Love at first sight......

I bought the camera through Dell w/my laptop. Worked great at first,(I'm a real estate agent) then one day I turned it on and it only had 1/2 of a screen? I turned it off, then back on and it still had 1/2 a screen. It took pictures but the screen (picture) would jump around like a bad TV station .I noticed it seemed to happen alot more when it was cool out(such as out whole trip to TN in winter). I made plans to send it to the warranty company, but I let the return authorization code lapse. I kept using the camera and one day it just stopped working, the screen was blank (Blk/wht stripes)I paid $399 for this camera I've had less than a year, it's my fault for not sending it in sooner, but I think at that price it should hold up better. I'm sending it to the warranty repair company but have read some not so happy stories about the outcome. I'm still paying for the stupid thing :(