Oh, the other thing (that kinda ruins you)......
I've had some REALLY nice scopes on several rifles. I know guys truly believe that their lower end scope is "adequate", whatever that constitutes. I can tell you, that at least in my case, that once you use a high quality scope for a while the differences are quite obvious.
I was at a gun shop. Guy behind the counter had just mounted a scope on his HD AR. All kinds of proud. Has me look thru it. As I moved my head just a little from side to side, the distortion and waves in the sight picture was quite obvious to me. I guess it's all bout expectations.
Again, YMMV