USA-warranty lens in plain gray and black box?

[jason.stewart]

<p>This is another "USA vs. gray market" question. I apologize if this has

been covered before, but I searched these forums and the Internet in general

and did not find any discussion that was directly on point.</p>

 

<p>I am used to USA-warranty Nikkor lenses coming in a gold and black box with

an image of several Nikkor lens fronts. I recently received a supposedly new,

USA-warranty 12-24mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S DX in a plain gray and black box. The

price was about $40 to $50 cheaper than the B&H's, Adoramas, and Amazons of

the world.</p>

 

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width="480" border="0" alt="nikkor lens boxes" title="nikkor lens

boxes"></center>

 

<p>So my question is, can I trust that this is in fact a USA-warranty item?

Has anyone else bought a USA part in a plain gray box? Maybe this box style

isn't that unusual, but the box coupled with the almost-too-good-to-be-true

price has me suspicious.</p>

[SCL]

Do you have an original receipt or warranty card?

[john schroeder]

Every 12-24mm lens that my store has recieved has been packaged in a silver and black box. If the lens came with the Nikon USA warranty card with matching SN then it has a 5 year warranty.

[Jerry_]

You may also e-mail Nikon USA

 

 

 

 

www.nikonusa.com

 

 

 

 

with the serial number. In a day or so, the folks at Nikon USA should send you a answer.

[Gary Naka]

my 18-70 has the letters US in the beginning of the serial number.

My guess is that is the indicator of a US lens, so check that first.

[User_276104]

My 12-24 came in a gray/black box and it's a USA lens. You shouldn't have anything to worry about.

[ebogaerts]

"You may also e-mail Nikon USA

 

www.nikonusa.com

 

with the serial number. In a day or so, the folks at Nikon USA should send you a answer"

 

I was under the impression from word of mouth on the web and my own experience that Nikon USA did not divulge USA/Grey status on any product over the phone or by email.

[constance_cook]

Not all USA lenses have the US in front of the serial numbers, not even the new ones.

 

Nikon is shipping USA lenses in the box you photographed.

 

Ask your seller for his card that came with the lens.

 

Conni

[jason.stewart]

Thanks for the responses, everybody.

 

The box did contain a warranty card with matching SN, and the serial number stamped on the lens itself does begin with "US". So, everything checks out, other than I hadn't used this seller before, hadn't seen this box style before, and had read various comments in the past along the lines of "gray market comes in plain boxes". All this conspired to make me a little paranoid, perhaps overly so.

 

Anyway, thanks again.

[ShunCheung]

I bought my 12-24mm/f4 AF-S DX from K&S, which does not sell new gray-market Nikon equipment. Mine came in the same type of silver and black box as shown in your image. On one side of the box, there is a Nikon USA 5-year extended warranty logo printed on it.