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<blockquote data-quote="yauman" data-source="post: 240982" data-attributes="member: 15418">I shipped mine back via USPS.&nbsp; Here's the deal- it doesn't matter how fast it gets back to them (most shipping UPS or USPS is 2 days for continental U.S.).&nbsp; FYI, this is how repair departments work for most gadgets of major corporations: The shipment goes to their shipping and receiving dept - which receives everything , including their own office suppliers and stuff businesses gets.&nbsp; The workers open the packages, scan the barcode to verify they got what they got then put the item in a bag with a label and then in a tub for the appropriate department.&nbsp; Your packing box will be cut open (more efficient opening) and thrown away as they open as fast as they can (job performance matrix is by the number of items they open up a day and how accurately they entered the info. - that's why you'll never see your packing box again!)&nbsp; The tub gets delivered to the repair department and to the appropriate&nbsp; work bench for the repair - lens, body, calibration, etc.&nbsp; When repair is done, (however long it takes is not usually related to the complexity of the repair but rather to the number of items with the problem and number of tech trained for that repair) the shipping dept picks up the items, wrap them up to their shipping spec and UPS/FedEx or whoever they contract with for shipping will pick it up and send it to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yauman, post: 240982, member: 15418"] I shipped mine back via USPS. Here's the deal- it doesn't matter how fast it gets back to them (most shipping UPS or USPS is 2 days for continental U.S.). FYI, this is how repair departments work for most gadgets of major corporations: The shipment goes to their shipping and receiving dept - which receives everything , including their own office suppliers and stuff businesses gets. The workers open the packages, scan the barcode to verify they got what they got then put the item in a bag with a label and then in a tub for the appropriate department. Your packing box will be cut open (more efficient opening) and thrown away as they open as fast as they can (job performance matrix is by the number of items they open up a day and how accurately they entered the info. - that's why you'll never see your packing box again!) The tub gets delivered to the repair department and to the appropriate work bench for the repair - lens, body, calibration, etc. When repair is done, (however long it takes is not usually related to the complexity of the repair but rather to the number of items with the problem and number of tech trained for that repair) the shipping dept picks up the items, wrap them up to their shipping spec and UPS/FedEx or whoever they contract with for shipping will pick it up and send it to you. [/QUOTE]

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