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by sirhc55 on Wed May 17, 2006 1:38 pm
If anyone is unfortunate enough to break the LCD on their SB800 as I did, you might be interested in the repair costs:
New LCD screen $79.43
Adhesives and lubricants $9.90
Labour units $99.00
OK’d on the 10th April - received back by courier today.
Obviously repaired by Maxwell.
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by Alpha_7 on Wed May 17, 2006 1:42 pm
How badly broken was it, just cracked to completely useless.
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by johnd on Wed May 17, 2006 1:49 pm
sirhc55 wrote:If anyone is unfortunate enough to break the LCD on their SB800 as I did, you might be interested in the repair costs:
Lend it to anyone from around here?
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by Alpha_7 on Wed May 17, 2006 2:27 pm
johnd wrote:sirhc55 wrote:If anyone is unfortunate enough to break the LCD on their SB800 as I did, you might be interested in the repair costs:
Lend it to anyone from around here?
I want to say preemptively that I lent my Sb-800 to Wendell and got it back in one piece. 
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by moggy on Wed May 17, 2006 2:31 pm
Alpha_7 wrote:johnd wrote:sirhc55 wrote:If anyone is unfortunate enough to break the LCD on their SB800 as I did, you might be interested in the repair costs:
Lend it to anyone from around here?
I want to say preemptively that I lent my Sb-800 to Wendell and got it back in one piece. 
Ah but was it the same piece?
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by gstark on Wed May 17, 2006 2:36 pm
Alpha_7 wrote:johnd wrote:sirhc55 wrote:If anyone is unfortunate enough to break the LCD on their SB800 as I did, you might be interested in the repair costs:
Lend it to anyone from around here?
I want to say preemptively that I lent my Sb-800 to Wendell and got it back in one piece. 
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by birddog114 on Wed May 17, 2006 2:42 pm
Alpha_7,
Your luck is still with you!
Don't dare to re-try. 
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by wendellt on Wed May 17, 2006 3:02 pm
hi craig thanks again for lending me your sb800
i needed it once to shoot social, craig was nearby so i didn't do anythign too funky with it hence why it was returned in such good condition
birdy is right don't push your luck craig, or i shouldn't
Chris did the cracked lcd affect the usability of the flash, i hardly use the lcd readout, seems expensive just to ge that bit fixed it may have been better to buy a new flash
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by birddog114 on Wed May 17, 2006 3:10 pm
Wendell,
Anything related to photography, the repair bill is huge, so we have to care about our investments.
I should charge you the fixing of your SB800 same amount of Chris did with his, not a case of Corona, my mistake 
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by sirhc55 on Wed May 17, 2006 4:08 pm
The LCD was unreadable but the flash worked. If you wanted to change to remote/master etc., it was impossible to know what you were doing without the LCD - hence the repair 
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by rokkstar on Wed May 17, 2006 4:40 pm
Holy cow, that's a lot of money for a repair.
For that price you could almost buy a new SB600.
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by LOZ on Wed May 17, 2006 4:53 pm
sirhc55 wrote:If anyone is unfortunate enough to break the LCD on their SB800 as I did, you might be interested in the repair costs:
New LCD screen $79.43 Adhesives and lubricants $9.90 Labour units $99.00
OK’d on the 10th April - received back by courier today.
Obviously repaired by Maxwell.
Adhesives and lubricants $9.90
HELL how many drops did they use what a rip off.
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by sirhc55 on Wed May 17, 2006 5:42 pm
rokkstar wrote:Holy cow, that's a lot of money for a repair.
For that price you could almost buy a new SB600.
True - but the SB600 is not an SB800 
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by rokkstar on Wed May 17, 2006 6:16 pm
Touche
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