Canon repair UK

Has anyone got experience of returning a 40D to Canon in the UK..
I.E. what do they charge?
I dropped my beautiful 40D yesterday and err99 is filling my screen.
I've tried all different lenses and removing batteries etc
I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and send it off,
But what will this cost me?
Thanks in advance.
Pete

Of course this was bought on Ebay so no waranty available

Best thing is just send it in.

Send it in to Canon service centre Elstree, they will look at it and quote.

Try moaning about the quote, they may reduce it.

It's impossible to say what the repair cost would be. In your situation I would contact the following:
http://www.hlehmann.co​.uk/
I have bought spares from them and they have been very helpful and they may give you some idea if you phone them. I don't know what their repairs service is like, but I found Canon at Elstree to be very unhelpful.

Ianfp wrote in post #10848238
It's impossible to say what the repair cost would be. In your situation I would contact the following:
http://www.hlehmann.co​.uk/
I have bought spares from them and they have been very helpful and they may give you some idea if you phone them. I don't know what their repairs service is like, but I found Canon at Elstree to be very unhelpful.

Where as I have always found Canon at Elstree very helpful, though sometimes taking too long, but that is also partly my fault, but as it is Canon, they do have the power to give and take, they have done several jobs out of warranty for next to nothing, and the last one they did not charge me at all.
I am CPS so maybe that does make a difference?

MaDProFF wrote in post #10848391
I am CPS so maybe that does make a difference?

What is CPS please?

CPS is Canon Professional Service if I recall, it relates to how much equipment you have to level of service you are given, i.e Time taken

Thanks Everyone,
The Lehmann site looks interesting, again thanks.
ok decisions, decisions.

You could also try this company:

http://www.camera-repair.co.uk/

They fixed my 400D a couple of years ago.

bara03 wrote in post #10850586
You could also try this company:

http://www.camera-repair.co.uk/

They fixed my 400D a couple of years ago.

The last camera I sent to Colchester took nearly 6 weeks for a simple low pass filter replacement.

All mine go to A.J. Johnstone in Glasgow (Canon Authorised) even though it's the furthest from me, they always do a wonderful and speedy job.

Could anyone offer a guestimated cost of repair please.
£20-£50? £50-£100? £100+!!!!

Not really. It could be a loose connection and £50 will cover it or it could be a broken £300 sensor. No way of knowing until it's in pieces.

hmmm your looking at a couple of hundred quid which ever way its done ,you might be better off flogging it on e/bay spares or repairs ,probably get between £100 -£300 for it and then you have all that towards a new body ,a err99 repair is usually going to cost around the two hundred area or more .but send it off for a quote first anyway

Generally they charge by the hour.
Lens calibration is 30 minutes for a prime, up to an hour for Zooms.
They can also zero out the body to the lenses.

If you send it in for a service they should clean the sensor as well.

Send it in for a clean and it gets just that.