A few weeks ago Colin noticed a PK A-50/1.2 for sale on the Chicago area Craigslist. He mentioned it here, I followed up, and I bought it.
The seller just texted me that he has a K-18/3.5 for sale “and a few others.” If interested let me know and I’ll pass along the contact information. My experience with this guy was harrowing. Dealing with an unknown person… Does he have the item he claims to be selling, or is it a fraud? Is the item his to sell, or is it stolen? Will you ever actually get the item once it is paid for? On arrival, does the Ex+ lens turn out to be a Bgn at best? Spoiler alert, this one turned out well. I called the guy, left a message. He called back a few hours later. I asked him about the lens, where he bought it, how long he had had it, what the condition was, etc. He wasn’t very forthcoming (like maybe he didn’t trust me?) but I eventually got enough to believe that he had indeed bought the lens used, couldn’t cope with the non-AF aspect of the lens, and so was selling. I sent him the requested $ via Paypal. A week later I called, left a message asking where the lens was. He said that he was at school, the lens was out at his parents’ house and he hadn’t the time to retrieve it yet. But soon… A week later I sent a formal query via the PayPal dispute resolution system. Got a quick response that he really would be putting the lens in the mail right away. This was a Saturday afternoon. A few minutes later I had an automated notice from USPS saying that postage for a package for me had been purchased. The following Wednesday I called, asked why the tracking number showed that the package had never been mailed. “Because I dropped it off at the post office after hours and so it was never logged into their system…” Yeah, right. The next day the lens arrived. ’Tis a thing of beauty. I logged a “situation resolved” into the Paypal system, texted the seller that all was good. So, is dealing with him like dealing with an experienced seller? Not so much. But if you have strong nerves and are interested in what he is selling, let me know and I’ll give you his contact info. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
