Refurbished/renewed?

dachshund

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What experience does anyone have with buying a refurbished camera from Nikon? Also, I see "renewed" cameras on Amazon from various sources, I suppose the quality of the refit job would be contingent on who did it. How to judge?
 

Needa

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My Nikon refurbished camera was purchased from Adoroma. I have had it now for over 5 years. I would purchase a Nikon refurbished camera again. Just purchase it from a reputable source with a good return policy and do a complete check out when you first get it.
 

Fred Kingston

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What experience does anyone have with buying a refurbished camera from Nikon? Also, I see "renewed" cameras on Amazon from various sources, I suppose the quality of the refit job would be contingent on who did it. How to judge?

Send the seller an email and ask... if they're not clearly stated as Nikon Refurb... Some Nikon Dealers extend the Nikon 90 day Refurb Warranty with their own in-house warranty up to a year... Roberts Camera in Indianapolis does that... Other old line Nikon dealers do the same...
 

TwistedThrottle

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Amazon renewed and Amazon refurbished is not the same as Nikon refurbished. You must buy the camera from an authorized Nikon dealer in order for it to be "Nikon Refurbished". I bought my Nikon D7500 refurbished through Adorama, who is an authorized Nikon dealer. No issues.
 

hark

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I purchased my D7100 refurbished directly thru Nikon. It only had 39 actuations on it. Gotta say it is the sharpest Nikon DSLR body I've used without doing any AF tuning. No issues ever with it.

Ask to see a pic of the box. Refurbished Nikon DSLR's come in a white box. Plus a genuine refurbished lens or body has a little indented dot on each side of the serial number.

I never heard of a renewed Nikon and certainly wouldn't trust its quality.
 
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Danno

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I bought my D7200 refurbished directly through Nikon. Never had an ounce of trouble. I think it is a good source of equipment.
 

bluzman

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I bought my now-sold D5600 kit from Amazon as a "Renewed" item. I also bought a D750 kit from Amazon as a "Renewed" item. My D7500 body was purchased from B&H as a "Refurb" item. The shutter count on the D5600 was 108, 4 on the D750, and 150 on the D7500. In each case, the cameras looked like new and operated flawlessly.
 

Whiskeyman

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I would refrain from purchasing a "renewed" camera, and would advise all others to do the same.

When it comes to "refurbished' items, I'll say to only look at an item refurbished by the manufacturer. But before you buy, look at your savings by buying refurbished over new. Some times it is a very small savings, and some times, it isn't a deal at all. For instance, right now, at this very instant, you can purchase a brand new Nikon D850 from an authorised US dealer for about $2499. And right now, at this very instant, the price of a refurbished Nikon D850 on NikonUSA.com is about $2799. Why pay $300 more for a refurbished camera over a new one? The dealer with the new product for $2499 is selling refurbished models for $2399. To me, this is not enough savings to make the case for purchasing the refurbished model over the new one.

My experience with purchasing Nikon refurbished products isn't as good as others' on this site. I will refrain from the refurbished market in the future.

WM
 
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Gobae

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Personally I never trust Amazon for cameras, batteries, and SD/memory cards. They've had many problems with counterfeit/grey market versions of these products.

That said, I DO buy much of my camera equipment used/refurbished through B&H and have always been very happy. Both my D90 and my D850 bodies were "used" from B&H. The D90 had around 300 actuations and the D850 had only 6! BTW my "new" D7200 from BestBuy had 8 actuations, so I guess going by that my used D850 was actually newer :)
 
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