I’m sebsandiego, the GENUINE, VAT registered, business eBay seller.
Nothing hidden about me, you can read the eBay ‘’me’’ page.
I’ve just found out about this forum from a friendly eBayer [thanks GOD, there still are plenty of them]
I can only say that neither Mr Simon, nor his ‘’expert’’ has got ANY clue about Contax cameras.
I’ve sold many of them and to the BEST of my knowledge they are genuine, only a novice could not see the difference between a fake and a genuine Contax, the same applies to copies of Leica made from Zorkis. Please, note that I’m in a minority, as far as the quality and size of photos of an item being sold are concerned. I spend a lot of time taking them, they are 150% of a life size, so better illustrated than when held in a hand!
It is a very interesting thing, that this camera, even if it hypothetically was a fake, has been used for so many years and suddenly broke in his hands by the fist shot, curious……
Everybody knows that full time eBay sellers as me, cannot afford to sell fakes – I’d not last very long.
As Simon mentions, he bought this camera being offered to him with a discount outside of eBay, when the winning bidder was unable to complete the transaction, so the very same item was listed on eBay, so it should be obvious, I have not listed a fake, I could not!
Anybody is welcome to ask any questions in case of doubts.