Canon 17-85IS - Worth repairing

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I've had a broken 17-85IS for the last 6 months or so, and have finally got an estimate for repair. Apparently, it needs a new iris. The cost? £132. What's this lens worth at the moment? £200? Is it worth repairing? Bare in mind that I would probably be selling it at some point, as want to replace it with a 24-105IS. However, that may be a while yet, as I don't have a job at the moment :(
 
I doubt it's worth repairing if you just intend to sell it , you'd probably get £70 for it in a broken condition on ebay, if you try and sell it and are honest about the repair you might even be worse off
 
Thanks for the reply Wack. I'm just wondering, with all the price rises recently, whether I could get more for it, on ebay? When I sold it 6 months ago, it was worth £200 then.
 
Anyone know the going rate to replace an iris in a lens? Or has had it done? Apparently the part is £46, I guess labour is £69 and then VAT on top. I knew labour was going to be high, as it's a delicate procedure? Just wondering if the price is about right?
 
I sold one of these on ebay a few months back, it had very litte use, been on the camera only twice, got £200 for it, that was after it had been relisted.
 
they seem to go for between £170 -£210 with the odd one making a bit more, after ebay fees I guess you'd be looking at about £190 ish, if it's £40 for the parts my guess would be a repairer would pay at least £80 for it on ebay so you could probably sell it for more broken than you could if you paid to get it fixed.

Obviously that's a risk though but there are quite a few buyers on ebay with the knowledge to fix things

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-75-300m...ryZ30070QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-EF-50mm...ryZ30070QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
 
Thanks again Wack. I think I might get it repaired, and carry on using it. As I said, it'll be a while before I can upgrade it anyway.
 
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