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Jul 8, 2022 20:16:29   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
BebuLamar wrote:
You don't seem to understand that selling the customer a camera that doesn't work you lose money. And of course the number of brand new with broken shutter must be very small if you want to stay in business. Fix and refurbished it you lose less money.


How about some Florida real estate? I have some properties that will seem unbelievable optimistic to most, but your discerning eye will see the real value of the offer. Send me your schedule for discussion.

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Jul 8, 2022 20:20:04   #
BebuLamar
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
How about some Florida real estate? I have some properties that will seem unbelievable optimistic to most, but your discerning eye will see the real value of the offer. Send me your schedule for discussion.


I meet you in florida tonight at 12:00AM. I fly there

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Jul 9, 2022 06:33:39   #
billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
 
DHudson2002 wrote:
I just purchased a Nikon D500 from Nikon as a refurbished. I have made other purchases from the refurb bin and have been very happy.

I am happy this time as well, though I did not get a manual; yes I can download the PDF. The camera looks perfect in every regard.

I have only taken a few sample photos and when I checked, there were shutter clicks 001, 002, 003. etc.

I wouldn't be particularly upset if Nikon reset the shutter counter; the camera is new to me. Decades ago, before this was made illegal, some used car dealers did this with odometers with that as the argument.

But I think it is possible that there really weren't any shutter clicks. Earlier discussions of the origins of the refurbished stock suggests that this might be the case.

Does anyone have any insight one way or the other on this? Just curious.

I am upgrading from a D7100, which I have really liked, and I must say that the D500 is feature rich! I noted an option for it to remind me of my wife's birthday, for example.
I just purchased a Nikon D500 from Nikon as a refu... (show quote)


All new camera's suffer the same fate from some customers. Camera's are returned for many different reasons. Many return them because the get buyer's remorse. Customers were not sure about the purchase before the sale but were talked into it by a good salesman. After buying it, the customer now has time to think about their purchase. They now decide they really do not want it and return it.
Many stores automatically return these camera's to the manufacture because it is treated as a RETURN and not a USED camera. So, you will find many UNUSED camera's on the refurbished market.
Enjoy you NEW, refurbished Nikon D500.

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Jul 9, 2022 07:51:43   #
Lagoonguy Loc: New Smyrna Beach, FL
 
I had two Nikon D750 cameras factory recalled for shutter replacement, one new and one refurbished, and neither camera had the the shutter count changed from what they were when I sent them to Nikon. Interestingly the Nikon Refurbished camera was sold to me with 2100 clicks on it. That surprised me but I never had issues with the camera. Neither camera exhibited any shutter issues before I returned them for replacement.

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Jul 9, 2022 07:53:10   #
Warhorse Loc: SE Michigan
 
I purchased a refurbished Nikon D500 from Nikon. When the camera was delivered to me it had well north of ~320K shutter clicks! The camera looked brand new, when I called Nikon about it, they asked if it worked, and if I was aware that it was not a brand new camera. I had to admit that it worked just fine, they had no information about what, if anything was repaired or replaced on it, only that it passed testing before being shipped. It has performed perfectly for me for me in the approximately 1 1/2 years that I have owned it.

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Jul 9, 2022 08:47:44   #
tdozier3 Loc: Northern Illinois
 
DHudson2002 wrote:
I just purchased a Nikon D500 from Nikon as a refurbished. I have made other purchases from the refurb bin and have been very happy.

I am happy this time as well, though I did not get a manual; yes I can download the PDF. The camera looks perfect in every regard.

I have only taken a few sample photos and when I checked, there were shutter clicks 001, 002, 003. etc.

I wouldn't be particularly upset if Nikon reset the shutter counter; the camera is new to me. Decades ago, before this was made illegal, some used car dealers did this with odometers with that as the argument.

But I think it is possible that there really weren't any shutter clicks. Earlier discussions of the origins of the refurbished stock suggests that this might be the case.

Does anyone have any insight one way or the other on this? Just curious.

I am upgrading from a D7100, which I have really liked, and I must say that the D500 is feature rich! I noted an option for it to remind me of my wife's birthday, for example.
I just purchased a Nikon D500 from Nikon as a refu... (show quote)
Congratulations, it's a fantastic camera. I manged to aquire a brand new one in February.

