I feel really bad & guilty?

Sorry. I wasn't sure what section to put it in.

I accidently broke my $300 Nikon camera. My parents bought me the camera for my birthday during the Summer.
I was swinging the camera around & walking downtown to take pictures for my photography class, & I didn't realize that I was walking past a garbage can, when I hit it w/ the camera screen. The damage on the screen is the size of a dime, but now the screen doesn't function properly. Half of the screen is white & black & doesn't show the image, while the rest of the screen works just fine.

We got the camera from Costco & it's been 3 days past the 90 day warranty. So I can't return it to Costco & I'm pretty sure Nikon won't replace it since I damaged it on personal use. Now I feel bad, clumsy, & stupid. I don't think I want to ask anything for Christmas since it was my fault. I think instead I'll just give my parents the rest of my money instead to pay them back. Nikon would FIX the camera w/ me paying if it's fixable, right? My cameras never broke before, so I'm not sure on how it works.

It was a gift so stop beating yourself up over an accident… Sure you should have been more careful… And next time you will know. But I would let my parents in on what happened and let them know how terrible you feel about it… And ask them if there's any way you can get it fixed and pay for it yourself, because the gift is priceless…

I would just go and try to get it fixed (now if it cost more to fix it then to buy a new one then just get a new one) you shouldn't feel bad it was just a accident and i'm sure a 300 dollar camera has some kind of life time thing on it