Experiences Buying Nikon Refurbished Lenses?

[BackdoorArts]

I just got my refurb 24-120mm delivered last night and I was surprised to see that the normal 5 year warranty card was in the box with it. I would have thought that a refurb lens coming from Nikon would not have included this paperwork, but it was wrapped up just like every other brand new Nikon lens I've ever purchased. If you had handed me the box and asked me if it was new or not I wouldn't have been able to tell you it wasn't. There's nothing inside or outside that leads me to believe it was refurbished.

So, for anyone who has purchased refurbs before, is this what has happened in your experience? I'd be more than happy if the retailer shipped me a new lens instead, and I was able to register it with NikonUSA with no issues, though I suspect they don't do serial number checks. For some reason I thought refurbs were shipped in white boxes.

BTW, not to derail my own thread but NikonUSA has the worst login protocol on the planet - it knows who I am since I'm logged in already, but it still asks me for my email address when I go to register a product, and after I enter it I'm then asked to enter it again along with my password.

 

[nickt]

My 18-105 bought earlier this year from B&H came in a brown corrugated (shipping style) box with a Nikon refurbished sticker on it. The lens itself was in the usual plastic bag with a desiccant pack. That was then bubble wrapped to fill the cardboard box. I think it came only with an instruction sheet. Pretty sure it did not come with a 5 year warranty card, that would have rung a bell as notable. It sounds like you got a new lens.

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

The refurbs I got were all in NON retail boxes and no 5 year... I think they were marked refurb on the box..

Pat in NH+

 

[skene]

You probably lucked out and they plucked the wrong item... who knows. But if you do have a WC with it... then who knows.

 

[mikew_RIP]

My 55-300 was supposed to be a refurb but it was a grey import with the shops 12 month warranty, i thought it would be so no problem.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

I think my refurb was a demo in the store and did come with a 5 year warranty.

 

[mguffin]

I have bought 2 bodies and 3 lenses over the past few years refurbished from Nikon, B&H and Adorama, and they all came in refurbished packaging...