Quote Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke
:As for the Lense Fiasco - sure hope you're taking the Tamron back for a refund!

And maybe you should call Mr. Nikon and ask him IF that lense is available
as a seperate item.
Just Maybe the little shop selling it *might* have broken a camera kit apart
to sell a body to someone who didn't need the lense.

Any chance Mr. Nikon would *fix* the dead lense under warranty?
Just don't mention "da Kats" when telling what happened to it.
Oh, the Tamron works and works well. I just don't like it. I could probably sell it and get most of my money back. Don't think I could get a refund.

The replacement lense is listed on the website I got it from as a stand alone item. I think the local place meant they don't sell alone, but they could have offered to order it for me.

There was no way to get repairs on warranty. Even a blind man would have been able to tell that lens had been dropped! There was no way to repair it; the glass was damaged, the lens mount was shattered. It was sent back to Nikon, but even the factory couldn't fix it! I was happy to get away with just a new lens, not a new camera body too!