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From: Alan Wrigley on 22 Jan 2008 05:01 In message <47954b61$0$2142$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com> Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: > I charge $95 (plus $20 return shipping), and from reports of people who > have used Nikon, I do a more complete job. Anyone know of a good repair service in the UK? I have an LS-4000 that has stopped working. Alan -- RISC OS - you know it makes cents
From: Peter Finney on 22 Jan 2008 06:29 On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:01:22 GMT, Alan Wrigley <spamhater(a)keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> wrote: >In message <47954b61$0$2142$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com> > Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: > >> I charge $95 (plus $20 return shipping), and from reports of people who >> have used Nikon, I do a more complete job. > >Anyone know of a good repair service in the UK? I have an LS-4000 that >has stopped working. > And mine could do with a good clean! Peter Finney Liphook Hampshire England
From: tomm42 on 22 Jan 2008 08:37
On Jan 21, 8:48 pm, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOS...(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: > I charge $95 (plus $20 return shipping), and from reports of people who > have used Nikon, I do a more complete job. They apparently do what's > necessary to get the unit working (and at least some of the time no > more). I strip it down to pretty much the last screw, solvent clean all > the moving parts, relubricate, clean the optics & reassemble. > > $300 for an LS-2000 is just about if not more than the scanner is worth. > > tomm42 wrote: > > > My LS2000 had totally died, Nikon cleaned/repaired it for $300 two > > years ago. Seemed like a good deal to me. > > > Tom Actually it is not bad working in the environment I do, if I needed a new LS5000, it is a budgetary item and I'd have to wait for the budget committee to meet, discus the options. This would happen months in the future, just having the scanner fixed was a good option. Anyway we bought an Epson V700 that has much more dynamic range, and equal sharpness to the LS2000 and the Nikon is now on the shelf. Tom |