Post your Canon repair cost

I have had to send gear back to "the Maker" on two occasions. Two different countries.

CDN : $210 shipped back (Calgary) serious issue (didn't fix problem)

USD: $211 shipped back (Irvine) serious issue plus fresh hotshoe and lens adjustment

Seems like Canon charges $200 for most fixes. Your experience?

$280ish tax included, entire new shutter assembly and 1 board on a 10d. Died at 17 000 shots. Would have been $500+ until they saw the amount of shots I'm told (they called back and gave me a lower price).

They did tell me that they have 2 standard rates. Minor and major.

$145 When I dropped my 35L and had to get the AF/MF switch fixed.

So far, for the one trip to New Jersey my 20D, 17-85 IS and 70-200 IS took back in January the total is $0 (convert to your favorite local currency).

That doesn't include shipping TO Canon, which (IIRC) was in the neighborhood of $50 insured for the entire pile.

I had a fairly severe backfocus issue with both lenses (the 70-200 was MUCH worse) that is all better now. They even threw in a new IS unit on the 70-200, the repair sheet said it was defective (one of the chances buying used I guess).

My fondest hope is thats where it ends, but who knows...

My only trip was on the house.

About US$215 to have the scratched IR filter replaced on my 20D sensor.
It was, as they say, a self inflicted injury but I still wasn't a happy camper.

I've had a couple of occurences to send stuff in to them and fortuneately everything has still been under warranty.

FWIW - Calgary service center is incredibly slow. I use the Montreal one as well and they are much much faster.

I had my shutter on my 20D replaced under warranty.

However my Sigma 120-300 lens, was shipped to Japan, replaced the barrel inside, fixed the AF, and few other bits, and cost about US$300-350

About $120 to repair a lens after damage in a car accident.

The lens repair bill was drastically smaller than the bill for my personal repair bill. Although I didn't have to foot my own repair bill, and if things work out, I will be reimbursed for the Canon bill as well.

how'd you do it?

repair scratched LCD cover and back body panel..$390

Calibrate my 85L to my body...$300

Was that after you dropped it.
Sorry Dante could not resist. At least your stuff does not take 50 days to come back.

Dan

$300 to repair my 70-200L
30D lemon.....warranty
1DMKII back-focusing....warranty
135L....need parts from Japan, warranty

$253CAD to repair the lens mount on my daughters SD450 (dropped by a friend at her High School prom). Propmt service though from Canon (Toronto).

sugarzebra wrote:
$253CAD to repair the lens mount on my daughters SD450 (dropped by a friend at her High School prom). Propmt service though from Canon (Toronto).

that's more than half the price of the camera...

No one can beat me...

1dmk2 sensor crack, and water damage from scuba diving...

Canon's cost of repair... "Not Economically justifiable repair"