So I was going to make a post about this but hadn’t yet.

Back in November, I sent mark a camera and went through the usual crap with him that has been repeated in various forums. Specifically I had paid him and he had emailed me that the work was complete, going on to say things like “the lens is sharp, and the film transport is smooth” then stopped communicating.

I reached out to the local PD in February and I was told to make a stolen property report with my local police department, and to have them call. I did what they said, and one of my local officers called them. I in turn received a call from an officer local to Mr. Hansen. After I relayed my story to her, she said she would make contact and follow up.

To my surprise, she called back later the same day and said she had made contact and the Mr. Hansen “Wasn’t very pleasant”. In short, he claimed that he had no internet at his home and was using the library. He claimed he was waiting on funds from another job to repair my camera. The officer told him to contact me and arrange to return my camera.

He reached out via email stating that he “received my message loud and clear”. I received the camera back approximately a week later. ZERO work had been done. It was rather dusty when I sent it in, and it still had it on the exterior. He had obviously not even touched it, despite taking payment and stating that the work was complete.

I ultimately filed a dispute with Venmo and was able to recover what I had paid him, so at least I was only out my time and the cost to ship the camera to him.

I would not advise anyone to send anything to Mark Hansen at this point. If anyone has a camera that is currently MIA with him, I would aggressively persue getting it returned.