Quote Originally Posted by Tannin View Post
Nasty! And yes, that does sound expensive. I googled it a bit and I'm seeing typical repair costs around $US150 - so where did the $600 come from?
This is Australia.

To quote former Prime Minister Keating, Australia is the arse-end of the earth.

We get gouged here for everything.

A few years ago I had some batteries leak in my Canon Speedlite 580EX flash.

The flash itself cost around $650. Canon wanted $450 to repair it.