G'day Zuiks,
I recently bid on an OM-1 that had apparently seen better days and was
successful. The seller was pretty correct in saying the camera needed 'some
repairs'. In fact when I left it with the Sydney repairer he rang me before
commencing work to say that although he could bring it up to scratch 'as
new' it would cost about $US110 and one could buy a good example for that
much.
The thing is I only spent $US75 for the camera so am thinking that a total
of $US185 for a fully working, CLA'd OM-1 with a new prism and twelve month
warranty from the repairer was a better bet than a $US200 near-mint unit
(the latter may still need a CLA).
Am I wrong?
John (who's really trying to justify a phoned 'go-ahead' to my friendly and
very capable repairer).
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