Lucas, have you tried Haspel Camera Service in Rotterdam? Henk
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucas Rijnders Sent: 16 January, 2007 7:19 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax repair in the Netherlands On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:22:39 +0100, Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 15 January 2007 11:51, Lucas Rijnders wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> In December I sent two zooms with falling damage (FA 28-105 powerzoom >> and >> F70-210) to Pentax for repair. I promised to report back on the quality >> of >> the service: >> >> The good news is they were fairly fast, exactly one month in the >> holiday season. The bad news is the FA will cost more than its value >> (set at >> €250,-) to repair, and the F is unrepairable, as there aren't any spare >> parts available since 1998... >> >> -- >> Groetjes, Lucas > Two years ago they fixed my FA100-300mm 4.5-5.6 power zoom, it > couldn't > focus > to infinity anymore. Thy used a fixed repair price og somewhat less then > 100 > euro, and repaired it well, it still works. Pentax Benelux BV was liquidated last April, and a new importer (the former Nikon importer) has taken over. That's partly why I reported my experience: it might be of interest to others in or near the Benelux. By the way, They still quote the fixed price on the website, but apparently can't always honour it. -- Regards, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
