Re: [Leica] the sob and the idiot, an eBay story

[Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>]

Hi Alex, haven't heard from you a long time.
How's that Telyt lens you got from me (another ebay
story). Are you still using it ? I would buy it back
in a heartbeat.....boy I miss that lens.

- --- Dr.Alexander.Kraus@gmx.de wrote:
> Dante,
> your are correct about the diopter glass, but for
> the upper element you also
> need an optical wedge to compensate for the
> parallax.
> Alex
> 
> > 
> > Dear Non-Idiot:
> > 
> > Go to the optometrist, have him cut you a +0.7
> diopter glass lens to the
> > same diameter as the "window" glass and then have
> them AR coat it.
> > Obviously, you need the exact same "prescription"
> top and bottom.  You
> > might make both +0.75.
> > 
> > If you want, I can give you the name of an
> optometrist in the U.S. who
> > did this kind of thing for me in the past.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > ------------
> > Dante Stella
> > 
> > On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Pablo Kolodny wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi dear LUG'ers,
> > >
> > > this time is to tell a negative experience I had
> at eBay.
> > > basically I'm the jerk but the seller is the
> SOB.
> > > his name and email address is:
> > >
> > > WilWatty <wilwatty@earthlink.net>
> > >
> > > and his eBay ID is
> > >
> > > shamta
> > >
> > > The item I got from him was listed under the
> following
> > >
> > > # 1366983677.
> > >
> > > I'm speaking of a nice Tele Rolleinar 0.7.
> > >
> > > I won the auction at an interesting pricing for
> what a Tele Rolleinar
> > is.
> > > I asked a friend in NY to send payment to the
> seller, thing done
> > immediately
> > > after the auction ended 'cause I wanted to have
> the item sent the sooner
> > to
> > > my friend. His wife was coming down to Buenos
> Aires and I wanted her to
> > take
> > > it to me.
> > > The seller, then, rushed the item to my friend
> in NY once he got payment
> > > through PayPal. I asked my friend he check the
> item up for me before
> > giving
> > > it away to his wife. He did so and told the item
> looked like new.
> > > As I suffer of anxiety I went to eBay to leave a
> positive feedback for
> > the
> > > seller, even thanked he really rushed shipping
> and so on. Actually he
> > didn't
> > > sound nice when writing via email. But that's
> another story.
> > > Finally I got the Tele Rolleinar and it really
> looked like new save some
> > > very little marks of usage. I placed it on my
> Tele Rollei and guess
> > what.
> > > It doesn't work. No modification it's seen when
> looking through the
> > lens.
> > > Nothing. Glasses seem to be pieces of window
> panes.
> > >
> > > I sent to this person more than 3 messages
> asking him to have my money
> > back
> > > and, of course, I'd be sending back the item to
> him.
> > > He never responded. NEVER.
> > > And I, the big jerk of the story, have already
> placed some positive
> > feedback
> > > for him before checking how the item behaved in
> situ.
> > >
> > > Just wanted to let you know the story.
> > >
> > >
> > > Now, what the hell is supposed I do with this
> fucked poor Tele Rolleinar
> > ?
> > > Can the glasses be replaced by the original ones
> ?
> > > Some one selling a very broken Tele Rolleinar
> chassis or skeleton but
> > with
> > > nice glasses ?
> > > I'm a user, I use my Tele Rollei for work, I
> love that camera and need
> > both
> > > Rolleinars, I already got the 0,35 and is
> working great.
> > >
> > > Now... some suggestions please.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > The idiot
> > >
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