[Konvas] About Anatoliy Pleshko

Fri Jul 24 10:21:15 CDT 2009

Dear Bibekanand.
As far as I know he is Ukrainian citizen. You can always put the claim 
about the case in Ukraine embassy. I also have good friends in Kiev that 
I can ask about some good security agency that would work to get your 
money back... if you are interested.

best regards
Pawel

On 24-07-09 5:06, Bibekanand Satpathy wrote:
> Apart from poor packaging, the most important things to remember 
> are the description and representation of items with 
> pictures that buyers rely on making their good faith purchasing decision.
> On one of the unpleasant occasions, Anatoliy advertised on eBay a LOMO 
> anamorphic round front 35mm lens as brand new and the pictures were 
> beautiful.  While we know that LOMO does not manufacture anamorphic 
> lenses any more and brand new is not possible, the pictures depicted 
> very clean and like new condition of the lens.  Anatoliy insisted on 
> being paid by Western Union, that I complied with additional cost.
> Unfortunately, what I received in the mail was a very old, dirty LOMO 
> lens with big chip on the front element of the lens and fungus inside 
> with oily looking foggy liquid as seen through the lens.  The lens was 
> practically unusable.  I had the lens evaluated by a lens technician 
> in Hollywood, California, who confirmed that the lens was unusable and 
> told me, it would cost much more to repair the lens than what it would 
> be worth.  Being surprised, when I contacted Anatoliy, he replied 
> stating that his assistant made a mistake, sent the wrong lens (serial 
> number of the lens advertised vs. received was different)  and if I 
> returned it to him, he would replace it with the correct lens.  In 
> good faith again, I shipped the lens back to Anatoliy with additional 
> cost.
> To my biggest surprise, after numerous emails, I received the same old 
> lens back from Anatoliy with no explanation.  Of course, I did not 
> receive any refund.  Anatoliy even started blaming me for the 
> transaction and kept my money.
> I still have the damaged and unusable lens with pictures to prove.  
> Our good friend Rafael tried to help, contacted Anatoliy, but he still 
> refused to refund the money.
> As far as I know, eBay received numerous complaints from different 
> buyers who had similar experience with Anatoliy and kicked him out.  
> Now, he uses another eBay User ID and is selling again.  There are 
> many victims who have lost money with Anatoliy.
> Once again, this may or may not happen to you.  But be careful in 
> dealing with Anatoliy.  After you send the money by Western Union or 
> bank wire transfer, you have practically NO recourse to get your money 
> back.
> Thanks.
> Bibekanand.
>
> --- On *Thu, 7/23/09, Peter Haas /<peterhaas at cruzio.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Peter Haas <peterhaas at cruzio.com>
>     Subject: Re: [Konvas] About Anatoliy Pleshko
>     To: "Konvas Discussion List" <cinema at konvas.org>
>     Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 6:42 PM
>
>
>     On Jul 23, 2009, at 6:25 PM, vonat8 at verizon.net
>     <http://us.mc1800.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vonat8@verizon.net>
>     wrote:
>
>     > I've bought from him a couple of times.  Nothing I bought was
>     broken, although none of it was in great condition either.  The
>     financial transactions were convoluted and a big hassle: he
>     insisted on being paid by bank transfers, which cost me money and
>     time and were very, very slow.  He does seem to have a treasure
>     trove of stuff there, though.
>     >
>     > You're right about the canvas bag thing--it seemed to be
>     standard procedure from some FSU countries, though I haven't
>     received one of those sewn-into-a-bag parcels in a few years.
>
>     All the above is pretty much spot-on.
>
>     I once bought a complete set of brand-new primes in a fitted foam
>     hard-case.
>
>     When the parcel, stitched as described, arrived, all the lenses
>     were found to have banged together again and again during shipment
>     as the foam had completely disintegrated.
>
>     None of the lenses were usable without extensive, and expensive
>     repairs.
>
>     I received what I would consider a reasonable, but not an overly
>     generous reduction in price, with the very terse message, "I don't
>     want those lenses back, you can keep them".
>
>     I have never had them repaired.
>
>     I found another complete set of primes from another seller, and at
>     a somewhat lower price, too.
>
>     Word to the wise: whenever packing for international shipment, any
>     foam should be considered to be useless. Pack every item
>     separately in bubble wrap, or better. And then pack it again, in
>     bubble wrap. If you really DO want the Russian hard-case, then
>     ship it as another item within the shipment, with nothing of value
>     contained within it.
>
>     I would NOT do another purchase using Western Union wire transfer!
>
>
>
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