penpusher";p="65445 wrote:
why not buy it direct from abroad and get it at 1/4th the price?
Coz I don't have anyone traveling down to carry it for me.
Let me tell you, I got a decent deal on the Bushnell 5-15x40 (no I did'ny buy it from ai). This scope has got fantastic reviews. It goes for between US $ 180 to US $ 200 brand new and cant be imported by post or courier as far as I deduced here at IFG.
I got a well cared for specimen (it did have something broken but I am assured its nothing to worry about) for about US $ 270. did I pay a premium ? You bet I did. But mind you its shock proof, nitrogen filled and will last for very long if I use it on an SSP, MSP or PCP so I judged, it was okay to pay that premium. I was desperate for a high mag scope, too.
I am aware high mag scope are the same as big lenses (300mm and above without IS, VR or OS). Both of them can't be hand held and expected to deliver.
penpusher, much as I agree with you about not paying premium prices, (and I do practice what I am preaching here. I passed up two deals with ai, one was a high mag scope, coz I thought the price was high, although I know why his prices are high ) there is not much I or you can do about it and currently the problem is out of my and your control.
I think you have made your point on the same so please knock it off. Its a request.
Manish.