Re: [Leica] E-Bay Advise-rewind

["victor di sylvester" <vds1@hotmail.com>]

Ebert,

While on a recent trip to Europe, with my fairly new M6 TTL, the rewind know 
would not engage. I believe it is the same problem you have.  Here I was 
with my M6, three Leica lens and the system not operational.  A nightmare.  
No solution, could not get it fixed in Paris or London.  As I was traveling 
around, I could not sit in one place waiting for the part to arrive, if it 
would as promised.  When I returned to the US, I sent it back to Leica. So 
much for mechanical cameras.  If it was my Nikon I could have had it fixed 
in many shops in a major city.

I hope it works out for you.





>From: Ebert Steele <k5cad@prodigy.net>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] E-Bay  Advise
>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:31:24 -0500
>
>
>
>Pilot E-Mail wrote:
> >
> > I pass on my Goof.
> > I picked up an M3 from E-Bay.... [snip]
>
> > The prongs on the end  of the rewind shaft engage
> > but slip when turned.....[snip]
>
> > Has any one on the List experienced this problem and if so what is the
> > solution?
> > The next time I will not trust the sellers statement.
> > HELP
> > Major Waechter
> > PS, What is the best place in the North East for an M3 repair?
>
>Major,
>
>Last question first: Sherry Krauter has saved my butt twice. I
>think most everyone on this list will speak kindly of her.
>
>Sherry Krauter Golden Touch Quality Camera Repair
>
>118 Purgatory Road
>Campbell Hall, New York 10916
>914-496-8834
>krauter@warwick.net
>
>I have no opinions about your mechanical problem.
>
>I do about eBay, however. Most sellers one eBay are not sensitive
>to the subtleties which make for a good description of used photo
>stuff, Leicas especially. A few are, sure. But most of them use
>vague terms and don't understand that small things make a
>significant difference. For example, ask one of them to describe
>a rangefinder contrast. The answer will be quite subjective.
>In most cases I will not bid unless they will honor iEscrow. Then
>you get a new seller with 0 or very little feedback sometimes
>wearing shades that won't honor iEscrow and expects you to send
>him a check for $500 simply because he is the seller. Some how or
>another, on eBay, God, morality, honesty, and integrity all
>reside with the seller.
>
>20 years ago, Jim Kuehl would Fed Ex you a lens with an invoice
>that he knew wouldn't be paid until you got back home a week
>later. So I guess it just the times, not eBay.
>
>I look forward to Friday FS on this list. All my transactions
>here have been great. Couple of old soreheads here but I would
>trust them. I do wish Takeshi Hashimoto had stuck around though.
>I liked him.
>
>Ok, got it out of my system.
>
>Steele

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