I told a frequent email friend that my nerves must have switched hands,
because when I type my name as my usual sign-off, Keith, over 80% of the
time now I'll type it Kieth...
I did that because I wanted to assure him that it was ME sending the
note, not some pretender to the throne...
I must h
graywolf wrote:
>
> I don't know about you, Anthony, but if I thoroughly edited everything I posted
> here the list would have far fewer messages on it.
>
> BTW, what do you call it when your fingers type the wrong word. I do not think
> it is not exactly the same thing as dislexia. I noticed t
On 16/5/04, GRAYWOLF, discombobulated, offered:
>I think that 90 day thing is only the limit for the form for it to still
>be on
>your ebay page. I do belive you can actually post feedback virtually
>forever. I
>do know I responded to one more than a year later.
Thanks Tom, I have some wrong in
There you go, Cotty. Start an online auction service of your own. Private
sellers only. A high level of integrity. Then you only have to figure out how to
attract the buyer's who only know about Ebay.
There are several online auction sites, most of them seem pretty pathetic. And
Ebay, the guys
- Original Message -
From: "graywolf"
Subject: Re: Naughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]
> I think that 90 day thing is only the limit for the form for it to
still be on
> your ebay page. I do belive you can actually post feedback
virtually forever. I
> do know
On 16/5/04, ANTONIONIO, discombobulated, offered:
>Now that eBay is fast becoming a monopoly for online auctions, I would
>like to see our governments impose some better regulation of how it
>works - to protect both sellers and buyers far better than at present.
>In the UK if they would just im
That's not exactly true. I sold a lens or some such to a fellow in Oz, and
he didn't leave feedback until well after to 90 day period. He didn't tell
me how he did it, but it's there. Maybe he had to go through some eBay
hoops, maybe he had to set the Kozmik Klok back a month or so, but the
feed
- Original Message -
From: "Anthony Farr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(snip)
> Feedback should be blind until both buyer's and seller's have lodged it.
>
(snip)
Don't yo'u jus't hat'e i't whe'n peopl'e us'e apo'straphe's
inappropriatel'y.
regard's,
Anthon'y F'arr
The solution is simply implemented, but eBay would have to WANT to do it.
Feedback should be blind until both buyer's and seller's have lodged it.
When both feedbacks are in they should be locked in and only then revealed.
It wouldn't stop sociopaths from posting unwarranted bad feedbad, but it
wou
aughty ebay guy [Was: More lens problems]
Intersting. So you have to post in the last few minutes of the 90 days
then, or is any time good after 90 days (who does the 90 affect, the
seller or the buyer)?
Antonio
On 16 May 2004, at 10:41, TMP wrote:
Antonio - it prevents them from being able to reta
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
> Meanwhile, I posted appropriate feedback for the seller. As
> per the advice from the list, with a few minutes to spare
> from the end of the 90-day period. He did not like it at all
> :-) However, people seem to like him.
I didn't look further back than the lates
Feedback doesn't always mean very much. More than one of the sellers
I've delt with as much as
told me that their feedback would automaticaly match mine. (If I gave
them good feed back that's
what I'd get in return and the converse would be true, generated
automaticaly). Luckly I didn't have
I am closing open issues :-)
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
> Remember the Tamron 90/2.5 that I bought off ebay and turned out to be
> a lemon? The seller thinks that fogging of internal elements and an
> unresponsive iris are normal for a lens of this age, that it is is
> good
D]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: More lens problems.
>
> I should have took my own advice recently. I sold a piece of gear on
> ebay, sent it uninsured because the guy declined to pay for the
> insurance, he now says he did not get i
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:13:03 -0500, you wrote:
>After speaking with Pentax USA and having no luck cleaning the contacts,
>I'm going to send them the *istD body and the FA 50, FA 100 macro, and
>the FA 135. Although it seems funny, they still think it might be the
>lenses even though they work on
After speaking with Pentax USA and having no luck cleaning the contacts,
I'm going to send them the *istD body and the FA 50, FA 100 macro, and
the FA 135. Although it seems funny, they still think it might be the
lenses even though they work on the MZ-S and the ZX-7. What really
confused them w
AFAIK, it was possible to identify MZ-S bodies that are affected by
entering Serial # at the following URL on Pentax Homepage:
http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/news/information/20010619-s.html
I did try it two years ago when I bought MZ-S. Return info was that
my MZ-S is clear. The unfortunate part o
AFAIK, it was possible to identify MZ-S bodies that are affected by
entering Serial # at the following URL on Pentax Homepage:
http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/news/information/20010619-s.html
I did try it two years ago when I bought MZ-S. Return info was that
my MZ-S is clear. The unfortunate par
I am not certain. Try to avoid loading the film too further in. If that
doesn't work, it must be checked by service centre.
