My sad 50mm f/1.8

[misterx]

It isn't supposed to come apart like this.




Unfortunately, the coworker who dropped it is being a bit of a jerk about it... wants me to submit it for warranty repair first before he gives me anything towards it. Thanks a fucking lot. Like they are going to believe that a lens broken in two wasn't the result of abuse or accident, which the warranty doesn't cover. Waste of my time and postage.

Comments

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

OUch.

Anyway to contact the company, explain what happened and getting an estimate for repair to give to the asshole?

[misterx.livejournal.com]

Probably, but the thing is, it can be bought new for under a hundred, including shipping. Repair is not going to be much cheaper than that, so why bother, ya know?

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

I'd get an estimate for repair, then go get estimates for a new one including shipping, then tell him he has a choice- repair at a higher cost, or a new one at a lower cost.

Either way, because he broke it, he needs to pay up.

[recompiler.livejournal.com]

file a report in the company etc, make him look bad and embarrass him until he pays up
maybe threaten to get his manager/HR involved

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. :-( What a major bummer.

[ilea.livejournal.com]

geeze that sucks!!!!

[xbrokenx.livejournal.com]

:/

[queensuzi.livejournal.com]

that sucks! what a uncomfortable situation. On one hand I would want to be a complete ass about it and demand he fix it but ughhhhh, let us know what happens.

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

*lets out an audible "awwww"*

You know...if through this whole thing you manage to keep the old lens parts but don't have any use for them or anyone else who wants them and you'd otherwise perhaps toss them...may I have, please? I might not end up making it work or be "useful" again for its original intended purposes, but I LOVE nifty pieces of optical...stuff...ESPECIALLY lenses, prisms, and mirrors. I have an odd collection of stuff like that...photo lenses and a very nice but slightly (and for photoquality-badly) scratched prism. I might even "buy" it from you for a little bit of the cover cost...though it won't be much I'm certain relative to the lens' original worth.

And...EVENTUALLY I'll get a digital camera myself...preferably a mutli-use Sony Handycam with 3MP+ still camera capabilities. By the time my wishes and affordings collide (if/when), they may have one that's just amazing. :-p