Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.moat.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!bigfeed2.bellsouth.net!news.bellsouth.net!hwmnpeer01.lga!hwmedia!news-server.columbus.rr.com!tornado.ohiordc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Strike" Newsgroups: fj.comp.dev.digital-camera References: Subject: Re: Don't buy Kodak!! Lines: 26 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: <%xIse.43570$JX5.2937@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 22:55:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.185.77.25 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: tornado.ohiordc.rr.com 1119048955 65.185.77.25 (Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:55:55 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:55:55 EDT Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.comp.dev.digital-camera:2127 Wow, now as a goodwill gesture they will send my damaged camera back to me without having to pay the $44.00 inspection fee. Nice of them, huh? "Strike" wrote in message news:qzpse.41692$JX5.10483@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com... > 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! >