Yours regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Thanks, the MZ-S I'm after (the seller has the flu, deal is delayed) has
been bought in Taiwan. I'll ask about this.
Some MZ-S purchased in asia had winding problem as well, and those
units were purchased after the MZ-S had been released for 2 years.
Some experienced auto rewind when the film was not finished.
Alan Chan
Thanks, the MZ-S I'm after (the seller has the flu, deal is delayed)
has been bought in Tai
So Zeiss was right? Well, at least it gave us the K-mount.
--
Robert
- Original Message -
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: More lens problems.
>
> I find it intere
- Original Message -
From: "Alan Chan"
Subject: Re: More lens problems.
> Some MZ-S purchased in asia had winding problem as well, and those units
> were purchased after the MZ-S had been released for 2 years. Some
> experienced auto rewind when the film was not f
Some MZ-S purchased in asia had winding problem as well, and those units
were purchased after the MZ-S had been released for 2 years. Some
experienced auto rewind when the film was not finished.
Yours regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
The only problem reported in the MZ-S was in th
All the problem I have read so far were related to the winding mechanisms.
Yours regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Just not long ago many MZ-S had problems too.
Andre
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- Original Message -
From: "Alan Chan"
Subject: Re: More lens problems.
> And with all my 7 lenses that I have owned now, only 1 has been completely
> problem free. I'd say either I am very bad luck, or they have some serious
> QC issue. I got a feeling that eve
And with all my 7 lenses that I have owned now, only 1 has been completely
problem free. I'd say either I am very bad luck, or they have some serious
QC issue. I got a feeling that even Pentax Canada was sick of me (and so am
I).
Yours regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Personally,
- Original Message -
From: "Alan Chan"
Subject: Re: More lens problems.
> Just not long ago many MZ-S had problems too. If you asked me, Pentax must
> do something about their QC, but obviousely they didn't.
Personally, I think their QC went to hell sometime arou
Just not long ago many MZ-S had problems too. If you asked me, Pentax must
do something about their QC, but obviousely they didn't.
Yours regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Is it just me or does it seem that there are a lot of defective
starkistdees out of the box? We seem to have a
The only problems I've had were remedied by reading the manual. I
sometimes think I don't need to do that. My *istD has worked fine right
out of the box. Having had other DSLR experience has not caused any
problems, either,
Len
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
> I do remember when the MZ-S
Original Message -
WR> From: "Joseph Tainter"
WR> Subject: Re: More lens problems.
>>
>> Is it just me or does it seem that there are a lot of defective
>> starkistdees out of the box? We seem to have an unusual number of posts
>> about proble
- Original Message -
From: "Joseph Tainter"
Subject: Re: More lens problems.
>
> Is it just me or does it seem that there are a lot of defective
> starkistdees out of the box? We seem to have an unusual number of posts
> about problems with a new camera.
I wo
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
> So I informed him of that and reported him to eBay.
I did speak to him (and the comments about his attitude in my previous
posting are from his own email). I did threaten with legal action, but
to no avail. Question is, how do I report him to ebay?
I'm going to bring in my zx-7 for testing, although I know the FA 50
works fine on my MZ-S. I have cleaned the contacted, made sure they're
on A etc. What's so odd is that three lenses now fail and that AF won't
engage. OTOH, I have an FA, A and Sigma lens that work fine, both
aperture and AF (w
Steve,
Do you have another ZX type body to try them on? I found that my FA
80-320 acted like it was not set to 'A' when I put it on the *istD.
After putting it on the ZX-10 it behaved just the same. Pointing to a
problem with the lens, not the body. After pressing and hold on the
aperture ring
Obviously this is going to be a bad day The *ist D is not working with
a few lenses. In particular:
can't read aperature or AF w/
FA 50, FA 135, FA100 2.8 macro
Works just fine w/
FA20-35, A50.17, Sigma 24-70 3.5-5.6
I'm assuming this body has just won a trip to Colorado.
