Thank you for that info Chuck. It is good to know which sellers can be
trusted.
To add a bit to this, I recently purchased four colored filters from oBoy
seller link-delight. Her/his s/h is $6 for each item, but if you buy more
than one the other items are supposed to carry only $5 for s/h. To cut long
story short, she/he did not honor that, and I ended up paying a total of
$24 for the shipping. Just so you know.
J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus mail list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 5:14 AM
Subject: [OM] Report on oboy purchase of B+W circular polarizer
> Just to let y'all know that I did purchase a B+W 77mm Kaesemann MRC
> Circular Polarizer Filter from oboy seller "besteastern". I can report
> that the merchandise certainly seems to be real (heavy brass B+W cell)
> and it works well. I haven't actually shot any photos with it yet but,
> through the viewfinder, it certainly removed the reflections from my
> wife's car sitting in the driveway in direct sun. Meter showed loss of
> one stop when not cutting reflections and loss of 2 stops at maximum
> effectiveness.
>
> besteastern was very easy to deal with. Good email communication and
> the filter arrived faster than the stated shipping delay even though
> they didn't ship for a couple of days after payment. I was advised by
> email when the shipment was actually made.
>
> I paid $119.90 (BIN only) plus shipping and insurance to bring the total
> to $131.85. He also runs a web site where you can purchase a little
> cheaper than oboy. This link shows the same filter at $113.90 or a
> savings of $6 off the oboy price.
> <http://hvstar.net/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=36>
>
> Anyhow, I saved a bunch over buying from B&H. With 8% sales tax now
> that I'm in New York the total with shipping would have been $186.10.
> Don't think I'd buy a body or expensive lens this way but the filter was
OK.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
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