Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>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. Don This is a right manner for preventing grey imports defending his business and forcing a own coverage as -for instance- BH does. But just think I've got here in Spain a new Nikon D2H and I'm going to New York for two years. There I get a camera failure under my Spanish warranty. Have I sending back the camera to Spain for service? Absurd. My personal opinion is that a camera rightly acquired must be serviced by brand representative everywhere. But...and this is a great but a camera bought in USA or Hong Kong may have a minor price of 30% or more and with the WEB it's truly easy buying outside. Really transport fees and import taxes are leveling this but nevertheless there are true bargains. Some years ago I was wandering buying at New York a big tele like a 400mm 2,8. The difference in price covered the plane ticket and three days at Waldorf Astoria -in special weekends offers that is when I use to stay in this old and nice hotel-. I think that right now there are not such a big difference. Otherwise in the last fifty years I have only one time lens problem -and I use a lot of lenses- when a 15mm 2.8 Canon fish eye -a truly nice lens- had the diaphragm blades stuck. No problem with Canon however the lens was not bought in Spain. This is the right policy IMHO. Regards Felix