ben_rubinstein___mancheste1664880652 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 There is a seller on ebay who has sold 18 Yashica 124G's in the past 3 months, all of which are sold with the legend 'refurbished by Mark Hama'. I know that Mark is the top Yashica CLA guy but that is a lot of cameras to have been done by him all falling into the hands of one seller and as the seller is selling them with a buy it now of $150, Mark must be refurbishing them extremely cheaply! The seller is 'lakesuwa' if anyone can reassure me that this refurbishment is kosher before I put my money down then I would be grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald_moravec1 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Why don`t you send Mark an EMail and ask him if he has been refurbing them in quantity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_rubinstein___mancheste1664880652 Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Just did but from older posts here it seems that he doesn't answer much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdunker Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 The ebay merchant you listed and Mark Hama are both located in Marietta Georgia. Perhaps Mark is associated with the seller in some way, or selling some surplus bodies he had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_rubinstein___mancheste1664880652 Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Egg on face! The seller is Mark Hama! I just got an email back from him. All makes sense now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne_crider4 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 I contacted Mark about a CLA on my Yashica-Mat and it was a $130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_rubinstein___mancheste1664880652 Posted July 18, 2007 Author Share Posted July 18, 2007 He told me he is selling them CLA'd and with a 3 month warranty for $150 or $200 with a maxwell screen. Almost worth buying another one, it would be quicker as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christer_medin1 Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 I had the pleasure of watching Mark work on my 124G many years back, and the guy's an absolute wizard with these cameras. Glad to see he's still in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom obrien Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Ben, Mark has been doing cameras for years so I am not surprised that he has dozens of them. Maybe the sell off is an early signal that he will be retiring soon ... I hope not! In the past few years I have sent him 4 different Yashicas: a 124G (daughter's), a 124 (son's), a 635 and an old Mat w/Lumaxar lenses which were mine. Over the years I have read numerous comments about Mark's work and the vast majority (99%) have been high praise. My experience with Mark has been thumbs up ... quick turn around time and excellent workmanship. The cameras are returned looking, feeling and shooting A1. I only wish that everyone I do business with was as professional. Money spent with Mark will be well spent. Both my gems and a sample of their out put may be seen at: http://www.amvona.com/?page=gallery/photos&username=KelticKnot Regards to all, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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