Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] the sob and the idiot, an eBay story
From: Dr.Alexander.Kraus@gmx.de
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:42:01 +0200 (MEST)
References: <Pine.SOL.4.44.0208191003350.4440-100000@rastan.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>

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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