Steven Desjardins
D
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
> As I have kissed my 60 pounds goodbye, I think that some one
> with such an attitude should not be left to deal on ebay. Has
> anybody ever filed a complaint against a seller? Is
> SquareTrade the one and only option?
I've lost a fair bit of faith with eBay as a b
At 05:18 2003.12.19 -0500, you wrote:
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:33:03 + (GMT)
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi folks,
Remember the Tamron 90/2.5 that I bought off ebay and turned out to be
a lemon? The seller thinks that fogging of internal elements and an
unresponsive iris ar
This one time, at band camp, Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As I have kissed my 60 pounds goodbye, I think that some one with such
> an attitude should not be left to deal on ebay. Has anybody ever filed
> a complaint against a seller? Is SquareTrade the one and only option?
I
Hi folks,
Remember the Tamron 90/2.5 that I bought off ebay and turned out to be
a lemon? The seller thinks that fogging of internal elements and an
unresponsive iris are normal for a lens of this age, that it is is
good working order and that there are risks associated with buying
from ebay (I g
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, mike wilson wrote:
> £60 was way too cheap for a good example of that lens.
Well, that was ebay. Nobody else bidding on it knew it was a bad 'un.
> You could offer
> the guy £10 for the extension tube and the hood, as it is unlikely that
> you will find many others.
Err, my
Hi,
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
>
> On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, mike wilson wrote:
>
> > too. Choose the one(s) you want. Don't pay more than £120. Probably
> > not a good idea to do this on a Saturday
>
> Thanks for this. 120 is twice as much as I paid for the one I have
> (OK,plus P&P). Are yo
It is online as well.
http://www.jessops.com/used/
On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 22:26, mike wilson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
> >
> > the sad tale of a dead lens.
>
> Go to your nearest Jessops and ask them to search their secondhand
> database for the same lens. Then ask them to g
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, mike wilson wrote:
> too. Choose the one(s) you want. Don't pay more than £120. Probably
> not a good idea to do this on a Saturday
Thanks for this. 120 is twice as much as I paid for the one I have
(OK,plus P&P). Are you suggesting that I should shut up, cough up the
3
Hi,
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
>
> the sad tale of a dead lens.
Go to your nearest Jessops and ask them to search their secondhand
database for the same lens. Then ask them to get some of the results
sent to your store. You could ask them to search for PK(A) mounts,
too. Choose the one(s) yo
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, mike wilson wrote:
> 300/2.8 lurking around the corner for pence. It does sound like another
> case of fungus to me, I'm afraid, although it is also possible that it
> is an artefact from a previous clean. Professional help needed.
Thanks for all the answers. It is ana arte
Hi,
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
>
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, David Madsen wrote:
>
> > Just out of curiosity, do you think it could be a crack in one of the inner
> > elements?
>
> Yes, I fear this could be the case.
I would expect a crack to have less of a line appearance, especially if
you move
MAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 12:17 PM
Subject: RE: More lens problems
> That's a tough one. If it's a hair it's removable. A crack is not. Too
> bad it will probably cost money to find out for sure. Good luck.
>
> David Madsen
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.davidmadsen.com
>
>
>
That's a tough one. If it's a hair it's removable. A crack is not. Too
bad it will probably cost money to find out for sure. Good luck.
David Madsen
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.davidmadsen.com
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, David Madsen wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, do you think it could be a crack in one of the inner
> elements?
Yes, I fear this could be the case.
> Another thought is that it could be something that should be
> against the side of the barrel, but has come loose. I have only
Just out of curiosity, do you think it could be a crack in one of the inner
elements? Another thought is that it could be something that should be
against the side of the barrel, but has come loose. I have only watched
lens repair, so I am not an expert, just thinking out loud, so to speak.
Davi
Hi,
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
>
> Just after deciding to return the Kiron, I received today a Tamron
> 90/2.5. Looking through it front to back I see a thin, probably
> straight line like a chord running across the barel (perhaps across
> an element in the middle of the lens). What is it?
Can'
Just after deciding to return the Kiron, I received today a Tamron
90/2.5. Looking through it front to back I see a thin, probably
straight line like a chord running across the barel (perhaps across
an element in the middle of the lens). What is it?
Bring on the bad news,
Kostas
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