Parts hold -customer hostile, yes, but is it real? Is it worldwide?

I got my D800 back today.  Nikon booked it on Dec 11.

No complaints about the cost - $224 for many new parts (Impact damage hurt top lcd in Aug, slight moisture with R Strap killed it in Dec).   A bargain in fact, and I am grateful for that.

However, the held my camera for 7 weeks.   That's 5-6% of the useful life of my camera.

In those 7 weeks, my intuitive sense of the camera has been to some extent lost.

I've also lost 7 weeks of continued adjustment.  So this is somewhat like a new camera in terms of my adapting to it.   That is not a trivial loss.

In light of everything we have observed about how Nikon treats us, I'm beginning to wonder if "parts hold" is not just an excuse Nikon Melville uses to control its work flow.

In the long time I was waiting for this, I began thinking about how I, as a mere retail customer, can order things from France, England, German and Japan and get them 1-3 days later for modest shipping costs.

Yet Nikon USA is more than just a retail customer for Nikon of Japan.   Why do parts regularly, not exceptionally, take 30 days or more to come?    We're not talking bathtubs here, but small electronic parts of relatively high value.

It's perfectly possible that the customer hostile action is just misguidedly tight inventory control by Nikon, Japan.   It's possible that they are holding all the small parts to send them cheaper by container at irregular intervals (though that is doubtful.)   But why does it not seem implausible that Nikon USA is just lying to its customers for its convenience?

So, an interesting question is do Nikonians outside of North America have the same "parts hold" experience, that can last for weeks or months?  Or is this just Nikon USA being parsimonious with the truth?

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