All's Well That Ends Well (Plus a Giveaway!)
By now, the story of my misfortune is old news, as is the great response from BlackRapid. The BlackRapid response, however, seems to have a bit of a sequel. After bouncing emails back and forth between the aforementioned Susie, I received an email from her stating that I should expect some sort of delivery from them in the coming days. Imagine my surprise, then, when I came home from work and discovered a rather large box from BlackRapid sitting on my front porch. The contents of that box? Everything you see above! All-in-all, I felt like Scrooge McDuck swimming in BlackRapid straps. I really can't go on enough about the fantastic customer service from the fine folks at BlackRapid. They went out of their way to make my dismal experience a little bit better, and I'm eternally grateful.
My story had even more happiness added to it the other night when, after taking a chance and listing my busted 5D on eBay, a bidding war took place which brought the highest bid to a price that was way more than I ever expected to get for a camera that was listed "as-is" and "for parts or repair". On top of that (and completely unrelated to most of this story), I hit 100 "Likes" on my Facebook Fan Page!
So now the question becomes, "What do I do with all of those straps?". Well, I plan on keeping and using a number of them (different situations require different straps, as BlackRapid will, I'm sure, tell you) but I figure that it's only right that I share my good fortune with fans and friends of Zach Egolf Photography. With that thought, I've decided to start out by giving away a BlackRapid RS-7S Sling Camera Strap!
Entry into this contest is really simple. All you have to do is use the RaffleCopter widget below to "like" my Facebook page. You can earn additional entries by tweeting about the contest (one per day) to help spread the word. You'll have one week to enter the contest and, at the end of the contest, I'll be picking one winner who will then have to respond to a Facebook post within 24 hours.