Canon camera woes

I'm sure everyone noticed that there haven't been any new pictures up in my image gallery. That's thanks to my Canon S400 crapping out on me. A while back it started giving memory card errors that would, from time to time, go away long enough to get a few pictures. Now the errors are permanent and the camera doesn't work at all.
I did some searching around online only to find out that many people have had the same problem, right around the 2 year mark, just after the warranty is up. I emailed Canon support only to get the same answer that everyone else got; minimum $150-$300 repair charge, not including parts or additional damages. Wonderful...
It's too bad I told so many people to buy these cameras, I really hope that their cameras don't have the same problem.

I will give Canon one prop. They offer an upgrade to a S410 for $175. That's at least kinda nice. A $250 camera for only $175... plus the $365 for the camera that doesn't work...

Eli's selling his old Olypmus C4000 with the Light and Motion underwater housing. I'm thinking about buying that, but it's slightly more that $175. What to do, what to do.

Darn toys