I'm crushed

[Marilyn]

My camera fell and I just recieved news that repairing it will cost £129.00.
I've had it since May 1st and reeeeeaaally loved evrything about it. I even forgave it for bieng not-so-slim:lol:
But my delimma is do I just fork the money over or get it repaired? I did pay £150'ish for it;) . What other cam is similiar.

Sorry forgot to say it's a Fuji S7000.

[Hysteri-CAL]

Can't you claim on your house insurance Marilyn ???

[mummygina]

So sorry to hear that. I too was gonna ask about claiming for it. If you cant, then i personally would pay £130 for it to be repaired. i'd get a new one. Good luck with whatever you do

[sallyjh]

I'd get a new one at that price. You must be devastated! Definitely worth trying your insurance company first.

[AliTS]

Poor you Marilyn, I'd try the household insurance as well as accidental damage is often covered. Did you pay for a repair warranty? could that cover it? Hope you solve your dilemma.

[Indigoniki]

Get a new one.

[lesleyuk]

Can't you claim on your house insurance Marilyn ???
Exactly what I thought - we have accidental damage insurance which covers things like this. Its worth checking.

[Mel @ ATDML]

*most* household policies do include accidental damage. If yours doesn't I would definitely look around and see what is available - most things come down quite steadily in price so you may find you can replace it for the same as the repair - you can then sell the damaged one as spares or repair - so long as you advertise it as such you may find a camera enthusiast who would pay a few quid (ok not much but every little helps!)

Mel
x

[Marilyn]

thank u gals. off to let hubby I need another cam. :o

[mummygina]

Good luck Marilyn. Hope you get it sorted soon

[scrappykaren]

Awwwww, Marilyn! I've just looked on the well known auction site and you can get the same camera for not alot more than £150.00 on buy it now!!

[hunib]

go and get a new one- you know you want to!!:lol:

[Marilyn]

I'm thinking of the REbel 350d :D

and <ahem >Claire seeing as your a championer of underdogs. I'll let you chat with Howard :P

[fruitysuet]

oh what a nightmare! I had lots of problems with my last camera so when I upgraded I added in the cost of an extra two years warranty just for £35 from Jessops and it covers everything down to the kids dropping it in the toilet! I'm not a big believer of warranties but with cameras I make an exception because of they way they are taken around everywhere and subjected to weather and so on.

[sammykaye]

I've currently got my eye on the new Fuji E900 as it's mostly a compact digital but you can add lenses to it (telephoto etc). At £179 (Amazon) it's an excellent deal for a 9 megapixel camera. My fave bit is it has an underwater housing and can take RAW format images which are necessary for underwater photography really.

[Elin]

I dropped my 2 month old minolta Z5 in october:( It wasn't worth claiming on the insurance cos the excess was £150! DH was lovely enough to let me buy it again - but the newer model had come out too!! So I go the Z6 for the same price and definatly took out the camera insurance like fruitysuet - the one time a £35 insurance is well spent!

My DS sprung the flap holding the batteries on my first digi camera - it wasn't covered but when I took it to see about mending it I was told it cost £50 just to look at it cos it had the word 'digital' in the description. It just lived with selotape holding the batteries in for the rest of it's life!

Get a new one!!