Girlfriend dropped her D5100

[analog.universe]

FYI, be careful about taking the advice of a Best Buy associate when it comes to what Nikon will do/say.

Also good advice:

FYI, be careful about taking the advice of a Best Buy associate

Even better:

FYI, be careful about Best Buy

 

[molested_cow]

I've dropped my camera before too.... well, it was mounted on the tripod and the mounting bracket broke clean, camera hit the ground lens first. It landed on rock surface. Lens was miss aligned, mounting ring needed adjustment. Both got fixed for more than they were worth!

Regarding the strap issue, what you can do is to sew the ends of the strap so it will never totally slip off. You can still adjust the length if you remember to leave some slack.

Also, I am using an old Nikon strap that is not made of nylon. It's less slippery, softer and feels more comfortable on the neck. It's got real embroidery!

 

[Jeff92]

Hey I once dropped a brand new laptop with an msduo card sticking out and hammered the cardreader in and took it to bestbut thinking I had accidental and I told them I dropped it and they said they would charge. I took it to another store and said it stopped working abd after about 20 minutes they told me it didn't look like it was dropped and they sent it to hp where it was fixed for free lol. Maybe I got lucky, but best buy shouldn't have lied to me when I payed 200 bucks for a warranty when they told me that it covered accidental! After looking again, they sold me like an extended warranty for 200 bucks and the accidental was 100 more. Guess I shoulda done my research

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[RedVixen81]

^^^^ HA HA HA.. that is hilarious.. i dont know what i would do if my cat did that.. i would probably cry and commence to chase him around the house screaming .. good thing i keep my nikon in its camera bag out of reach when not in use.


edit:.. the "ha ha haha" was meant towards the post about the photo gods.

 

[Boyun]

The reason for buying a professional camera vs a entry-level camera. BTW, I have been using cameras for over 40 years, sometimes I would carry the camera around all the day, and I have not drop a camera one time.

I do not condone warranty fraud as suggested.