The AAA batteries in the GRD are only for a drop dead emergency and only take a very limited number of images. Therefore anything other than brand new high quality cells would not be an effective test. Some bemoaned when Ricoh dropped this feature but it was never much use anyway.
I am an inveterate buyer over eBay, not a seller. I have found most vendors decent people who describe their wares faithfully and ship quickly. However there have been a few rogues and I have been glad of the Paypal refund knife in those limited occasions. I have always returned faulty goods when refunded but only on one occasion did the vendor refund my return shipping fee. On a lens that was clearly crazed inside with undeclared fungus. I accepted her second hand store dealers declaration of innocence and gave her good feedback and honour was satisfied. But I will not give good feedback to any vendor that sends me faulty goods that they must have known were faulty before shipping, let alone those few who deliberately cover up flaws and faults.
Where can I find Graphic Converter?
Feedback was left by both, this still does not stop one from filing a case, or does it?
This is pretty much what I have offered, I have not offered any money back prior to seeing the camera in my hands.
Well said (grin)
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Richard, I had tried that and maybe I just cannot see it, I have a mac, would that make a difference? I do get info, I see camera and above it Special Instructions, I do not see SN anywhere, what would it be under? I do not see anything with many zeros, I do see numbers and letters at various places, so maybe it is one of those.
I don't think so, but if he gave initial good unqualified feedback it does saw one leg off his chair. It then looks like the problem might have been of his own making. But I still think the general consensus to get it back for inspection and personal testing is wise.
Hi Joel, I have replied to your message. I know you are on a mac as I am so it should be OK. EXIF data gets stripped out/modified by various apps but I tried it with an image exported from iPhoto as "Original" and all the data was there. The image had not been edited in iPhoto or any other app.
OK, that might be it, I will export it as an original, see if that works, thanks
Richard, I was dragging the image out but once I exported it as the master I got all of the info, thank you so much.
Tom, I know I sent a perfect camera to CANADA, not the US....but in all reality maybe it is the battery, I have two, sent one, I bought one when I got the camera and am not sure which I sent but to be honest I never had an issue with either.... thanks again, we shall see, but now I have the serial number and I fell much better.
This is the one thing that really troubles me about the buyer. If I bought a camera that did not work I would write the seller and say 'As received the camera is not working properly. It does not seem to have been damaged in shipping so possibly there was something wrong with it that you did not experience yourself.'
When you sell an item on Ebay do not show or provide the exact serial number, even if asked by a bidder. All it takes is for someone to get the serial number and then contact Ebay to say that they had that s/n item stolen and you are selling their item. I was selling a Valentine 1 radar detector a couple of years ago and the young lady bidding on it asked for the s/n. When I refused to provide it (and I had bought the unit new from the mfr and had the receipt) she got nasty and threatened to go to Ebay and charge me with selling stolen goods.
That bothered me as well and I was clear in telling him that I did not sell him a broken camera as it worked perfectly when I sent it out.
Fair point but on the other hand I like to see a serial number on the gear illustrated and make sure it is the same one that I get delivered. Bait and switch is another shonky selling method. Some vendors go to a lot of trouble to advise that the item you see is the one you will actually get.
LOL - 'sorely disappointed' with a 6mp Canon Rebel (assuming it was even possibly the very first model)? Both the Rebel and the Pro90 got 'highly recommended' from dpreview, but they said the Rebel delivered no noticeable noise until ISO1600 and even quite usable at that setting; the Pro was recommended by them to be used at ISO 50 for 'cleaner' images. The Rebel series is still with us; the Pro series, not so much.
