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p.1 #1 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

Can someone share some experience? thanks.

Nov 14, 2009 at 10:59 PM

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p.1 #2 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

From a reputed dealer yes.

I have bought 2 refurb D700's in the past. First one came from JR and had 1 actuation on it.. Not even the minutest of marks/scuffs or anything on the LCD cover.

Second one came with just over 800 actuations. Not quite as pristine as the first, but in perfect working condition otherwise

Nov 14, 2009 at 11:02 PM

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p.1 #3 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

I guess it depends on whom you buy it from. If it's a reputable dealer and it's a Nikon factory refurb, then I don't see a problem. I've bought cameras like that in the past and never had a problem. I wouldn't buy from a private person who had one refurbed by their local camera store though, no matter how good they say they are.

Nov 14, 2009 at 11:02 PM

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p.1 #4 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

I plan to buy it from adoramacamera at ebay. It claims the camera is refurbished by nikon. I couldn't find detailed warranty information yet.

Nov 14, 2009 at 11:06 PM

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p.1 #5 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

I've now bought two refurb cameras, including a D300 for $1040. I've come to think this might be the smartest way to buy models that are still in production. Both came from Cameta Camera on eBay auctions. I've bought lenses from them also, at substantial savings.

Kent in SD

Nov 14, 2009 at 11:06 PM

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p.1 #6 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

I've purchased three Nikon refurb bodies and two refurb lenses. All were looked and operated as new. If it weren't for coming in silver boxes, they couldn't be told from new.

Nov 14, 2009 at 11:26 PM

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p.1 #7 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

swnow wrote:
I plan to buy it from adoramacamera at ebay. It claims the camera is refurbished by nikon. I couldn't find detailed warranty information yet.
You'll get 90 days warranty, from the vendor.

Nov 14, 2009 at 11:31 PM

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p.1 #8 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

Can I buy Mack to extend it ? Thanks.

trenchmonkey wrote:
swnow wrote:
I plan to buy it from adoramacamera at ebay. It claims the camera is refurbished by nikon. I couldn't find detailed warranty information yet.
You'll get 90 days warranty, from the vendor.

Nov 14, 2009 at 11:34 PM

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p.1 #9 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

Adorama says warranty is Nikon warranty...

trenchmonkey wrote:
swnow wrote:
I plan to buy it from adoramacamera at ebay. It claims the camera is refurbished by nikon. I couldn't find detailed warranty information yet.
You'll get 90 days warranty, from the vendor.

Nov 14, 2009 at 11:35 PM

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p.1 #10 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

Yes you can buy a Mack to extend the warranty anytime before the expiration of the initial 90 warranty. This batch of Adorama refurbs does indeed indicate that the warranty is direct for Nikon, shown both on ebay and their web site.. There have also been batches sold by B&H and Adorama where they supplied the warranty.

Dave

Nov 14, 2009 at 11:47 PM

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p.1 #11 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

Thanks so much !

davenfl wrote:
Yes you can buy a Mack to extend the warranty anytime before the expiration of the initial 90 warranty. This batch of Adorama refurbs does indeed indicate that the warranty is direct for Nikon, shown both on ebay and their web site.. There have also been batches sold by B&H and Adorama where they supplied the warranty.

Dave

Nov 14, 2009 at 11:51 PM

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p.1 #12 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

swnow wrote:
Adorama says warranty is Nikon warranty...

Nikon demo items usually come with a 1 year and refergs ... I don't there. At least 90 days from the vendor and maybe 1 year from Nikon. I would call or e-mail the vendor with the question.

Nov 15, 2009 at 12:55 AM

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p.1 #13 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

I used to be scared when Digital first came out--but think it's really smart now....I have only bought used with my View camera's & now do the same with digital....

Nov 15, 2009 at 01:55 AM

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p.1 #14 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

Nikon demo items usually come with a 1 year and refergs ... I don't there. At least 90 days from the vendor and maybe 1 year from Nikon. I would call or e-mail the vendor with the question.

Other way around actually. 90 days from Nikon, and often (but not always) the balance of a 1 year warranty will be backed by the vendor.

Nov 15, 2009 at 02:37 AM

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p.1 #15 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

mikerfns wrote:

Nikon demo items usually come with a 1 year and refergs ... I don't there. At least 90 days from the vendor and maybe 1 year from Nikon. I would call or e-mail the vendor with the question.

