Unresolved Update!
Member: Jdmcg3
Item: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX01 Camera
Feedback: Item got here as described, I am waiting on a battery charger in the mail to see how it works.
Update: Recently received a charger I ordered for the camera off Amazon.com, along with 2 new batteries - hoping that the camera would be in working condition. This was a TO BE present for my father. The batteries and charger came in right in the nick of time for Christmas, yesterday, and I immediately tested the camera. When the camera arrived in mail initially, I found it strange that first there was no charger with it (as advertised in ad - no issue there), and second it was left switched in the 'on' position so there was no way to use any remaining charge left in the battery to test it since it came with no charger. The packaging was a tiny piece of bubble wrap which was not providing any padding for the camera which was understandably flopping around in the package. Whether it was sold to me damaged from the start intentionally, or whether it got damaged during shipping I do not know. The issue itself with the camera is that no matter how I tweak any options, no matter what I do, no matter which memory cards I put in, or batteries - it WILL NOT zoom in. There is a mechanical defect with the lens which does not allow it to zoom, then goes back to neutral mode and a message is displayed on the screen: PLEASE TURN CAMERA OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. I have messed with it for hours now, and it refuses to zoom - at all.
Initially I traded the camera straight up for my NRG engine damper, which is actually worth more than the camera was. The fact of the matter is that when contacting Quinn (Jdmcg3), he refused to send my damper back and accept back his broken piece of equipment - on the grounds that due to his own research issues (as mentioned in above feedback) he earlier had bought a crank and rods off me, and that I didn't want to rescind on that transaction after shipping. This was apparent grounds for him not to rectify the issue with his damaged merchandise, which on my end was not a research issue in purchase - but straight up result of withholding of information, or damages during shipment. Whatever the case may be, the issue is that he refused to make it right and proceeded to even further state that there is no way he was going to put down more money to ship something. He then proceeded to guilt trip me that had I not shipped the crank, he would have gladly shipped back the damper and paid for the extra camera equipment I had bought. He then said that since I couldn't help him, that he now can't help me. Next, he begun to claim that the crank was bent. This is the first time I had heard of this, as this particular crank was the one that I was using on MY OWN BUILD and it had been verified by an engine shop as being solid. When I explained to him that it was checked and came from a working engine, he then approached me from the perspective in saying that: ok so how do rust spots form on a crank from a working engine. I then proceeded to explain that it had been disassembled for a few months. If a few surface rust sports were an issue, then why did he still choose to buy it after I sent detailed pictures depicting EACH spot and EACH lobe before he made his decision. On top of that, he stated that the crank was going to get balanced, micropolished, and knife-edged. Next, he stated that he didn't even need or want the damper I had sent him (making it sound like he was doing me a favor) and that it was me who came to him offering the trade.
In trying to find pretty much every excuse to justify his case, Quinn still refused to rectify our unrelated camera transaction and I stand firm in refusal to dealing with him in the future due to shoddy business practices, indecisiveness as a customer, and failure as a merchant. I recommend that buyer complete transactions at their own risk when dealing with this individual.
Bought or Sold: Bought
