Dude
As much as I agree that:
1. crying away with every little thing and making noise in public is not the most useful thing in the world,
2. no production line is perfect for every piece to work as it should (especially with global OEM stuff)
3. All brands suffer from different failures from time to time and thus the reason why service centers exist in the first place,
I think it is important that you leave some unhappy users express their unhappiness with Nikon rather than jump in defense of Nikon every single time. I like Nikon and I do use some of their stuff, but it is also good to know people's experiences so that:
1. Nikon feels the external pressure to improve
2. Others become cautious with certain equipment when buying or using.
I have no doubt, that if I was a pro, I would not be using a single camera, and if a camera failed I would have left it with Nikon to be fixed before touching it again, and I would have extended the warantee as much as I could as this would be my bread and butter stuff. But surely there is a place where people can describe their experiences without feeling that your quick intervention was necessary.
Humbly my opinion..
-- Marios
p.s. ksong, if they gave you a new set then you should be happy, they are not obligated and many other manufacturers may not have bothered.
What makes it that I am jumping to nikon defense, it is a clarification as to what it is his definition as "new".
Seriously what's your issue with me?
A simple statement like:
"How about how would you define "new?"
Is now take out of context?