jdm Loc: Cape Cod

Hi all. I had been planning to purchase a Nikon D750 to add to my kit. Adorama has been offering a Nikon $300 instant rebate, pricing the camera at roughly $1,996, down from roughly $2,300. A couple of days ago, I read on Nikon Rumors that the recent rebates are about to be rescinded from Nikon as a result of the financial strains brought about by the recent earthquake affecting some of their production plants in Japan.

So, I ordered the camera from Adorama and opted for the package with the free battery grip (MB-D16) which Nikon Rumors also said was going to be discontinued sooner (May 14th) than originally announced (end of May.) All good.

Big box came today, and I went on Nikon's site to register my warranty information. The camera had a full US warranty, no issues there. When I went to enter the grip info, I found a slip in the box saying Nikon Europe Service Warranty (with no serial number.)This would appear to me to be grey market. It was free, so don't look a gift horse in the mouth, right? But then I got to thinking. What if the grip caused a malfunction in the camera body. Would the camera body be covered for repairs in that instance?

I fully intend to call Nikon tomorrow during business hours but I wanted to see if the awesome hogs had any experience here. Thank you for your thoughtful responses.

Regards,

Jennifer

OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey

Good Point, being you will (I think) be registering the camera at http://www.nikonusa.com/register/ Try registering the Battery grip using the serial #, I believe if it's Grey Market it won't except the # or tell you it's invalid. I Could be wrong though. BTW...finding the grip on the site isn't the easiest. I forget what category they have them listed under... I have 3 grips for different camera bodies and it wasn't striaght forward...

jdm Loc: Cape Cod

Thanks OnDSnap. Yes, thanks for the link ... I did register the camera yesterday. Strange thing is that there is NO number on the warranty slip for the gro[, with the serial number box just blank. I did check the grip itself and there is a 7-digit number on the inner surface. I'll try that. Thanks again for your help!

OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey

[quote=jdm]Thanks OnDSnap. Yes, thanks for the link ... I did register the camera yesterday. Strange thing is that there is NO number on the warranty slip for the gro[, with the serial number box just blank. I did check the grip itself and there is a 7-digit number on the inner surface. I'll try that. Thanks again for your help![/quote]

Yes my grip (Nikon MB-D16 USA warranty) for D750 is a 7 digit serial # and it's on a label attached to the grips surface that would face the underside of the camera.

jdm Loc: Cape Cod

Thank you very much. I will give that a try!