Well I just had a similar experience to yours: Someone on the list must
have tipped off KEH to my post because they just *phoned* me and told me
they'd give me a $50.00 credit on my American Express card for the dented
filter ring!
BTW: I bought my F100/2.8 macro - pretty much the same as the FA - from
them and isn't it an amazing lens?!
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> ...
>> A few weeks ago I called about an FA*80-200/2.8 in "bargain" condition.
>> The guy who answered the phone offered to email me some photos of it
and
>> did so (although a day later than he'd promised). I bought it and discovered
>> that it had a dented filter ring that *did* prevent filters from being
>mounted
>...
>
>I had a similar experience with them in that I found the 100/2.8 FA
>Macro I got from them having a slight bump on the filter thread. It is
>unlikely that I'll ever use filters on the lens but I pointed out that
>anyway to the saleswoman who I had dealt with and they uploaded a 20
>bucks bonus on my file without fuss. I think it was a fair thing since
I
>certainly wasn't going to return the lens across customs and an ocean
>just for that.
>
>HTH, Flavio
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Mark Roberts
www.robertstech.com
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