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elkhornsun wrote:
If a product does not pass QC on the production line and then gets the issue corrected it is not a "refurbished" camera. I don't know where people get that silly notion. It is a camera that has been returned to the manufacturer and then repaired and brought back to factory specifications.
Years ago in the 1990's the computer and printer manufacturers used to get a lot of returns where people got frustrated trying to get them to work but there was nothing wrong with them. The manufacturers would re-kit them and then sell them as new. The state and feds put a stop to this and consumers had to be notified that they were refurbished.
I doubt that simple returns of cameras are that significant in number. There are far more situations in the past years, as with the problems with the first Nikon D600 cameras, which were returned to Nikon. Nikon's people repaired the shutter and then these were sold as refurbished cameras.
Why would the warranty on a "new" camera be 365 days and those for a "refurbished" camera be 90 days if they were both coming straight out of the factory? This is truly magical thinking....Show more →
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Agreed. Things fixed in the factor before it ever leaves is not a refurb, but a new product.
On the other hand, if they factor sees a QC issue that is cosmetic and does not feel it would impact performance and the cost of correcting the defect is not worth it, they may decide to sell it as a refurb in the same way that other manufacturers use outlet stores for seconds. It would not surprise me if Nikon did this.
As for my own personal experience with Nikon refurbs, my 300 f/2.8 VR was a refurb and it easily could have passed for new. The only thing missing was the 5 year warranty card.
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