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Re: [OM] Swedish Olympus service (again)

Subject: Re: [OM] Swedish Olympus service (again)
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:51:28 -0500
I should have added "no harm done...."

John

John Hermanson wrote:
> 
> In the future please do not quote things I say to other repair shops,
> unless they happen to be on this list.  Part of what I said ends up out
> of context and  you did not mention that the original 2S service had
> taken place 6 years earlier, before the battery mod was available.
> Any problem people may have with previous repairs with other shops is
> between them and the shop.  Leave me out of it.
> 
> John
> 
> Per Nordenberg wrote:
> >
> > Maybe some of you remember a discussion a while ago whether the
> > OM-2S/P was a forgotten camera or not. I mentioned then that I had a
> > circuit replacement done on mine in 1991 by the Sw Oly authorized
> > service dealer, and that I (in spite of this) still had the green
> > flash ready light in the viewfinder. John H commented about this and
> > his view was that "whoever would do a circuit replacement without
> > doing the flash ready light too must not have read up on his service
> > bulletins".
> >
> > I could not stop thinking about this. Did they make a big screw up
> > back then? IF they did or not is of course heavily dependent on when
> > this flash ready light fix became available. I checked all the papers
> > from the repair and it turned out that they may have replaced the
> > circuit twice (!) since the battery exhaustion still remained after
> > the first repair. Thus I had to return it in early 92. After this it
> > has worked flawlessly.
> >
> > Friday last week I made up my mind and I send them an email. I have
> > not received an answer yet. I did include all necessary data on the
> > previous repairs, and I also quoted John's comment (hope you don't
> > mind John) and asked about their opinion on this. I really tried not
> > to be provocative, but I did ask if a small discount on a flash ready
> > light fix was possible or not. I also asked about the cost for a total
> > overhaul of the camera including foam replacement and the flash ready
> > light fix. Maybe they do not know of this fix? Maybe they're still
> > checking the data that I provided? Maybe they do not want to deal with
> > me because I referred to the view of another Oly service dealer with a
> > very good reputation? In any case I thought I was gonna receive some
> > kind of answer. Any advice on what to do now? Shall I give them to the
> > end of the week and then give them a phone call?
> >
> > Per Nordenberg
> >
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