Planning to buy Nikon D7100. Help

[Tailgunner]

are refurbished products reliable? What are the drawbacks of referbed products?

There are two companies i love buying refurbished from.... Apple and Nikon. As long as you buy a 'Nikon Refurbished' lens you shouldn't have a problem. A few weeks ago Nikon was selling Refurbished 70-300VR's for $270 (and D800's for $2160US).

There are a few places (mostly on Ebay) that sell 'refurbished' lenses but the work isn't done by nikon. As long as you buy from Nikon, B&H, Adorama or Cameta in the US you know its a 'Nikon Refurb'. For example... Cameta right now as the 70-300VR for $349 and it comes with a 1 year warranty (not sure how you'd handle the warranty in India.. you may have to send it back to whomever buys it for you in the US and have them send it to Cameta).

Where are you located in India?

I live in Bangalore, Karnataka. I had bought my D40x and lens kit from USA aswell. When my D40x went bad, i gave to the the nikon service center and they fixed it but i had to pay cash as my warranty period had gotten over. I may stick to new.

Does Nikon offer an extended warranty?

Anyhow, this has been said a number of times refurbished glass is individually inspected vs new glass and refurbished glass can be something as new as a display model or opened box item that was returned.