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Jul 9, 2022 08:58:48   #
BebuLamar
 
Warhorse wrote:
I purchased a refurbished Nikon D500 from Nikon. When the camera was delivered to me it had well north of ~320K shutter clicks! The camera looked brand new, when I called Nikon about it, they asked if it worked, and if I was aware that it was not a brand new camera. I had to admit that it worked just fine, they had no information about what, if anything was repaired or replaced on it, only that it passed testing before being shipped. It has performed perfectly for me for me in the approximately 1 1/2 years that I have owned it.
I purchased a refurbished Nikon D500 from Nikon. W... (show quote)


I guess you got one of the those loaners that Nikon lend to reviewers.

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Jul 9, 2022 09:07:22   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
Warhorse wrote:
I purchased a refurbished Nikon D500 from Nikon. When the camera was delivered to me it had well north of ~320K shutter clicks! The camera looked brand new, when I called Nikon about it, they asked if it worked, and if I was aware that it was not a brand new camera. I had to admit that it worked just fine, they had no information about what, if anything was repaired or replaced on it, only that it passed testing before being shipped. It has performed perfectly for me for me in the approximately 1 1/2 years that I have owned it.
I purchased a refurbished Nikon D500 from Nikon. W... (show quote)


North of 320,000?? Reads / sounds like a typo ...

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Jul 9, 2022 09:45:07   #
BebuLamar
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
North of 320,000?? Reads / sounds like a typo ...


Where were you in FL? I was in St Pertersburg from 12:00AM to about 6:00AM this morning. Just got back from FL.

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Jul 9, 2022 10:08:47   #
mikeroetex Loc: Lafayette, LA
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
North of 320,000?? Reads / sounds like a typo ...

S-h-h-h-h, don't spoil the story!

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Jul 9, 2022 10:16:36   #
guardineer
 
I sent my D5500 to Nikon for repair in 2019. They replaced several items; main PCB, grip unit and bayonet mount. Upon return, shutter count was 1. Later conversation with Nikon revealed that PCB replacement removes shutter count data, hence, 0 on meter. They charged $198.45. Perhaps your refurbished D500 had similar repair.

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Jul 9, 2022 10:18:37   #
Warhorse Loc: SE Michigan
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
North of 320,000?? Reads / sounds like a typo ...

No typo, true story. The camera looks and runs perfectly.

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Jul 9, 2022 10:21:50   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
Warhorse wrote:
No typo, true story. The camera looks and runs perfectly.

The D500 is rated to 200,000. Care to coordinate with BebuLamar to discuss these opportunities I have in FLA real estate?

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Jul 9, 2022 10:31:12   #
TucsonDave Loc: Tucson, Arizona
 
DHudson2002 wrote:
I just purchased a Nikon D500 from Nikon as a refurbished. I have made other purchases from the refurb bin and have been very happy.

I am happy this time as well, though I did not get a manual; yes I can download the PDF. The camera looks perfect in every regard.

I have only taken a few sample photos and when I checked, there were shutter clicks 001, 002, 003. etc.

I wouldn't be particularly upset if Nikon reset the shutter counter; the camera is new to me. Decades ago, before this was made illegal, some used car dealers did this with odometers with that as the argument.

But I think it is possible that there really weren't any shutter clicks. Earlier discussions of the origins of the refurbished stock suggests that this might be the case.

Does anyone have any insight one way or the other on this? Just curious.

I am upgrading from a D7100, which I have really liked, and I must say that the D500 is feature rich! I noted an option for it to remind me of my wife's birthday, for example.
I just purchased a Nikon D500 from Nikon as a refu... (show quote)


So, the 001, 002, etc. were just frame counts for the photos and NOT shutter clicks. You can download, for free, an entitled "Camera Shutter Count" Take a JPEG photograph with your camera. Load it into your computer, open the app, guide it to your photo and it will it will tell you in a minute or so the number of clicks the camera has experienced in its life timel

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Jul 9, 2022 10:42:01   #
coolhanduke Loc: Redondo Beach, CA
 
Very interesting if clicks is really 0.
Being “refurbished” surely indicates the camera was returned for some reason.
If it was the shutter and replaced, Nikon can do it for probably Pennie’s on the dollar. And if it was replaced, why would they not test it notching at least a few shutter counts on it?

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