All,
This will seem a bit of an odd question, but wondering if any would be willing to help settle a dispute between a colleague and I who had differing opinions on the following question:
would you ever consider purchasing a premium/high end optic (binocular or spotting scope) without ever looking through one first?...
Thanks in advance for any who take the time to offer their opinion on the subject. I know I'm right I just like to prove it! ;p
Jeff, I have bought a bunch of Trinovids, Ultravids, SLC, Zeiss and Nikons without seeing the model first. This includes Leica Geosystems stuff in the $30K plus range.
EDIT: Reputation and past experience go along way with me.
[quote=Jeff Bouton;1852185]
would you ever consider purchasing a premium/high end optic (binocular or spotting scope) without ever looking through one first?...
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Only if there were some way to return it for a full refund.
I've purchased a premium scope and premium bins within the last several years. In each case I did a fair amount of research and settled on a model that I thought would be the best for my needs before looking through any. And in each case, after I looked through and compared the optics, I wound up buying a different brand and model from my what my "paper" research led me to believe would be best.
Hope this helps,
Jim