It wasn't so much of where else to send it. It was more a question of whether to get it repaired at all. Taking the flat rate price + freight both ways + sales tax, I'm getting close (about 75%) to the price of a good used one, and if the estimate goes much higher it's not worth the trouble. I didn't know if "sending to manufacturer service center" meant they sent it to Pentax in Japan, or they just sent it over to their own Ricoh/Pentax service department. They are also an authorized service center for a few different manufacturers and might have a different service department for each.
Originally posted by Not a Number If you read the numerous threads on Precision...
I did read extensively here and elsewhere about Precision. That's why I have a not so confident feeling about it.