Mark,
I may very well be interested. Please let me know the details.
Thanks for thinking of me.
Cheers,
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: Bad Service Report - Kerrisdale Cameras
> If you're still interested in an MX, I'm selling one of mine in order to
raise
> cash for an MZ-S. It's in beautiful condition and functioning *perfectly*.
> Email me for more info if you like.
>
> Mark
>
> "Bucky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >So I bought an MX from Kerrisdale Cameras here in Vancouver. They are a
> >largish local chain that has a reasonable selection of used equipment. I
> >paid a fairly hefty price for it that I would have considered reasonable
if
> >it had been in the condition it looked upon first examination. All used
> >bodies come with a 30-day warranty.
> >
> >I bought it on 4 August. Upon getting it home, I found that the meter
> >worked only intermittently, that the infinity focus was gone (but only
> >slightly; some lenses that are able to focus at slightly past infinity
did
> >not reveal the camera's problem), and the shutter button popped entirely
out
> >of the camera and landed n the ground. I was not happy; none of this had
> >revealed itself to me in the in-store test.
> >
> >I took it back for servicing on the Monday following (the 6th). At the
same
> >time, I looked for another body I liked and thought I'd exchange it, but
> >there was nothing I wanted. I agreed to have them send it out for
service.
> >
> >Today, I went in to find out when my camera would be done, since Monday
> >would be the two-week milestone. I asked a helpful sales associate to
look
> >up where it had been shipped to, since Patrick, the service guy, had
seemed
> >a bit elusive about where he would send the camera for service. The
helpful
> >sales guy looked in the book where they keep track of serviced cameras,
> >found my body, but could find no notation about where it was gone.
> >
> >He sent me back to Patrick, the service guy. Here is the conversation as
it
> >went:
> >
> >Me: "Hi. I have a black MX in for service. I want to know where it's
been
> >sent for repair."
> >Him: "Oh, that camera is not at Pentax."
> >Me: "OK. Where is it."
> >Him: "We have some other service center. It's not at Pentax."
> >Me: "Fine. I'm asking you where it IS, not where it's NOT."
> >Him: "It's not at Pentax and it's not at VanCam."
> >Me: "WHERE HAS IT BEEN SENT?"
> >Him: "It will be sent out Monday. It hasn't been sent anywhere yet."
> >
> >I asked for (and received) a full refund, although he certainly did not
seem
> >to understand how utterly shoddy this kind of service is.
> >
> >GRRRRRR.
> >
> >
> >
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