As a digest reader, I feel I am at a disadvantage to For Sale offers on the
list. Everything seems to be sold by the time I get around to reading about
it. I thought about offering a higher price, but I didn't know if that was
fair. I thought it might be a good idea to offer a minimum price on the item
and let people offer a highest price they willing to pay only once (no
bidding wars). The seller would then take the price offered which exceeds
the second highest bid buy a dollar. The seller would then notify the person
offering the highest bid along with the e-mail address of the second highest
bid to confirm that the selling price is based on the second highest bid. I
realize this is a psuedo auction, but it gives everybody an equal chance at
the item and might keep Mr. Early Bird, Tom Scales, from getting everything!
That's my $.02, but I'm many will disagree.
Now my problem with Olympus America. I called to get a tripod collar, which
several of you indicated I could buy for $19 from them. Well, after being
transfered to at leat 10 people, I had to settle for, "Those items have been
discontinued, and are no longer available." (I was also looking for a rear
lens cap to a 80/4 macro or 135/4.5 macro.) After being transfered to every
department and receiving a less than cordial response from my request, I was
not about to argue that they still make and sell items (or is everything new
old stock?) that require these accessories. Can anybody help me out here?
Is there a person that I can call specifically who is sympathetic to the
plight of Zuikoholics? I was pretty frustrated that Customer Service sent me
Product Info to Customer Service to Parts to Product Info to Customer Service
to Tech Support (digital) to Customer Service to Tech Support-35mm (couldn't
be transfered and had to call back for this one) and so on. Help!!!!
--p.j.
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