Can do everything BUT take a picture

Well, I would take the Nikon Coolpix camera back to the retailer that sold it to you and ask to talk to the manager about this discrepancy.

Apparently, it says in the fine print that when you purchase a Nikon camera, and it is dropped, that the extended warranty doesn't cover this.

I would tell the retailer that the associate told you that 'EVERYTHING' was covered and you were under the impression that it covered dropping it as well.

I would tell the retailer that you will report them to the Better Business Bureau for misleading statements by a salesperson and see what the manager tells you after that.

It's true that extended warranty plans cover normal wear and tear items, and not abuse or misuse as indicated by dropping it accidentally or getting it wet in the rain, but I would ask the higher ups at the retailer about the warranty being honored since you paid for it.

I hope this helps you out.

If one drops or gets a camera wet, it unfortunately voids the warranty because cameras nowadays are sensitive to such accidents.

The water could have destroyed the connection to the LCD, or blown a chip that is responsible for broadcasting the image to the LCD.

Turns out my husband must have pressed a button by accident. The bottom left button says "disp" for display. Pressing that fixed the screen!

Hi what seemed to happen here is your HDD drive got wet and crashed. Yes take it back. Next time this happens the second it gets wet put it in a bowl of white rice. The rice absorbs the liquid and all better. But this time you can't do it. But yes take it back.

Take battery out and place everything in a tupperware bowl filled with rice and put the lid on it. This will dry up all of the moisture.

Sand can cause problems.

Check for the settings of the camera .Open the back door of the camera now press the button seeing through back, if the shutter opens up and closes everything is correct.
check for the film.

Unfortunately, as you have found, the cost to repair these cameras is usually not viable, as it is cheaper to replace the camera.

Even if it is repaired, often the impact from being dropped can cause small fractures in boards or loosen the optics and while they may work ok now, can continually develop faults later.

My advice would be to replace the camera, as you will also get a new warranty as well.

Open camera and place in a bag of rice for a couple of days to absorb moisture.It's worked before on cell phones.