I screwed up - Gross 400mm f/5.6 lens

[yorgasor]

Ugh, I screwed up. I sold Canon 400mm f/5.6 lens via the Fred Miranda forums. Right before packaging up the lens, I found the original case stuffed under my desk. I pulled it out, popped in the lens and shipped it off.

The big mistake was not looking all the way into the lens case. It turns out there was a small mouse in there (dunno if it was alive or not at the time, I didn't hear any scurrying around). My second mistake was forgetting the lens cover. Those two lapses in judgement resulted in the buyer getting my nearly pristine lens in this condition.

 

[zim]

Thanks, I nearly revisited my dinner :-[

Pain to loose the sale but I guess it cleaned up OK?
Can't blame the buyer for the return though!

 

[brad-man]

I hope you have some Zeiss Wipes. I don't think a Lens Pen and a blower are gonna do it this time...

 

[yorgasor]

The buyer wants to try and clean it, see if it's salvageable. If he keeps it, I'm offering a nice discount. Otherwise I'll refund it and have Canon service it before I sell it again.

All I can say is, he's a brave man for wanting to try and clean it himself. I would've had a heart attack if I opened up a new lens and found it looking like this.

 

[yorgasor]

Oh, brilliant! I should have just offered to ship him a rocket blower instead. As a bonus, he can keep the rocket blower when he's done!

I hope you have some Zeiss Wipes. I don't think a Lens Pen and a blower are gonna do it this time...

 

[slclick]

Merely a flesh wound!

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Merely a flesh wound!

Yes, hardly any issue except looking and probably smelling gross.

 

[Mancubus]

You shipped the lens with a rat? Epic.

I'm surprised that the buyer took that well and didn't decide to press charges.

 

[wsmith96]

Oh man that sucks. I could imagine the buyers surprise/disgust....

 

[yorgasor]

You shipped the lens with a rat? Epic.

I'm surprised that the buyer took that well and didn't decide to press charges.

He seemed to take it better than I would. Of course, all I have to go by is his reaction in the emails. I can only imagine what his initial reaction was when he pulled it out of the case.

 

[yorgasor]

On further investigation, it appears to have been some kind of caterpillar that was in the case, rather than a mouse. It's still pretty gross, but not as bad as a rodent may have been. Also, the lens cleaned up quite nicely, although some of the lens coatings may have come off during the cleaning process.

 

[j-nord]

This is a compelling reason NOT to by lenses on FredMiranda