Ok.... FINALLY this whole issue is resolved, it took a while!
After I got my camera back I was still going back and forth with the regional manager about the level of service and my dissatisfaction with the Help plan (I essentially prepaid the repair). The regional manager offered to refund half of the Help plan and emailed the Cambridge store telling them to phone me to do the refund to the credit card (I refused gift certificates and to drive down to the store for the refund since it is a 3 hour round trip for us).
After waiting over a week for Cambridge to call me I emailed the regional manager back, told him to forget the refund to the card, at this point I was over it, my intent with the refund was to buy a film scanner elsewhere so they can either send me one or not, this whole thing ends NOW.... to find that he was no longer with the company (smh)! The young lady who replaced him was prompt in her service and now within less than a week of her involvement it has been resolved and I received the scanner this morning.
All I can say is wow, this was nuts! I dealt with two people there that I was very happy with their level of respect and customer service but there were others that ... just wow.
So final resolution:
Note: It was never about the money or trying to get value out of them, it was trying to make it right, this was a horrid experience all round.
Darkroom supplies order and shipping total refund.
Epson V600 scanner
Many apologies.
I'm happy that it is finally resolved, finally satisfied with the outcome and glad I stood up for myself as a consumer who spent a LOT of money in their store only to be treated badly.
Phew!