On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Call Olympus/parts dept and ask for either part #ZE-118700 or #ZE-129500 --
> then give them an earful when they say it's "No Longer Available". I can't
> believe that they had that much demand for 2nd elements for 80-250mm lenses
> -- and a few dozen other lenses -- at the same time! Maybe if they get
> enough calls from upset System users who can't get parts for otherwise good
> equipment, they'll "reconsider" their position....
Heh heh, yeah, right! I tried that once, and although I did finally get the
part (hey, I'm persistent :-), it took nearly 10 months and dozens of phone
calls. All this for a lens that was technially still in production at the
time (35/shift). The experience was so bad that I haven't bothered to do
it again (maybe that was their plan all along :-) I wish you luck.
-mark
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