Discount Camera Repair: Just want to express my satisfaction with Discount Camera Repair with the restoration of my Nikon 80-200 mm f/2.8 AF-S. The lens autofocus failed. Mr. Riggins...

walkurie Loc: East Stroudsburg, PA

Just want to express my satisfaction with Discount Camera Repair with the restoration of my Nikon 80-200 mm f/2.8 AF-S. The lens autofocus failed. Mr. Riggins repaired the beast at a very resonable price, and kept me informed about the process. Truly excellent service.
Gary Campbell

TonyF Loc: Bradenton, FL

Good to know. Where located and do they have a website?

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

walkurie wrote:

Just want to express my satisfaction with Discount Camera Repair with the restoration of my Nikon 80-200 mm f/2.8 AF-S. The lens autofocus failed. Mr. Riggins repaired the beast at a very resonable price, and kept me informed about the process. Truly excellent service.
Gary Campbell

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RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

TonyF wrote:

Good to know. Where located and do they have a website?

Google Discount Camera Repair brought this up:
https://www.google.com/search?q=discount+camera+repair&oq=Discount+Camera+Repair&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i61.11948j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

walkurie Loc: East Stroudsburg, PA

TonyF wrote:

Good to know. Where located and do they have a website?

Discount Camera Repair
2585 E. Pikes Peak Ave. #T-101
Colarado Springs, CO 80909
(719) 219-6884
DiscountCameraRepais.com

Haydon

Do a search on the forum for this repair shop. Always wise to research.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

From Mr. Riggins record on this site, I'd refrain from sending anything his way. I'd consider yourself lucky.
--Bob

walkurie wrote:

Just want to express my satisfaction with Discount Camera Repair with the restoration of my Nikon 80-200 mm f/2.8 AF-S. The lens autofocus failed. Mr. Riggins repaired the beast at a very resonable price, and kept me informed about the process. Truly excellent service.
Gary Campbell

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

I had a similar experience a few years ago with a Canon 18-200mm Zoom.

walkurie wrote:

Just want to express my satisfaction with Discount Camera Repair with the restoration of my Nikon 80-200 mm f/2.8 AF-S. The lens autofocus failed. Mr. Riggins repaired the beast at a very resonable price, and kept me informed about the process. Truly excellent service.
Gary Campbell

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Thanks. Good to know. He repaired a flash for me a couple of years ago.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

jerryc41 wrote:

Thanks. Good to know. He repaired a flash for me a couple of years ago.

Took a while, but he fixed a sticky diaphragm on my 80-200 about 6 years ago.

rjriggins11 Loc: Colorado Springs, CO

Thanks for the good word Gary. I've actually done hundreds of repairs for members of this site over the last 8 or 9 years. I can give everyone a good price and they get a quality repair in return. There are some things that are better off repaired at the factory so its always best to check first before sending something for repair.

Rick

walkurie wrote:

Just want to express my satisfaction with Discount Camera Repair with the restoration of my Nikon 80-200 mm f/2.8 AF-S. The lens autofocus failed. Mr. Riggins repaired the beast at a very resonable price, and kept me informed about the process. Truly excellent service.
Gary Campbell

Vern L

Where are they located/

walkurie Loc: East Stroudsburg, PA

Vern L wrote:

Where are they located/

Discount Camera Repair
Colorado Springs, CO
Email Rick@Discountcamerarepair.com
(719) 219-6884 evenings only

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

rmalarz wrote:

From Mr. Riggins record on this site, I'd refrain from sending anything his way. I'd consider yourself lucky.
--Bob

A lot of the "bad news" wasn't really Rick's fault. Some years ago he was seriously ill and hospitalized for a while and that caused some delays and communication issues that were discussed here on UHH. I seem to recall he also got caught up in some of the problems a few years ago when Nikon USA suddenly changed their policy and stopped selling replacement parts to independent repairers. That effected the industry as a whole. And I know he relocated his business (and self?) from Denver to Colorado Springs, CO.

There's a lot more "good news" feedback about him here on UHH, than there are reports of problems. Since people tend to complain about problems about 10X more than they praise good service, I wouldn't hesitate to send him something for repair.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

rmalarz wrote:

From Mr. Riggins record on this site, I'd refrain from sending anything his way. I'd consider yourself lucky.
--Bob

I thought the main issue with him was that he was MIA for quite a while because of a serious illness. Prior to that he had a very good reputation here if I recall correctly.