I can understand selling without the lens...but without the battery? It has to be a ploy.
A Nikon camera being sold without the battery or charger???
I'm sure that that's a ploy!
Nikon camera's come in nice black and gold boxes which include a battery and charger. If someone tries to sell you one without those accessories I'd be walking out of that store. Obviously I'm on the other side of the Atlantic and things may be different over there, but still I've seen enough review sites from the US stating that a battery and charger definitively ARE included with a Nikon camera.