This fits the new model "replacement is cheaper than repair"
If you had a chance to look under the body shell it would be apparent that the 
camera was not designed for repair.

Jonathan

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Subject: Re: Precision Camera Repair.

>replacing it with a different
>body seems disloyal somehow.

I understand this very well.
It seems that I am not alone in anthropomorphising certain gadgets.

Bulent
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P. J. Alling <[email protected]>, 5 Ara 2018 Çar, 18:21 tarihinde şunu 
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>
> You would think, but my K-5II is a bit beat up, and has come by it's 
> scars honestly.  I really like it, and replacing it with a different 
> body seems disloyal somehow.  Rationally I should just pull the 
> trigger and order the Camera from KEH.
>
> On 12/5/2018 4:52 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote:
> >> This is especially galling since KEH.com has a Bargain, K-5II in 
> >> stock that I could get for $285.00 with free shipping, and four 
> >> times the warranty.
> > That makes this option at least 5 times better than the former.
> >
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> > P. J. Alling <[email protected]>, 5 Ara 2018 Çar, 04:50 
> > tarihinde şunu yazdı:
> >> It's beginning to look like I'm going to have to get my K-5 II 
> >> repaired.  However none of the reviews  of Precision that I've read 
> >> on line gives me warm fuzzy feelings.  In fact I get the feeling 
> >> that they're the same A-holes, maybe even the very same, who made 
> >> such a "good" impression on me when I was selling cameras retail, forty 
> >> years ago.
> >>
> >> It doesn't seem reasonable to send the camera to them for a fixed 
> >> fee of $303.00, (I could drop it off, I suppose, and save the shipping, 
> >> maybe.
> >> Precision is headquartered, only about a 40 minute drive from me), 
> >> but then I might want to strangle someone and it might prove to be 
> >> too easy to do.
> >>
> >> This is especially galling since KEH.com has a Bargain, K-5II in 
> >> stock that I could get for $285.00 with free shipping, and four 
> >> times the warranty.
> >>
> >> It almost seems that they don't want us to repair our equipment.
> >>
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