I got my camera back from cinerepair@aol.com ... or A camera back...
So, I sent in my camera to Abdul in NY and heard nothing back for over a month. So long that, I literally had to go and send him an email from a different email account, pretending to be a different person with a Bolex issue. When he responded to that email a day after sending it (and still not responding to my first emails asking for updates) I confronted him asking where my camera was and why he was dodging my emails. No reasons were given for absence or lack of response, just that he would get back to me. Told me I needed to replace my viewfinder in addition to the CLA (which is why I sent it in the first place). When I finally got my camera back into my hands (over 2 months later) Something was different. I had a hole in the back of my bolex where a tripod or other screw accessory might mount, where as this one I got back did not, and the serial number on the body is different than the one on the door. I email AGAIN, thinking he sent me someone else's camera on accident. NOPE.
"Your camera body was in bad shap, was a hole and leak light, I gave you entire working one better than yours with the same value, because to fix yours will cost you more and take me more time. Is better I replace it."
He replaced my ENTIRE CAMERA without consulting me. I feel like I was swindled, but I guess I have a working Bolex... Should I confront him about it?