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Def not a great deal but being refurbished doesn’t necessarily mean something was wrong with it. It could have been a return and sometimes overstock or closeout items are sold that way (not likely in the current stock shortage world we currently inhabit). But even if something was wrong by biying refurbished you’re getting a lens that has specifically been tested and fixed/aligned, etc. vs just rolling off the assembly line.
Also, many "refurbs" are actually items pulled for Quality Control testing, there isn't necessarily anything wrong at all with them... though there is no way of knowing the circumstances of any particular item you might purchase. But, yes, that isn't a great deal. Neither is the Nikon $100 discount on a refurb Z6ii, btw.
For 3% and 90 days, I'd pass, Best Buy gives you 10% and full warrantee for an open box item. I'd want 10/15% and a full 5 year warrantee.
I thought that Nikon USA dropped down to a one-year warranty on all of its new cameras and lenses.
They did, only one year on new lenses in the USA.
Shows how long its been since I check the warranty. Higher price and a lower warranty period, that really instills confidence.
Seems laughable to me. A decent price for a used/refurbished unit should be in the $7000-$8500 range. B&H has a couple for sale in this range, and you wouldn't have to pay tax.
You guys appear to be right. I knew they had discontinued the optional 5 year warranty but the five years used to be standard on the big primes and I assumed still was. But Nikon's warranty language now says "all cameras, lenses, and accessories" have a one year warranty in the USA. Still and all a three percent discount isn't enough to get my attention for a used high end item. When they have a ten percent discount sale? Well now with the warranty in mind it's at least in the ball park for consideration. For big primes that have been out for a while used prices historically run about 20-30 percent below new price. It boils down to a risk/reward decision.
Availability certainly factors into market price. At that level of discount I'd say you did good.My only refurbished purchase from Nikon was my 600 f/4E. It just happened to show up at the same time they had a 10% off sale. Since new ones were backordered with no estimate of when they might be available I bought it $9,962.96 (19%). It works as well as new from what I can tell since I never had a new one that is a bit subjective to say the least
I checked yesterday with B&H and their best guess is mid May at the earliest since my oder was 10-28 but 10:30 pm est. and they are still working on earlier in the day. The brick and mortar store I normally buy from got me a D850 months before B&H would have but I got my oder in with them when it was released while the Nikon rep was in the store this time I was days after the release and so way down the line. Both B&H and the brick and mortar said they are continuing to get a lot of NPS orders.
Don't get me wrong. I've bought refurbished lenses. But not for a 3 percent discount.
Yeah, for 3% you might as well buy it new TBH, at least I would rather the peace of mind of new for that small a savings.
The OP is in the USA and Nikon USA is the only service available for the newer exotics. I've called APS (Nkon authorized service center) and they say they can't service much of the current higher end gear and it has to be sent to Nikon.
There are authorized service centers here but Nikon has been lax in providing them with the equipment and training required to repair newer gear. When I needed to send my D5 in for repair out of warranty I called more than one "Authorized Service Center" from the Nikon USA website and all said the same thing, they couldn't work on it I had to send it to Nikon. Nikon USA has actually out-sourced most of the repairs to vendors they choose and it appears that part of the deal is that these places only work for Nikon USA and can't take in work directly from the public. Nikon Melville repairs now get sent to a location a town over. If you want to drop stuff in person, you have to drop it at Melville and they run it over to the repair center. Previous gear I sent to Melville came back from this other location and a different one in the Bronx. The Bronx outfit had a name I would not have associated with Nikon.
