I've come to praise my local camera store, not bury it. Some of you have seen my plaintive rant about how my DS is not functioning well with my Sandisk Ultra II cards I've just purchased.
I went to the store where I purchased my camera, ready to plead my case for why my extended warranty (which had just expired) ought to be extended enough to cover this issue. I was just about done with outlining the problems I'd been having for a while - pointing out that they had started long before the warranty had expired, when the manager of the store came up behind the clerk I was talking to and said "3-4 weeks? We can make that work" Then - this is great - he prints out my original purchase information and it shows that my extended warranty is good until November of 2008. I was OFF by a year. And even better: As he strolled back from the printer, he stopped at the used camera cabinet, pulled out an istDL, and brought it back with him. "It could take a couple of months for your camera to come back, so you can use this in the meantime". Wow! So, the total time for me to stop, explain my case, and be out of the store with a functioning (interim) camera was just over 10 minutes. It is clear to me that if I am going to purchase a Pentax someday to upgrade my DS, it's going to be at that store and I'll probably cough up the extra $100 for the extended warranty again. I carry this one camera (or its future replacement) around way too much to want to risk it screwing it up. There are those who will argue that the extended warranty is a waste of money, but in my case it has paid off. So do what your heart tells you, but I sure know what works for me and my peace of mind! -Charles PS: The store was National Camera Exchange in Golden Valley, MN. I'd recommend them to anyone in this neck of the woods who wants/needs Pentax stuff. yay! -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
