Buyer's Remorse

on August 08, 2019

" I want to return to this camera I bought last Friday..."

Oh, dear. Is it not working? Have you not been able to get it to take A1-sized pictures in perfect colour at 20 frames per second like the advertisement says?

" Oh, no. It'll do all that. I tried it at the weekend at the Camera Club outing. "

Is the lens not performing to spec? Is the MTF clashing with the flux capacitor? Won't it take 1:1 macro shots of mushrooms on the Moon automatically? Has the image stabilising system started to laugh at you?

" No, all good there. Here's a picture of the Photographer Of The Year Award I got on Sunday with it. And that's the Prime Minister and the Pope shaking my hand at the presentation. "

Is it not as represented? Did you not get what you ordered?

" Oh, that's all fine. I demanded a specific serial number to match my lucky license plate and the manufacturer made it up for me especially. "

Then why on Earth do you want to return it?

" I read in an online forum this morning at 4:30 AM that there is a shop in Waziristan that hopes to supply the next model from this one that they are going to release in 2021 and it will have the new, improved strap lugs. I need the money to preorder it. I've already told everyone at the Camera Club about it and they want to trade in everything as well. So I thought I'd get in first. Just large bills, please - no silver... "

" Hello? Are you all right down there? That floor looks cold..."

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