Important
I KNOW – IT’S
BORING BUT – PLEASE READ!
If you want to check me
out, put three 'w's in front of - soultheft - and add the usual dot and com
after it. I've been in business for over ten years, much longer online and I
stand behind my stuff - if I say it works I've checked it as best I can and
I'll make good any reasonable problems. I deal in gear up to 150 years old so I
have to be philosophic about such things. In over twenty years of trading on
ebay I've had just one negative feedback response - from an irritable French
buyer who did not even contact me first. I would have given him a refund, quite
happily, but... So any problem, contact me so we can sort it.
Today's Tommy Cooper Joke, to keep you going...
I'm on a whisky diet.
I've lost three days already.
Stock
Clearance – Closing Down
Bargains
online!
I’ve closing
down my store after many years and I’m selling off most of the stock– the
better items online. The good stuff and some items perhaps I’d only get an
interested customer every few months - so online makes more sense anyway.
I also tend
to buy odd and special interest stuff myself sometimes to resell or collect or just out of
curiosity, and then pass it on. These items are bargains in two senses – either
they are really good items offered at a regular, everyday price or they are
unusual items at a reduced price on the usual listings I see. Some are things
like rather special lenses and cameras that I bought to play with myself for a
while. Others are my own personal collectibles or gear that I used myself.
Either way, it’s tested, checked, guaranteed.
Condition
claims?
Be aware that
‘Mint’ strictly means ‘new in the box and never used’. Yes really – it comes
from collectible coins where a coin is mint only if it came directly from the
mint and was never even touched except with cotton gloves. Anything else is
‘used’ whatever the Tokyo sellers think. I had a bunch of mint stuff through recently - new in the box and never a film through it!
So I try to describe fairly
and honestly and I do distinguish between collectible examples in good cosmetic
condition, ‘users’ and…a useable beater! I have missed a tiny fungus spot or a
mark in a lens before now and apologised/refunded where appropriate but every
old lens has a few dust motes inside – that’s unavoidable. Please do not expect
something that looks perfect unless I say it is! This is mostly quite old gear. For all listings I have described
the condition here as best as I can. If it does not measure up, then contact me
immediately so that we can discuss it and I can make it good.
Shipping
I will post
cheerfully to anywhere in Australia - but only with appropriate insurance cover
and tracking for high value items. The ebay postage indicator above only shows
basic postage cost - insurance is extra and I make no charge for
handling/packing of course. I use recycled packaging where possible and I’m
known to pack very well. Discuss it all with me if you have special
requirements.
Special items, collectibles and so on I'll post
overseas but again, tracked postage and insured for high value items to protect
us both - so these days it won't be cheap! For very valuable items, I will
insist on courier/EMS unless you specifically agree to accept the risk of loss.
You are responsible of all import duties, fees and taxes of course and you will
have to discuss that with your own national customs agency - they should notify
you when an item is ready for clearance but...not always! If you want to reduce
GST/VAT import tax exposure, please ask. Sometimes it’s possible, sometimes
not.
Andrew’s Collectibles
For the collector I have written several ‘Compendia’ – The
SLR, The TLR and one on the Half frame Camera and one on the early Kodaks. Plus
lots of other books on various subjects. Do
yourself a favour and check them out on blurb (followed by the usual dot and
com - plus /afildes or just search blurb afildes).
NOTE – There has been a
rise in creative online scamming of various kinds. And eBay is not good at
protecting sellers despite their very high fees – they emphasise protecting
buyers, sometimes to my cost! Due a few actual or suspected and obvious scam
attempts on me on eBay, I reserve the right to reject bids from some
international 'buyers' - in particular those with zero, low and unrelated
feedback on cheap items or from anyone in or outside Australia who asks for the
item to be posted to a different address, especially overseas – for however
plausible a reason. This would void my seller protection and allows charge
backs without my control. I lose. I may accept bids from those I deem to be
legitimate bidders by personal negotiation – contact me. If you try what
appears to me to be a scam bid and then win, I will send an explanatory
rejection message and then offer a second chance to what appears to be the last
legitimate bidder. If this seems to be a problem for you, please message me
through eBay and discuss it.
Oh, and please do not bid
if you have no intention of going through with the purchase. I causes me a lot
of extra work and I’ve been exploring creative ways of getting my revenge!