----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:54 AM Subject: Re: EOS Expensive Heritage Day out!
> Malcolm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 23/09/2003 09:28:29: > > (Canon are charging me 70GBP to fix the duff aperture motor on my > carry-about > > EF80-200 f4.5-5.6 II which failed earlier the same day.) > Eeek. > Have you checked eBay... mint examples are usually less (a lot less) than > that. > > Stuart I knew that I could get a s/h lens in the UK for 69 GBP (plus postage), but Canon's repair would give me a limited guarantee, and a new aperture motor on what is now a fairly old lens (in EF terms!). (My lens is truly mint externally.) I didn't even consider eBay following an un-resolved problem with security certificates, and no reply to my email asking for clarification. Malcolm Milton Keynes, UK www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
