I've been buying Kodaks for 30 years, never had a problem( are you sure you 
didn't drop it?)
"Strike" <Strikeme@noclass.rr.com> wrote in message 
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> 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?
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> "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!
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