john_gaasland1

If you have lost your Nikon lens and your money to Rolland Elliot for his lens modification, I have found two possible remedies. The first one is to make a complaint with the Charlotte Better Business Bureau. The second is to file a report with the Charlotte Police Department.

http://www.charlotte.bbb.org/

http://ww.charmeck.org/online_reporting/instructions.htm

The will ask for the specifics about what happened. Rolland?s contact details are below:

Rolland Elliot

14019 Southbridge Forest Drive

Charlotte, NC 28273

Phone: 704-504-3528

E-mail: portraits@carolina.it.com

I sent him a lens and $100 for the modification. After a couple of months, I called him. He said he would get to it soon. I called later and he said that he had sent the lens, didn?t I get it? It must have been lost in shipment! No insurance on the shipment of course. He said he would find another lens. Many months and many calls later, he said he had found a lens and would get to it soon. More waiting. Called again, he said he had already sent the lens. No lens!! He gave me a bogus USPS shipping number that did not work. Then I tried to get a refund. No luck. It?s been over 8 months. He does not answer his phone messages. You?ll be lucky to get a response at all, once he has your lenses and money. I am not the only one. If anyone else can think of a solution to this, please let me know. My e-mail is Gaasland@juno.com.

He had my lens for seven months, during which he told me he sent it

to me (it never came, no tracking number, no insurance). Then he said

it must have gotten lost in the mail, he would find another lens to

put a chip in for me. I called him, he said he found one and it would

be done soon. Another long wait. Called again, he said he had sent it

to me, gave me a bogus tracking number. Called him back, he said he

would e-mail me with the correct tracking number, no e-mail. He never

e-mails or calls a person back. He leads you on and on until you

finally just give up. A very sleazy and slippery charactor. I'm sure

you will find many more unhappy customers on Photo.net. I'm going to

tell my insurance company that the lens was stolen. The $100 labor he

charged me is gone too. Lost a really good macro lens and $100 to

this charlaten. Beware, stay way!!

Does anyone know of a good place to get the bellows replaced for this

camera? Please e-mail me. Thanks! John Gaasland at

<gaasland@juno.com>.