Nikon Warranty cards on digital cameras

[ccfutbol]

Hi. I just purchased a D80 with flash from B&H. The invoice does not specify

USA on the Camera, but it does specify USA on the flash. The flash has the

card I'm used to, the white one with a yellow copy. That kind of warranty card

didn't come with the D80, instead I found a white paper entitled Nikon Digital

Imaging Limited Warranty, which I mistook for a simple description of the

warranty. This paper doesn't even note the product (D80). Used to be, ... if

you didn't have that white and yellow paper, Nikon USA would not touch you

stuff. The paper they now provide basically tells you that you have a limited

one year warranty and you have to present a copy of the sales receipt along

with the paper, which they call a "warranty form."

 

I panicked when I couldn't find my white and yellow D80 USA warranty. Below is

my note to B&H and their response:

 

My order arrived today with all the items I ordered. One big problem, though.

There is no warranty card for the D80 included and I asked for and paid for a

USA body. The SB-600 warranty card was included! I see that the order form does

not say USA, but I never asked for a grey market item. I've ordered Nikon

cameras from you before and never asked for anything less than USA. CC Davis

 

B&H answer:

 

"Please be advised Nikon digital does not come with a warranty card. The

invoice is the proof of purchase. "

 

I thought I'd post this in case someone else gets alarmed as I did. CC

[Jerry_]

If you go to

 

 

 

 

www.nikonusa.com

 

 

 

and register your D80 body online, you will sleep better tonight.

Nikon has a quick method of registering your camera or lens now: the form (maybe) should have been in the box. Nikon USA knows which serial numbers were distributed through their operation, and the ones that don't match up are grey market.

[ShunCheung]

All Nikon USA digital SLRs do not come with their traditional carbon-copied warranty card. I had the same question when I got my 2nd DSLR two years ago (also purchased from B&H). I called Nikon USA's hotline (800-nikon-UX for digital products) and got that answer.

 

And B&H does not sell gray-market DSLRs.

[kfoster70]

Not 100% sure, but Ive read that Nikon uses a 3 at the begining the serial number for USA models. I have a D70 and a D200 both bought in PA and both have serial numbers that start with a 3.

[ShunCheung]

The serial number for my D200 starts with a 3, but for my two other Nikon DSLRs, they start with something else. All 3 were purchased from B&H.

[jay_poel]

When I purchased my D80 last month, it had the carbon copy version in the box (same with the lenses and flash) but the store didn't fill them out and it appears that they should. I just went to the Nikon site to register.

 

P.S. In Canada, the warranty is 2 years by Nikon. :)