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 A couple of days ago, I read on Nikon Rumors that the recent rebates are about to be rescinded from Nikon as a result of the financial strains brought about by the recent earthquake affecting some of their production plants in Japan.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
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
OnDSnap wrote:
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...
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=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
OnDSnap wrote:
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.
Thank you very much. I will give that a try!
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