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[Likaleica]

I was daft enough to buy a 1937 Zeiss Ikon Contax II from an eBay dealer trading under the ID sebsandiego.  BEWARE! A camera described as being in good working order arrived with a broken self-timer. Worse followed.  The shutter jammed completely after a

[Dgillette4]

That's my expirence with e-bay too, I was scammed there, once I registered e-mail came claiming I didn't send product. Oh well live and learn. I will never deal with them again. Don

[Rj_]

Hi there,
 
I'm sorry to hear of your news.  
 
Your Contax II is probably repairable, provided you haven't done what I've done to my chassis as a result of a headless screw pin in the chassis.
 
The self-timer is easily resolved b

[Wernerjb]

Last time I was out on a radio fleamarket some fifteen years ago I felt surrounded by spivs and dishonest strutters. I finally gave up radio repair because you cannot avoid those dodgy people when looking for spare parts. In my eyes the same is true, al

[Mndean]

I'm not surprised that ebay is a minefield for many, especially in camera equipment. I've been reasonably lucky, I suppose, in that in ~150 transactions (only 1/3 photo-related), I've only been cheated 4 times, the last on a lens that only

[Likaleica1]

Thanks for all of that and some good advice on repair.  Sebsandiego did eventually reply - but only when I threatened to put the camera back on eBay with a paragraph naming him and detailing his disreputable behaviour.  He did not however express any regr

[Fiftyfifty]

I have also had dealings with the said person, I sold him a number of photographic items, he e-mailed me to say that one of the lenses had fungus in it,I asked if could return the lens and I would send him a replacement the next day,I sent the rep

[Rj_]

I have found a chap called Steve Ash in the UK who is a Contax repairer. He can fix the shutter for ?50 ($100 USD) which seems worth it. But I paid top dollar for the camera (?130 or $260 USD)BODY ONLY so it will be one of the more expensive Contax IIs ar

[Filmguy]

The way to handle incidents like this is to send the item back by Priority Mail with a tracking number. As soon as the item arrives, file for a refund with PayPal based on the item being being substantially not as described. If PayPal balks (rare once t

[Cromag]

WOW! All this talk about ebay is not good.  
 
I have a film camera complete kit up on ebay right now. It is in great shape and includes the best lens I've ever had the pleasure of using. (though I have not tried more than a dozen)
 
Anyway,

[Steve_can]

I always look at all sellers feedback and as a rule of thumb won't buy from anyone under 97% positive(that's even pushing it). Also I'll generally stick with sellers with only high sales numbers and stay away from occasional sellers. The combination

[Bill_alexander]

Just to rant..One of the Evil-Pay sellers split
a auction up on a camera the case and the accessories and manual..all started at @9.99
what a a.., could have packaged it up..but he was trying to maximise his profit..also love the guys taht claim t

[Rick11949]

Question the seller before you bid/buy a camera on Ebay. Ebay is going down the tubes, it used to be just individuals selling their old treasures, now you have people selling the contents of estate sales. Beware cameras coming from the south, I'd

[Turnergande]

All this talk of bad sellers but one should consider fact that many buyers are a real pain even for the best of sellers. Buyers often have too high expectations even on a bargain purchase. As a seller I normally sell apparently good working cameras 'as

[Orkneylemur]

Hi all!  
 
   I registered hoping to take advantage of the wealth of knowledge and experience in this forum.  However something more urgent caught my attention: forum members with unhappy experiences with unscrupulous sellers.  Mainly the complaints