i don't need this hassle

davidclayton

i took out my camera the other day to take a pic.
turned it on, and the screen was all weird.
on closer inspection, the screen seemed to be cracked on the inside.
i DID NOT drop it, or sit on it, etc.
bought at amazon.co.uk,
went to pentax at the belgard rd. to suss the story [still under guarantee]
guy there said asked if i dropped it, etc.
said there was no way pentax would fix it under guarantee.
he also said it would cost €200 to get a new lcd!

so i contacted amazon, and i am waiting for a reply.
[but i'm not confident]
forking out €200 for one part of a camera that only costed just over €300.
i'm not a happy chappy.

i scanned the camera to show the damage.
[IMG]http://members.boards.ie/davidclayton/pentax broken.jpg[/IMG]

zAbbo

Any younger/older brothers who might know anything about how it got cracked, thats what happens most my stuff

Woden

its not the end of the world though, it could have been the lens or something, if its only the screen the camera should be fully operational?

good luck with amazon though.

data

davidclayton

nope. just me left.

sent an email to amazon, they said to send it over!
hope it's not for no reason, and they tell me to fu*k off.

Sleipnir

funny, exact same thing happened to me about two weeks ago.
You'l probably be better off keeping your 200 euro and buying a new one.
That's what I'll do anyway

gobby

if you do decide to get a new one, ill take that one off your hands!

for a reduced price of course. it is damaged after all.

davidclayton

gobby are you going to fix it with some staples and a ball point pen?
...you don't get it, it will not function without the lcd.
[you fool]

dave

LastIrishMonkey

it deffo looks like its be struck with some object ..... u give to someone for a look at it and u left the room they might have droped it and said nothing to ya ?

Woden

Originally posted by davidclayton
gobby are you going to fix it with some staples and a ball point pen?
...you don't get it, it will not function without the lcd.
[you fool]

dave

i don't think he is much of a fool, i made a similar comment above in my post saying that it wasn't the end of the world that if it was only the camera screen i thought the camera would be fully operational.

my digital camera can operate with or without the lcd screen on, if you wanna conserve battery power or if you prefare to use the screen, so i was under no impression that screen damage would stop total function of the camera.

you mention it is cracked from the inside perhaps that is indicative of further damage?

data

davidclayton

no, i'm just slagging gob, he's a mate of mine.
the camera seems ok apart from the screen,
but you cannot go through the menus using the viewfinder
[only the fuji TTL - "through the lens" can do that]
so it's basically unusable.

i emailed amazon about the problem, but never said that screen was "cracked", only "damaged".
they replied saying:
"we can confirm that once we have recieved the item back to our fulfilment centre we will be able to issue you a replacement"

but i won't hold my breath, we'll see what happens.
i sent it yesterday.

i'll keep ye updated.
dave

PJ Hunt

Originally posted by davidclayton

"we can confirm that once we have recieved the item back to our fulfilment centre we will be able to issue you a replacement"

Fulfilment centre !

LMAO

I have a vision of the camera being treated for stress with gentle massage and some alternative therapys....

americans...lol

best of luck with it though

PJ

Yap ! www.yapireland.com

Lump

Amazon won't give a ****, they'll whip it back to pentax, get credited on it. No problem.


John

Woden

Originally posted by davidclayton
no, i'm just slagging gob, he's a mate of mine.
the camera seems ok apart from the screen,
but you cannot go through the menus using the viewfinder
[only the fuji TTL - "through the lens" can do that]
so it's basically unusable.

dave

aye my bad anyway i forgot about the menu's you'd have to hope you had left it on decent settings