Why do some people refuse to clean a sensor before sending it to me?

Last month a guy from Portland drops off a Nikon D750 with shutter count under 20k and the sensor looks like a sandstorm hit it. I open it up, scope it, and there's sticky residue from some DIY cleaning attempt with a q-tip and Windex I think. He said he didn't want to pay my $45 fee for a basic sensor swab and now he's got streaks that I can't fully buff out. Anyone else get these jobs where the fix is twice the price because someone messed with it first?

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parkerp8011d ago

Used to side with @reesemoore til I got a q-tip sensor job like that. Changed my mind fast.

reesemoore11d ago

Nah, dude probably saved himself $45 and a headache before you got to it.