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As a footnote the reason I asked abbout getting the old parts returned was purely to satisfy my own curiosity about what nikon were actually doing to my camera I have no idea what most of the parts in their estimate are for and how they would have any effect on the original shutter problem. They...

Thanks for the advice everyone, I am probably going to ditch the 300 and get a new 300s. the D700 isn't on sale at most places any more, the few places I've found still want nearly £1900 which is a tad more than I can manage.

I am a bit wary of the second hand market as I have heard that it is possible to reset the exif shutter actuations with a firmware upgrade, so I dont want to find myself back a square one with a similar problem. If I replace the camera body I have to bear in mind that I also own the MB-D10...

I have recently returned my D300 to Nikon service with shutter failure, a fairly common problem for a camera of this type with a high number of shutter actuations. Nikon have sent me a quote over £450 for this repair which includes a whole range of parts required on top of the actual shutter...