Dear Tom,
Tom
On 3 Jan 2001, at 17:13, sayeth Tom Scales <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Well, as many of you remember, I had commented that ebay buyer/seller rextex
> seemed like a good buyer and that we should not rush to judgment.
>
> Well, I'm rushing to judgment now. I purchased a 35/2.8 from him. Here's
> the link:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1202633202&r=0&t=0&sh
> owTutorial=0&ed=977084989&indexURL=0&rd=1
>
> From this, I expected a lens with clear glass, but wear on the aperture
> ring. Did I misread it?
>
> What I got was a lens with lots of scratches on both the front and the rear
> elements and lots of dust, including black flakes, in the lens.
>
Doesn't match his description, "CLEAN LENS" (his caps)
> I wrote him a note and am waiting for his reply. Luckily it was only a $40
> lens, not something bigger. There is no way he could have missed this if he
> even looked at the lens.
Since he says he has lots of them, perhaps he picked out the wrong
one.
>
> Buyer beware.
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