Nikon India — Authenticity of nikon service center pune

Address:	411032
Website:	www.nikon.co.in

I bought nikon d5100 four years back. Last month my sd card slot was not working, so i given it to authorized nikon service center in pune for repairing. On the same day, i got a call from the service center saying the sd card circuit was damaged and have to replace, which will cost around inr 8, 500.

I refused to replace the circuit and collected my camera. Fortunately, i got one friend who knows camera repairing, he inspected and found some dust got stuck in the sd card slot and cleaned it up. Now my camera is working fine without any issue and without any cost.

When i collected my camera, they charged me inr 230 for technical inspection fees. And the person (Anand soni) who spoke to me was not at all professional.

Now question is:
•is it really a authorized service center?
•if they not able to find the root cause of the problem, then why they have charged technical inspection fees.

Two months back, i had flash issue with my camera. Same i have given it repairing and charged me approx.Inr 3500 saying flash circuit was damaged. Now flash is not working properly at manual mode.

How can i trust the authenticity of the service you are providing?

And i will surely not recommend to the folks who come to me for suggestion.

Regards,
Rupesh pillay
Pune