Vendor Recommendations

I hope to buy a Canon 20D very soon. Now, I need to find a vendor. I am
looking for ease of service and rapid turn-around when it comes time to
have my camera serviced or repaired. It would be nice if the vendor has
multiple offices nationwide, so I could have service when I travel.
What suggestions do you have?

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I hope to buy a Canon 20D very soon. Now, I need to find a vendor. I am
looking for ease of service and rapid turn-around when it comes time to
have my camera serviced or repaired. It would be nice if the vendor has
multiple offices nationwide, so I could have service when I travel.
What suggestions do you have?

I would look to see if you could get it locally at a Costco.

Scott

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I hope to buy a Canon 20D very soon. Now, I need to find a vendor. I am
looking for ease of service and rapid turn-around when it comes time to
have my camera serviced or repaired. It would be nice if the vendor has
multiple offices nationwide, so I could have service when I travel.

It's pretty hopeless. If something goes wrong with your 20D you're
going to have to send it to Canon.

Scott W wrote:
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I hope to buy a Canon 20D very soon. Now, I need to find a vendor. I am
looking for ease of service and rapid turn-around when it comes time to
have my camera serviced or repaired. It would be nice if the vendor has
multiple offices nationwide, so I could have service when I travel.
What suggestions do you have?

I would look to see if you could get it locally at a Costco.

How about Sam's Club?

Yeah -- there are only a few hundred Canon service centers in the US.

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I hope to buy a Canon 20D very soon. Now, I need to find a vendor. I am
looking for ease of service and rapid turn-around when it comes time to
have my camera serviced or repaired. It would be nice if the vendor has
multiple offices nationwide, so I could have service when I travel.

It's pretty hopeless. If something goes wrong with your 20D you're
going to have to send it to Canon.

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:56:54 GMT, John A. Stovall
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On 11 Nov 2005 20:45:07 -0800, wrote:

I hope to buy a Canon 20D very soon. Now, I need to find a vendor. I am
looking for ease of service and rapid turn-around when it comes time to
have my camera serviced or repaired. It would be nice if the vendor has
multiple offices nationwide, so I could have service when I travel.
What suggestions do you have?

Canon is who will service your camera and the turn-around will be up
to Canon. Vendor's don't maintain the equipment.

And usually a fixed charge irrespective of what is wrong In teh UK my
EOS5 (film jobby) cost £135 to have the command dial replaced it would
have been the same price if it had been the strap loop of the whole
'innards'...

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Scott W wrote:
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I hope to buy a Canon 20D very soon. Now, I need to find a vendor. I am
looking for ease of service and rapid turn-around when it comes time to
have my camera serviced or repaired. It would be nice if the vendor has
multiple offices nationwide, so I could have service when I travel.
What suggestions do you have?

I would look to see if you could get it locally at a Costco.

How about Sam's Club?

If there's a Sam's Club near you that sells the 20D, why not?

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:57:44 -0600, jimnjen not home NOSPAM yahoo
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Shawn Hirn wrote:
In article .com,
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Scott W wrote:
wrote:
I hope to buy a Canon 20D very soon. Now, I need to find a vendor. I am
looking for ease of service and rapid turn-around when it comes time to
have my camera serviced or repaired. It would be nice if the vendor has
multiple offices nationwide, so I could have service when I travel.
What suggestions do you have?

I would look to see if you could get it locally at a Costco.

How about Sam's Club?

If there's a Sam's Club near you that sells the 20D, why not?

Fast turn around on camera repairs is an oxymoron unless you are a
working pro who has developed a relationship with the Camera companies
professional services operation or an independent repair shop. Even if Sam,
Costco etc were to take the camera in for repair, they would likely ship
off to Canon and you sit an wait. First for the estimate and then for
the repair. This is probably going to take a least a couple of weeks..
and maybe longer. It would be nice to find what you are looking for,
but alas, I think you are searching for a Holy Grail which does not
exist.

Jim N

I gather from recent flamewars that the problem is greater
with Nikon, but, wherever you get it, check into what kind of warranty
you get -- US, European, Asian, worldwide or whatever.

I gather Costco, at least, deals in a large amount of grey
market electronics. However, they're also said to be good at replacing
anything that encounters problems during a reasonable warranty period,
in order to avoid customer dis-satisfaction. Repairs may be a
different issue.