As most of you may know by now, I am not an EII fan but for those many of you out there that are - here's a bone.
I spoke with Dan at New York Camera &Video today, which is located just outside Philadelphia, PA and he confirmed that they had (3) new in box 8x30 Eii at $269.99 and (2) new in box 10x35 eii at $299.99 and 1 demo of each. He confirmed they are in the gold box with the writing across the front.
http://www.nycv.com/browse.cfm/niko...s/2,149,13.html
tom
PS - I hope you only buy one and that no one snaps them all up to sell on Ebay - as I thought about doing!!
I had come across the site about 2 or 3wks ago and tried to call them but got no answer - it was after 8:00pm so I just saved it in my favorites. I was organizing my Favorites today and saw it and called and spoke to them twice. Asked the guy to physically put his hands on them and posted the results.