Nikon 8000 blew up - happy ending

The other day my 8000 made some electrical shorting noises inside then just stopped. I have read that Nikon charges an arm and a leg for scanner repairs. I called them and they said that if it's the power supply it'll be around $450. and could take quite a while. I took it to a local electronic repair guy and he said he'd look at it. Yup, it was the power supply and he ordered a couple of parts and a part from Nikon and less than a week later the thing is up and running for $238. I guess point is that they are mostly repairable if someone is actually willing to do it.

nice to know !

I own an LS 9000. I bought it last winter from B&H. Recently, after several months of storage I powered it up again and tried scanning. The scanner made a grinding sound and came to an abrupt halt. That was it. Luckily, it was still covered under warranty. I drove out to Nikon's place in Long Island and had it repaired. Took about two weeks but they shipped it back on their dime. When I opened the box, I found a pen scotch-taped to the scanner (the scanner was wrapped in plastic) with a hand-written post-it note on it saying "Found this inside".

You mean a writing pen?!

So was it in there from something you did or the factory did?

Doug