Does warranty on 2nd Hand DSLR matter?

[Haryshan Nagisvaran]

As per title, does it matter? If the camera is defected is the second owner permitted to send it for servicing?

 

[shierwin]

Just pay the service centre the charges, they will get it done

 

[Berkins]

If u have proof of purchase, generally doesn't matter if the 2nd owner

 

[Haryshan Nagisvaran]

If u have proof of purchase, generally doesn't matter if the 2nd owner

How to do check proof of purchase? DO I call nikon to authenticate serial no ? or do I check whether serial no tallies with body and receipt?

Sorry newbie here :/

 

[RefPhoto]

How to do check proof of purchase? DO I call nikon to authenticate serial no ? or do I check whether serial no tallies with body and receipt?

Sorry newbie here :/

If the previous owner provides the original receipt with the serial number of the camera, you will know whether warranty has expired or not.

nikon wont be able to tell you when is the purchase date. They only have the date that this particular camera is delivered to the shop

 

[catchlights]

usually they will ask the owner for the receipt, so if you have the receipt, and base on the purchase date is still within warranty period when the camera send in for repair, they will honour the warranty.
and camera store will write down the serial number of camera on the receipt.

if owner not able to provide receipt, they will take it as warranty period is over, service charge will apply. unless the model of this camera is extremely new, like release to the market for less than a year (provided it is a local set).

 

[Haryshan Nagisvaran]

If the previous owner provides the original receipt with the serial number of the camera, you will know whether warranty has expired or not.

nikon wont be able to tell you when is the purchase date. They only have the date that this particular camera is delivered to the shop

How will I know the warranty has expired? o.o

 

[catchlights]

How will I know the warranty has expired? o.o

you won't know if you don't have the receipt.

but the service centre able to find out when is this camera being delivered to the camera store, so they give and take a date for the camera being sold, somewhere before the next batch of same models of cameras delivered to the same store. Make sense?

If the previous owner provides the original receipt with the serial number of the camera, you will know whether warranty has expired or not.

nikon wont be able to tell you when is the purchase date. They only have the date that this particular camera is delivered to the shop

 

[rhino123]

Theoretically... warranty is non-transferable... in most electronic products.

http://www.nikon.com.sg/en_SG/service/warranty_policy

However, as a show of good faith, the service center might honor the warranty (if it was not expired) if you can produce proof (receipt) of the purchase... also the second hand set must be a Local set (which mean the product is bought from an authorized local company in Singapore by the original owner). Do note that there are grey sets floating around in Singapore too, these sets normally do not have any warranty (or at the most, they have shop warranty) and so even if you bring the set down to service center and show receipt of the set, they will still not honor the warranty.

That is also why, we always ask people to check, double check, triple check, in detail of second hand product you wanted to buy to save yourself the hassle of getting a damaged product, and wondering if you can get it serviced in the service center for free...

 

[donut88]

As per title, does it matter? If the camera is defected is the second owner permitted to send it for servicing?

Best way is to get the original receipt from the seller.

If no receipt, just take it as no warranty and the risk is on you.

Don't believe whatever the seller tells you.

However there r some products that has online warranty that don't need proof of original receipt. So it really depends on what brand product u r buying.

 

[Berkins]

How to do check proof of purchase? DO I call nikon to authenticate serial no ? or do I check whether serial no tallies with body and receipt? Sorry newbie here :/

ask the seller for the original or a copy. I don't recall Nikon having any sort of warranty registration requirement so I doubt u can call Nikon to verify anything. Not all receipts have serial numbers but the serial number on the Nikon warranty card should match what's on the camera body.

Honestly if it's your 1st time? Just save a bit more and buy new. Buying used involves risk which I'm not sure if you're ready yet.

 

[DSolZ]

Or get someone u trust to check the second hand set for u. Do note that sometime second hand sets might be priced too high .. So you need to do some homework to make sure you are buying at a fair price.
My first camera system I bought it new.