Hi all,
Thought I would get your thoughts on this beauty of an issue.
I took my Oly- Tamron 300mm f2.8 big boy into my local repair guy. He has
done some decent work for me before. I wanted him to clean the inner
elements of dust and gunk and put on a new rubber grip (I brought).
He called for pick up sooner than I expected and said..."It's ready but I
wanted to let you know I put a small nick in the front element" but didn't
sound "major".
I went and picked it up we chatted ( I get carried away) and he had it all
bagged up and I paid and left-not thinking of checking it.
A day or so later I opened the bagged 300/2.8 and saw that under filter
(yes-it DID have the protective 112mm filter on it), that was more than one
new ding-there were 3 dings and a criss cross scratch inch +. I have been so
incensed that I can't even call.
He did tell me that he had an identical lens in from a newspaper.
I know this is the same lens I brought in -did he switch my front element
with the other? What a pickle.
What is my recourse since I took the lens home without a look see (stupid
stupid I know!). My bill was discounted a whopping $20 for the one nick.
This is my lens I plan on keeping and I know a few marks will not affect
picture quality.
Thanks for listening to this rant
John Raymond
Olympia ,WA
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