Damaged ES80 (1 Viewer)

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rabsi

Active member

• Feb 14, 2004

• #1

Can anyone please help?
I have recently dropped my ES80 on the concrete floor of a bird hide. Amazingly the concrete floor won! The scope has a bent rim and a small half-inch crack in the main lens. Although it doesn’t seem to have made much difference to the image, I feel it must have had some detrimental effect.
Can anyone give me any advice on how to get the scope repaired? I have seen a few adverts in bird magazines for optic repairs but I am not sure which one to choose. Many thanks. Rabsi.

 

Grousemore

Senior Member

• Feb 14, 2004

• #2

Hi Rabsi,sorry to hear of your misfortune.
We have a number of Members who have posted about that model of scope and so hopefully they'll have some advice on repairing options.

 

John Fleet

Finally reached 300!

• Feb 14, 2004

• #3

Damaged Opticron scope

At the risk of stating the obvious - have you contacted Opticron for their advice?

John Fleet

 

stevo

Well-known member

• Feb 14, 2004

• #4

Hi Rabsi

I think your best bet is to contact opticron & arrange to send it back to them for them to inspect & give you a quote on a repair job.

Regards Steve.

 

alan_rymer

Well-known member

• Feb 14, 2004

• #5

stevo said:

Hi Rabsi

I think your best bet is to contact opticron & arrange to send it back to them for them to inspect & give you a quote on a repair job.

Regards Steve.

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Rabsi

I agree with Steve

 

pduxon

Quacked up Member

• Feb 14, 2004

• #6

any chance you could claim on the domestic insurance? Would they cover if it was damaged in the house?

 

scampo

Steve Campsall

• Feb 14, 2004

• #7

Yes - well, it was dropped in a kind of house... now there's a thought.

 

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Leif

Well-known member

• Feb 14, 2004

• #8

scampo said:

Yes - well, it was dropped in a kind of house... now there's a thought.

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Why not sue the owners of the bird hide? (Just kidding, but the way things are going, someone is bound to do just that.)

 

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alcedo.atthis

Well-known member

• Feb 15, 2004

• #9

Damaged scope

Just for info,
A few years ago, I dropped my Nikon Bins over a cliff, with the obvious results. Luckily I have "accidental damage cover" on my home insurance. They were replaced with no trouble, minus the £50 excess that is.

As has been suggested, try your domestic insurance, and if not covered for accidental damage, it's worth upgrading.

Malky @ Westhill

 

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rabsi

Active member

• Feb 15, 2004

• #10

Thanks very much for all the ideas.
I think I'll just sue!
Rabsi