Douglas Gould
26-Feb-2002, 21:52
Well, the Copal shutter that I "just couldn't leave alone" is back! You remember , the one I took apart with wild abandon, screws and springs flying!!
I e-mailed SK Grimes about my little do-it-yourself excursion into the bowels of the shutter, and he replied: "no big deal, send it on"..
Just 10 days or so later, I get package from them. The invoice says: "recieved, one Copal #1 shutter, taken apart, tape holding together. 1 small box of various parts, blades, screws, retainer, etc"
Then, work done: "Re-assembled and repaired shutter received in parts, cleaned, lubed and adjusted all to good working order"
I won't quote the charge, only say that it was SOOO reasonable!! Certainly less than I would have paid for a good working used one.
Here is the best part: they never even called to ask for payment, just sent the whole thing back (with the lens installed on the shutter, elements now spotlessl y clean) with an invoice. Completely trusting that I would pay!!!
Oh, and get this....the little box I sent the various parts in came back to me a s well, empty of course. (for those fans of "gotta have a part left over"...I di d find one tiny screw on the dinner table 2 days after sending the thing to Grim es, so the universal balance of left over parts is preserved!)
Mr. Grimes, you are a gem. May only good customers come your way!
I e-mailed SK Grimes about my little do-it-yourself excursion into the bowels of the shutter, and he replied: "no big deal, send it on"..
Just 10 days or so later, I get package from them. The invoice says: "recieved, one Copal #1 shutter, taken apart, tape holding together. 1 small box of various parts, blades, screws, retainer, etc"
Then, work done: "Re-assembled and repaired shutter received in parts, cleaned, lubed and adjusted all to good working order"
I won't quote the charge, only say that it was SOOO reasonable!! Certainly less than I would have paid for a good working used one.
Here is the best part: they never even called to ask for payment, just sent the whole thing back (with the lens installed on the shutter, elements now spotlessl y clean) with an invoice. Completely trusting that I would pay!!!
Oh, and get this....the little box I sent the various parts in came back to me a s well, empty of course. (for those fans of "gotta have a part left over"...I di d find one tiny screw on the dinner table 2 days after sending the thing to Grim es, so the universal balance of left over parts is preserved!)
Mr. Grimes, you are a gem. May only good customers come your way!