Wow, now as a goodwill gesture they will send my damaged camera back to me 
without having
to pay the $44.00 inspection fee. Nice of them, huh?

"Strike" <Strikeme@noclass.rr.com> wrote in message 
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> Bought a Kodak digital camera at Christmas time and a couple months ago I 
> was taking pictures.
> I turned it off and a little while later I turned it on and then the lens 
> cover would not open up and it would click a couple of times and then 
> power off. I called Kodak and got a RMA number and shipped it off to a 
> place they told me to ship it to called United Camera and Binocular 
> Repair. After about a week I called to see what the status was on my 
> camera and they said Kodak refused to cover the warrantee because it was 
> dropped. It had impact damage on the cover. They said the case was cracked 
> and the lens cover was damaged. I could not believe it. They want $142.22 
> to fix it. Believe me, that camera was not damaged when I shipped it and 
> the way I packed it in bubble wrap, I can't believe it happened in 
> shipment. Someone there damaged it and now Kodak won't stand good for it. 
> The place wanted my credit card number to send it back to me. I'm not 
> stupid enough to give them that since they already tried to rip me off. So 
> now I don't have my camera  and the warrantee is useless. Please beware if 
> you buy from Kodak! I never will again!
>