P3D Bad deal?

[Tom Deering <tmd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I bought a Kodak Stereo camera on eBay.  It arrived yesterday in poor
condition.  I wrote to the seller, who has offered to refund my $82, plus
postage.

The original description is shown below with my comments.  The problems
seem superficial and fixable, and the price was low.  So I'm thinking of
keeping it anyway.  I won't hesitate to take it apart if I keep it.  Any
thoughts?


>KODAK STEREO CAMERA 35 mm MADE IN 1954-59  For pairs
>of 24 X 24 mm exposures of standard 35mm cartridge
>film .  Kodak Anaston f3.5/35mm leneses.  Shutter
>speeds all work from 25-200 of a second  plus B.

The shutter is frozen.  I can eventually jiggle it, but this takes 30
seconds of fiddling.

>The camera for 43 years has normal  signs of
>weare on the body.

The body is badly worn and scratched, a great deal more than "normal."
There are several places where the camera is corroded or rusted. (It
appears to have been kept in a junk box with tools or something.)

>The film transport is clean, the viewer clear,

This is true.

>One lens is clear ther lens has a spect of dust
>in it. It will not effect the focus.

Both lenses have dust in them.  The right lens has seven or eight large
chips caught between the lenses.  This will certainly affect the focus.

>The camera  has a lens cover and a camera strap.

A lens cover was included, but no strap.




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