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CURSE FEDEX!
It's a pretty amazing setup. Two Mamiya 645s: one a 100S, a waist-level finder and an eye-level finder, an 80mm f1.9, a 55mm, a 210mm, an extra 120 film cartridge, both a teleconverter and an extension tube, and an aluminum foam-fitted case for carrying all of it!
It was delivered today. And signed for. Sort of. And when I got home, it was no where to be found.
A 24" by 24" by 11" box that weighs 30 lbs. Not exactly inconspicuous.
The name that signed for it was nobody that I know, certainly wasn't Russet. I went to a neighbor's house, and she saw the FedEx driver carrying a large heavy box back to the truck! Now, the problem is that it was marked as delivered, so I can't do much through my FedEx account to say 'Just leave it' because it's been delivered as far as the system is concerned.
I bought it off Ebay and won a screaming deal. The pieces individually are easily worth over $1,000, with shipping I got it for $760ish. Fortunately the Ebay listing showed all of the serial numbers for the pieces, so if the driver did steal it, the equipment is easily identified.
I'm hoping the driver made a mistake in marking it delivered and that it will be dropped off tomorrow. The seller opened a ticket, so we'll see what happens.
I have a Mamiya RB67, which takes amazing photos, but it is a heavy so-and-so. I bought the 645s as they're much lighter but produce a negative over 3x larger than 35mm, albeit smaller than the RB negative.
EDIT: LITERALLY between the time I posted this and began doing the same post on LJ, the driver called! He's got three more deliveries in the area and is going to swing back by, so I'll have my equipment in about half an hour!
WHEEEEEEEE!
It's a pretty amazing setup. Two Mamiya 645s: one a 100S, a waist-level finder and an eye-level finder, an 80mm f1.9, a 55mm, a 210mm, an extra 120 film cartridge, both a teleconverter and an extension tube, and an aluminum foam-fitted case for carrying all of it!
It was delivered today. And signed for. Sort of. And when I got home, it was no where to be found.
A 24" by 24" by 11" box that weighs 30 lbs. Not exactly inconspicuous.
The name that signed for it was nobody that I know, certainly wasn't Russet. I went to a neighbor's house, and she saw the FedEx driver carrying a large heavy box back to the truck! Now, the problem is that it was marked as delivered, so I can't do much through my FedEx account to say 'Just leave it' because it's been delivered as far as the system is concerned.
I bought it off Ebay and won a screaming deal. The pieces individually are easily worth over $1,000, with shipping I got it for $760ish. Fortunately the Ebay listing showed all of the serial numbers for the pieces, so if the driver did steal it, the equipment is easily identified.
I'm hoping the driver made a mistake in marking it delivered and that it will be dropped off tomorrow. The seller opened a ticket, so we'll see what happens.
I have a Mamiya RB67, which takes amazing photos, but it is a heavy so-and-so. I bought the 645s as they're much lighter but produce a negative over 3x larger than 35mm, albeit smaller than the RB negative.
EDIT: LITERALLY between the time I posted this and began doing the same post on LJ, the driver called! He's got three more deliveries in the area and is going to swing back by, so I'll have my equipment in about half an hour!
WHEEEEEEEE!
