>>4317159You can. I have a local seller in town who is too old to fix stuff himself. He's going to trade me some stuff plus cash for my services.
Most of the time it goes straight to ebay or to PHOTRIO, I have seller account there and most of the people are cool and don't try to jew you on prices. Or they will trade other things or film or chemistry.
Periodically just to test the market I'll post on Marketplace and most of the time it's brokedicks trying to buy a sorted Barnack Leica off me for 150 bucks with a lens.
Camera and lens repair takes patience and time, I've been doing it as a hobby for maybe a year now, and there's still a lot to learn. You have to have a lot of specialized tools which I have. Most repair techs have a few things they specialize in, mine is Russian glass, manual focus Nikon, M42 Japanese stuff and FSU rangefinders.
Pic related, an AF-S 24-70/2.8 ED I fixed the hood collar on.