I think that timcx500e has demonstrated how we can all achieve things if we read the information that is out there! Most things do not take the brain of Britain to work out. Well done Tim, glad you sorted your problem.

I have to agree. If you are sending someone to PC world and suggesting that they are technically minded enough to help you then clearly you know very little!

For a start off PC world send away laptops. They will only attempt to repair something that they know the make of, and they want you to supply recovery disks! Laughable! I know because I fix computers all the time and save people the misfortune of the PC world 'techs'.

: Pentaxanne

Total was £24.36 - in actual fact most of this was made up of the postoffice charge to to open it.

So £40 plus was not the deal I bargained for.

I bought one of these straps off of Ebay (the quick strap) and thought I was doing well. I paid £18. It arrived within a couple of weeks and I was quite happy with it, it wasn't the quality I expected but it was ok and probably (hopefully) good enough to put on my small camera. The shocker came about a week later. I received through the post a lovely customs and excise bill! I don't know what was worse having to pay the extra tax and import duty or the extortiant handling charge that the post office charged for opening it. If I bought again I would only buy from the UK (I am in the UK) that way I know what I am paying. I should have bought the Pap Stap, next time I will. I questioned the customs and they say that declaring items as gifts is standard practice and they are used to it and almost look out for it.