead. Stirred Not Shaken.
 
We have Saturday mail delivery, so there's still hope.

No Stoly, no Grey Goose. Only Speyburn single malt.

There's a bar a few miles away right on the Mexican border called The Gay Nineties. Bar itself is 'L' shaped. On one side sit all the Mexicans, drinking Bud Lite. On the other sit all the gringos, drinking Corona.

Go figure.

Ted
 
Right now huge media event at the Port of Entry in Naco. Minutemen, deputy sheriffs, all kinds of unmarked cars full o unmarked Feds, protesters pro & con. Media vans with roof satellite dishes, even Mexican media vans: Telemundo, univision.

All good for Gay Nineties business, I'll wager.

We locals stayed away in droves.

Ted
 
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