A good local store is worth it's weight in gold. I'm lucky, I've got good relationships with 2 different stores.
-Adam On 12/6/07, Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
