Opinions needed: Fix & sell Canon A1, sell broken or just scrap?

I've got a Canon A1 here that I bought a few years which has
broken down on me. There's no response at all from the meter or
shutter, seems an electronic fault rather than a mechanical one.
It broke down just the same way once before and I had it fixed, but
obviously the repair didn't hold up. Anyway, I need to decide
what to do with this, and since it's a spare camera and I've pretty
much decided to go digital I see three options:

1) I could pay to get it fixed and then try to sell it.

2) I could just try to sell it as is, hoping somebody would buy
it who was confident of being able to fix it himself.

3) I could give up and use it as a paperweight.

What would you all do in this situation?

Steve Bougerolle wrote:

I've got a Canon A1 here that I bought a few years which has
broken down on me. There's no response at all from the meter or
shutter, seems an electronic fault rather than a mechanical one.
It broke down just the same way once before and I had it fixed, but
obviously the repair didn't hold up. Anyway, I need to decide
what to do with this, and since it's a spare camera and I've pretty
much decided to go digital I see three options:

1) I could pay to get it fixed and then try to sell it.

2) I could just try to sell it as is, hoping somebody would buy
it who was confident of being able to fix it himself.

3) I could give up and use it as a paperweight.

What would you all do in this situation?



Option 2 may be appealing to those on e-bay who buy cameras as spare
parts sources. Likewise a local camera repair shop might see it in the
same light.

Option 1 is very unlikely to turn you any profit.

MO
Alan.

Concider what you might want for it as is. I have a few A-1 bodies and
would be interested in it as is. Did the last repair have any details as to
what faulted?
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There are only 10 kinds of people...Those that understand binary and
those that don't.

"Steve Bougerolle" wrote in message
news

I've got a Canon A1 here that I bought a few years which has
broken down on me. There's no response at all from the meter or
shutter, seems an electronic fault rather than a mechanical one.
It broke down just the same way once before and I had it fixed, but
obviously the repair didn't hold up. Anyway, I need to decide
what to do with this, and since it's a spare camera and I've pretty
much decided to go digital I see three options:

1) I could pay to get it fixed and then try to sell it.

2) I could just try to sell it as is, hoping somebody would buy
it who was confident of being able to fix it himself.

3) I could give up and use it as a paperweight.

What would you all do in this situation?

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:49:34 GMT, Steve Bougerolle
wrote:


I've got a Canon A1 here that I bought a few years which has
broken down on me. There's no response at all from the meter or
shutter, seems an electronic fault rather than a mechanical one.
It broke down just the same way once before and I had it fixed, but
obviously the repair didn't hold up. Anyway, I need to decide
what to do with this, and since it's a spare camera and I've pretty
much decided to go digital I see three options:

1) I could pay to get it fixed and then try to sell it.

2) I could just try to sell it as is, hoping somebody would buy
it who was confident of being able to fix it himself.

3) I could give up and use it as a paperweight.

What would you all do in this situation?

I don't know what you paid for a repair or what going price for a A1
at a dealer is but the A1 seems to sell in the $120 to $150 range on
eBay.

The only "as-is" A1 I saw (a "squeaker") was at about $30.00 (auction
was still running).

I think I would list it as-is on eBay if it were my camera.

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:49:34 GMT, Steve Bougerolle
wrote:


I've got a Canon A1 here that I bought a few years which has
broken down on me. There's no response at all from the meter or
shutter, seems an electronic fault rather than a mechanical one.
It broke down just the same way once before and I had it fixed, but
obviously the repair didn't hold up. Anyway, I need to decide
what to do with this, and since it's a spare camera and I've pretty
much decided to go digital I see three options:

1) I could pay to get it fixed and then try to sell it.

2) I could just try to sell it as is, hoping somebody would buy
it who was confident of being able to fix it himself.

3) I could give up and use it as a paperweight.

What would you all do in this situation?

there was a guy in here earlier looking for an A-1 for spare parts to
fix his broken A-1...maybe he wants it (for a reasonable price, I'm
sure)

Sell on Ebay disclosing the problem.
There are repair people out there that
will buy them.

"Steve Bougerolle" wrote in message
news

I've got a Canon A1 here that I bought a few years which has
broken down on me. There's no response at all from the meter or
shutter, seems an electronic fault rather than a mechanical one.
It broke down just the same way once before and I had it fixed, but
obviously the repair didn't hold up. Anyway, I need to decide
what to do with this, and since it's a spare camera and I've pretty
much decided to go digital I see three options:

1) I could pay to get it fixed and then try to sell it.

2) I could just try to sell it as is, hoping somebody would buy
it who was confident of being able to fix it himself.

3) I could give up and use it as a paperweight.

What would you all do in this situation?

Sell it on Ebay for "parts only". I'm surprised at what some items will
sell for. Then again I just bought a junk motor drive for my F3 for $38
plus shipping. It was worth it to me because it allowed me to fix my broken
MD at a price I couldn't pay someone to fix it or replace it. The odd's of
you paying $100 plus to fix yours and then selling it for way more is a crap
shoot.

Thanks all for the great (and prompt) response! I think I will
eBay it, tonight or tomorrow.