fix my camera

i had my lovely camera restored and fixed and in working order. then it got robbed. then i got my mums replacement. then that got broken. now im taking the hint and i dont have antoher one. im using my bfs indestrucable camera. smart huh?

Now I’m really kicking myself about this. Seems that there was some liquid that got into the camera and corroded the interior. I’m so upset because it was a gift from the office and I broke it within a week. I really need to learn to take better care of my stuff.

:’(

Got a phone call back today that my camera is ready. They said that there was something that they had to show me?? They didn’t call me with an estimate about how much it would cost, so maybe it was actually covered under the warranty *crosses fingers.

& my pictures look purple

Then ended up charging me for the shipping/estimate because they didn’t think that it would be covered under warranty, but they said that if it was they’d reimburse me. Also the repairs get the 35$ that I already paid deducted from the final cost.

So it’s not free, but at least I got off my ass. And now I know to take better care of my gifts (and buy camera cases for them, be more careful with them, etc…)

PS: The picture is taken with my crappy camera of the “new” camera before it broke.

Talked to the person at the office in charge of such things and got the receipt. It needs to be done before the 15th of November so that doesn’t give me much time. But now I have a deadline and the paperwork. I should just pop over one day after/before work.

I don’t know why I’ve put off doing this for so long. I literally broke it the week after I got it. I guess I’ve been worried that it wouldn’t be covered by the guarantee and embarassed that I didn’t take better care of a gift that I got.

I’ve also got to pick up a camera case for it, suppose I should check Walmart for that.

One thousand cheers to Canon (and Van Cam Service) for their crazy-good customer service! They were great to deal with and went out of their way to get my camera fixed FAST (4 days! I was told it would take about 3 weeks, but they rushed it), AND they didn’t just fix the problem I brought it in for, they fixed something I didn’t even know was wrong (with the circuit board), replaced a recalled connector, cleaned it thoroughly, and extended my warranty. I think I’ll send them a thank-you card. Woot!

This is really such a simple thing to do, that I keep putting off because it MIGHT cost me money.

I got this great camera for Christmas from the office and broke it a week later and it’s been sitting in a pile while I take crappy pictures with my crappy webcam camera. And the store is right down the street from work. The very least I could do is at least bring it to the store to see if they’ll fix it under warranty.

Okay… it’s in my agenda (again) to do for this week.

But now I’m committing publically to it as well.

Groan. I should have done this months ago, right after I found the paperwork. I keep putting it off, and the warranty sands are flying through the hourglass. I was going to finally take it in Saturday, but they closed early. I’ll try to do it THIS WEEK!

I feel like I’m about to drop off my right thumb.


* UPDATE *

A few hours later and I’m back from a bus expedition out to the camera place. They said it could take 3 weeks, but it’s good that I brought it in because that particular problem usually gets worse until the power won’t go on at all.

3 weeks?! AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGGHHH!! I feel anxious – like I’ve left my purse somewhere. Or my pants. The guy was really nice and winkingly suggested calling the middlemen after a week, that gentle harassment sometimes moves things along quicker. I hope so…

it was going to cost the same to buy a new one as it would to fix the old one, so i replaced it. i now have a working camera again. yay me!