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<blockquote data-quote="dukatum" data-source="post: 308977" data-attributes="member: 23829"><p>I'm sure the below might upset some purists and people who refuse to accept that they've overpaid and don't want to admit their purchase wasn't as good as it could have been. Controversy :excitement:</p><p> </p><p>My body and lenses are ALL grey market products.</p><p>Nikon have taken my body in twice, free, and fixed problems that are common faults on their end.</p><p></p><p>The way I look at it, is that <strong>(a)</strong> Worldwide warranty means nothing to me. That's what my insurance is for, especially as the chances are I'm more likely to do accidental damage than receive manufactures fault on my products, either way it's covered by insurance. <strong>(b)</strong> The fact that the price difference is basically because of Manufactures warranty I can not justify Nikon, or any other brand, for charging for a manufactures warranty. This give them one of two things (1) you never use it, they make pure profit (2) you do use it, they have covered their own costs by charging you for the manufactures warranty in the first place. So no punishment for them. </p><p>So I take the normal warranty offered by the seller (normally 12 months) and use personal cover/insurance on my photography gear which covers more than the manufactures warranty anyway so I am better off. <strong>(c)</strong> I generally think that if you have so much trust in your chosen product brand, it shouldn't matter where you sourced that product from. If you don't want to buy grey products because you don't trust them, then by definition you don't trust the manufacture at all since it's physically all the same and made in the same factories.</p><p></p><p>Lots of people use lots of pointless scare tactics. "<em>Oh you should never buy anything but a nikon brand lens for your nikon camera</em>" what utter BS, get with the modern times. "oh don't buy grey market because you don't get full warranty" so what? your gear should be insured anyway so why pay twice and get your self mugged off!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dukatum, post: 308977, member: 23829"] I'm sure the below might upset some purists and people who refuse to accept that they've overpaid and don't want to admit their purchase wasn't as good as it could have been. Controversy :excitement: My body and lenses are ALL grey market products. Nikon have taken my body in twice, free, and fixed problems that are common faults on their end. The way I look at it, is that [B](a)[/B] Worldwide warranty means nothing to me. That's what my insurance is for, especially as the chances are I'm more likely to do accidental damage than receive manufactures fault on my products, either way it's covered by insurance. [B](b)[/B] The fact that the price difference is basically because of Manufactures warranty I can not justify Nikon, or any other brand, for charging for a manufactures warranty. This give them one of two things (1) you never use it, they make pure profit (2) you do use it, they have covered their own costs by charging you for the manufactures warranty in the first place. So no punishment for them. So I take the normal warranty offered by the seller (normally 12 months) and use personal cover/insurance on my photography gear which covers more than the manufactures warranty anyway so I am better off. [B](c)[/B] I generally think that if you have so much trust in your chosen product brand, it shouldn't matter where you sourced that product from. If you don't want to buy grey products because you don't trust them, then by definition you don't trust the manufacture at all since it's physically all the same and made in the same factories. Lots of people use lots of pointless scare tactics. "[I]Oh you should never buy anything but a nikon brand lens for your nikon camera[/I]" what utter BS, get with the modern times. "oh don't buy grey market because you don't get full warranty" so what? your gear should be insured anyway so why pay twice and get your self mugged off! [/QUOTE]
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