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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 1:24 am
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Camera Repair - Costs & Where (& should I use HK or Singapore?)?
Hi all,

My SO dropped and damaged our almost new Panasonic DMC-TZ7, as we're going on holiday in about 2 weeks I've bought another one, but it would still be nice to repair the other, which is otherwise as good as new, and give it away to a friend or family.

As far as I can tell the camera has a cracked LCD and potentially a few other electronic components damaged. However the core mechanism (zoom, taking photos etc) appears to be fine as I can still take photos and put them onto my PC.

In the UK the price of a repair is likely to be significant (~£100+, cost new is currently £230 and it may take a few weeks), and then I had a brainwave - I'm going to be visiting some of the 'electronic capitals' of the world on my way to/from Australia; Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul & Singapore. I'm guessing its likely to be far cheaper and easier to get the camera repaired whilst I'm in one of these cities, but I don't want to disrupt my holiday too much in hunting down camera repair shops etc.

As such, was wondering if anyone had any advice for;
  1. Is my perception correct, that it is likely that the repairs can be done quickly, we are only in each city for 2/3 days?
  2. Anyone have a view as to which of the cities is likely to be the cheapest and easiest to get the repair done? I'm thinking most likely Hong Kong, hence posting in this forum?
  3. Anyone have any particular shop or area that they'd recommend I go to?
  4. Crazy thought, but, do any of the airports have any such repair shops?

I'm not hugely bothered about hunting down the absolute cheapest repair place in the whole world, I'd rather just have good value and convenience - if nobody has any other suggestions then I'll probably just take it to an official service centre, assuming that the labour will be far cheaper and the service speed far quicker.

thanks in advance,

lv

PS: I've never visited any of these cities, so hunting down a single small shop might be difficult, compared to going to an area. I also don't speak any of the local languages, English only, if that is likely to be an issue.
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