tony cooper wrote:

Sending a camera away to Nikon USA can take weeks; months, even. If I
was traveling - in the US or out of the US - and something went wrong
with my camera, I'd find local service regardless of what warranty was
offered on my camera or who would perform it.

I took my gray market film Canon SLR to a local repair place that is an
authorized repair facility for both Canon and Nikon. They didn't charge
me for the warranty repair, they simply entered the EOS-5 as an A2E
(it's essentially the same camera). However I doubt if they are equipped
to repair digital SLRs beyond stuff like shutter repair or sensor
cleaning. My local full-service camera store does sensor cleaning.

I have no idea what your point is unless you just want to be on record
as complaining about something. We all (everyone that has commented
and that I have read) agree that Nikon USA's policies are
unnecessarily onerous.

Onerous for the consumer to be sure. I'm sure Nikon USA is quite pleased
with themselves for believing that they've helped ensure that more
people purchase their products.

Without having any idea at all how Nikon UK
works, I'm quite willing to believe that they are warm, wonderful,
helpful, people and offer service and support far superior to Nikon
USA. Your beer is better than ours, and your countrymen don't have
nearly as bad teeth as they are portrayed as having.

The fish and chips are better in the UK too.