My Palm Zire 71 needs a dust bunny removed; should I send it in, buy something new, or do it myself?

April 23, 2004 7:14 PM

There's a dust bunny under the camera lens on my Palm Zire 71, which has been making my pictures rather annoyingly diffuse. It's out of warranty, so repairs will cost at least as much as I estimate this thing's resale value to be in its current condition. Should I bite the financial bullet and send it in for servicing, cut my losses and sell it as damaged goods, or throw caution to the wind, grab my geek toolkit, and attempt my own repairs?
posted by brownpau to technology (3 comments total)

Good god, go for the self-repairs. What have you got to lose? Live the adventure! (And take pictures for us, 'k?)
posted by five fresh fish at 10:55 PM on April 23, 2004

Your warranty's already gone, the service costs are prohibitive, you won't get a good price for it with the dust bunny defect...

Another vote for self-repairing it. If nothing else, it'll make a good blog post.
posted by filmgoerjuan at 11:35 AM on April 24, 2004

Self repair...worst case you end up ebaying it "As-Is"
posted by stew560 at 9:52 PM on April 24, 2004