rip off

I was happy with The Kodak Easyshare while it worked, but less than 5 months it started having problems with the zoom lens, when used, at a certain point the camera would shut off completely.
Called for service and I was told the product was under the one year warranty and to send it to United Camera and Binocular repair corp. for repair or replacement.
What a rip-off …. United Camera & binocular Repair Corp. (Kodak authorized dealer) decided to void the warranty and charge me the $158.00 if I wanted repaired. They claim impact damage to front cover and will not take responsibility for a poor quality product and the fact that the Kodak cameras have a lens problem.
There was no damage to the front cover and everything worked except something wrong with the zoom circuit.
I paid $27.00 to mail the camera to United Camera & binocular Repair Corp, now I have to pay them $48.00 to get my camera back
After spending $75.00 just to find that KODAK Co. does not back up its products, and the warranty claims are all false, but THE WORST of all is the hiring of sub-contractors to get rid of product problems and customer complains. I will never recommend nor buy another product form Kodak Co. again.
Maybe the biggest problem of KODAK co. is not the competition, but the lack of quality control in its products.