Hi Wendy, Well, guess what? About 6 months ago, I sold my Nikon Coolscan III to someone in the US from here in Canada and when it got to him, he said it wasn't working. I forgot to place a shipping screw in the area you place the film / slide holder, although the other shipping screw was in place. Turns out after a little checking up on my part, that it was absolutely true and Nikon charged him over $300 to repair it and guess who was stuck with most of the bill? Me, myself and I. My replacement scanner was the Polaroid Sprintscan 4000. No shipping screws are even needed with it.
The moral of the story is that Nikon Scanners Are Very Delicate. I'm not so sure the missing shipping screw did it, it was packed so well. So, Beware of Shipping Nikon Scanners or even bumping them too hard for that matter. I don't think Canada or US Customs was the problem, unless they have a practice of giving boxes that say Fragile a nice Big Kick. A Fellow Pentaxian, Ryan Charron Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 08:31:34 -0400 From: wendy beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT: Canadian customs information re broken gear Rob Studdert wrote: I've had stuff opened by customs. When they stick their "demand for money" form on the parcel it will say either "opened" or "unopened" on the form. Wendy > Hi Guys, > > I have a problem. I sold my Polaroid SS4000 to a Canadian guy, it took ages to > reach him, it was apparently stuck in customs. It left me working perfectly and > in pristine condition. It now doesn't appear to work, however there was no > signs of overly rough handling on the box (it was double boxed which made it a > huge package overall) and there seems to be nothing rattling inside. It has a > cold cathode tube (no filament AFAIK) for illumination which usually powers up > when the on button is depressed, now nothing however the scanner is visible on > the SCSI bus and controllable. > > It seems to me like customs may have had a peek inside to see if I was shipping > more than a scanner? Does anyone know if they are in the habit of doing this as > I just can't think of any other reason that it would stop working like this? > > Any suggestions? > > Cheers, > > Rob Studdert - --- Wendy Beard Ottawa, Canada mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] home page http://www.beard-redfern.com - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