Other way around actually. 90 days from Nikon, and often (but not always) the balance of a 1 year warranty will be backed by the vendor.

Oh, thank you for clearing up my confusion.

Nov 15, 2009 at 03:32 AM

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p.1 #16 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

I used to work for Hewlett Packard, while I was there I ended up getting to learn a lot about how the refurb process works. In many cases a refurb is a product that didn't meet initial QA off the assembly line. The other is when a product gets released with defects and is immediately returned. When this happens they go and put it into a hand processing queue where a person goes, identifies all the problems and fixes all the problems by hand. This is why all the refurb cameras generally have between 1 and 1000 shots on them. I would say that depending on the original problem there could be up to 300 shots fired in QA.

This hand processing queue doesn't accept products that are used and or abused. Those get tossed in the recycle bin.

Because of this I would purchase a refurb product from a reputable dealer any day of the week. In fact I have purchased several and been satisfied with all of them.

Nov 15, 2009 at 04:53 AM

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p.1 #17 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

had purchased 2 D300 and 1 D700 refurbished from NY dealer - no issues at all.

Nov 16, 2009 at 12:24 AM

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p.1 #18 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

My D700 is a refurb from Adorama. I got an extended Mack warranty for it, too. THe camera works perfectly. Sadly, I don't.

Nov 16, 2009 at 01:47 AM

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p.1 #19 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

I too am in the same situation; want to move from the D300 to D700 for the low light / high ISO capabilities. I used a friends this weekend to shoot a fight at the House of Blues in Las Vegas and fell in love. The toy-like D300 has got to go ....

At ISO 2500, the images were crisp, clear, and popped.

A tip for those thinking about the purchase. Microsoft "Bing" is offering cash back on qaulifying purchases. If you go through Bing to your seller, you'll get 8% back on the purchase. For example, Adorama has the D700 listed on ebay for $2169, going through Bing, the cash back is $173. If you signed up for "ebay bucks" on your acount, you'll also get about $80 in ebay credit to be used later. Considering all of the discounts applied, we're talking less than $2K.

Nov 18, 2009 at 02:37 PM

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p.1 #20 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

I bought a D90 refurbished from Adorama. Came with everything except the LCD cover. Camera was execellent.

Nov 18, 2009 at 04:30 PM

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p.1 #21 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

I will say that even though I highly recommend purchasing a refurb I also suggest spending the time to check it out thoroughly. I purchased a D700 refurb from Adorama and everything was perfect except it had one hot pixel in the upper right corner. Only way I could get it to show up with shooting high ISO at a white wall with a low shutter speed. It took some pixel peeping to even identify it. However, Adorama was great and I exchanged the camera.

Nov 18, 2009 at 04:38 PM

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p.1 #22 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

I saw this same deal. Wondering if its worth the jump. Would need to sell my D300s but the difference is only a couple of hundred dollars

Chris

Nov 18, 2009 at 10:14 PM

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p.1 #23 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

If you buy a refurb D700 you will not go to heaven, you will not pass go, you will not collect 200..

Nov 18, 2009 at 10:27 PM

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p.1 #24 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

I didn't bother to look at any profiles for glass .. but I'm sure you all know that the FX glass isn't cheap .. so if you don't already have something that works well with the D700 .. all those bucks on BING and BLING will go on more photo equipment .....

and I don't think it's a jump .... a jump is a D70 to a D300 ......... your changing formats from a DX to a FX ......

I've bought refurgs from Cameta .. they are wonderful folks to deal with .. I had an issue .. they sent the camera straight to NIKON for repair and NIKON returned it to me in a short amount of time ... ( one shot would drain battery on a D70 back in the day ).

refurbs .... every thing is refurbed these days .. warranteed and guaranteed .. it's the way to go if the difference is significant.

Nov 18, 2009 at 10:42 PM

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p.1 #25 · Is it okay to buy a refurbished D700?

I have bought a refub d3 from my local camera store along with a 3 year total coverage warranty expect theft and been happy ever since..You couldn't tell the difference from a new one this..But it is a refurb from nikon..I would go for it to me it is better then new because it was sent back to nikon and set to factory specs..Mine only had 150 on the shutter...

Nov 18, 2009 at 11:41 PM


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