Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Feli, Nikon U.S.A. official policy on gray market merchandise is that they will not touch it. Not under warranty, not paid after warranty service. You can of course send it to the country it was officially imported into, and of course there are thousands of independent repair facilities that will fix for fee. They do this by serial number, if it was officially imported; they have the serial number listed. Torrance, CA is an official Nikon facility, all Nikon binoculars are repaired there. I have never tried to have gray fixed there. I hope this helps. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 3:04 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Gray market On Mar 16, 2005, at 11:52 AM, Christopher Driggett wrote: > Feli, > In Nikon USA's case if you purchased something grey market in the US > then they will never touch it for service no matter if it is in > warranty or not. So, if you purchase a used item that was originally purchased grey, you are out of luck if it needs to be serviced, even if it's out of warranty and you are willing to pay? > If you purchased it outside of the US then they will honor the > warranty. This is usually the same for the other companies. If you > are going to purchase grey market then purchase it outside of the USA. Hong Kong probably. I'm looking for a 1.4/35 Summilux ASPH. New it would break the bank, but I could swing it gray or as a dealer demo... feli ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information