FREE: Beautiful little camera - pink Olympus Stylus 7030, 14 MP 7x optical zoom, broken

The listing, Beautiful little camera - pink Olympus Stylus 7030, 14 MP 7x optical zoom, broken has ended.

This is a pink Olympus Stylus-7030, 14 megapixels & 7x optical zoom. Comes in original box with user's manual and charging cable. No SD card included but the camera does have some internal storage.

I won this camera here on Listia and the seller said the only thing wrong with it was that the photos were blurry, but that she thought she must have pushed a wrong button or something. She also said there was a dent in the metal ring around the lens which had been caused by something heavy being set on it, but that the blurriness had happened before that. Upon arrival I found that the metal around the lens is actually crinkled in one section (see photos). When the camera is turned on the lens comes in and out several times. The rear viewfinder display goes black after a minute. And I just noticed while taking these photos that the lens cover doesn't seem to be opening all the way. However, it does not read "lens error" and it WILL still take photos... but they are blurry.

I researched repair options on the Olympus website and their estimate was $74. I thought about trying to fix it myself but I'm busy, so I decided to offer this to someone else who may be able to fix it more easily than I could. If you know about camera repair this could possibly be an easy fix for you and you'd get a pretty nice camera out of it.


Free shipping within the US or local pickup. All my items come from a smoke-free home. I follow all Listia rules and will only ship to verified addresses. Please don't ask me to lower the days because I'm not going to do that. Happy bidding!


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