kb6kgx wrote:
Not all “refurbished” cameras or lenses are FACTORY refurbished, which means by the manufacturer. It could be refurbished by the seller which may just mean, wiped down, cleaned up, looks good enough, let’s sell it.
I would buy ONLY refurbished if the description stated “by Nikon/Canon/etc.".
Funny you mentioned this because a while back I asked Jeff Mitchel, the Nikon Rep for Northern California about buying refurbish cameras from Adorama & B & H. Jeff told me when Nikon factory refurbish a bunch of cameras they offer to sell them to wholesaler. Jeff said Adorama & B&H is not equipped to work on Nikon cameras, they only sell them.