The risk Nikon is facing, and product liability goes far beyond warranties and cover far larger periods, is that theoretically the importer of records takes all

The risk Nikon is facing, and product liability goes far beyond warranties and cover far larger periods, is that theoretically the importer of records takes all product liability risks. Now that lens is a private import from the US, and it is a genuine Nikon product. So, in a sense, that particular lense might cause a liability against Nikon EU, who has no insurance for that case. So yes, there is a risk. Now, in that case, Nikon EU was not at all involved. It was Nikon US, and we do not know why. Because Nikon is allowing export of used gear from Japan to the US and EU all the time. So, my theory, is that said auction was caught by some algorithm Nikon US (most likely some service provider) was using and flagged to eBay US. As a result, eBay prevented something very specific, the use of eBays program for international shipping. Note, eBay did not block the auction for US customers, nor did they mention, if I read the screenshot correctly, the export by the seller himself. eBay US just said we don't do that for you in that case. This is far from screwing consumers or impeding property or repair rights. Heck, we don't even know why the auction was flagged!