Fake Leupold optics on Ebay
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People complain about fake products on eBay, and even Amazon, all the time. I don't get it. Especially concerning high dollar items that are known to be faked. Why even bother? To save a few bucks? Buy from a dealer or some other retailer specializing in the product you are looking for. The few extra dollars is worth the peace of mind.
I collect folding knives, Spydercos mostly. I am well aware that fakes are rampant in the quality knife world. BladeHQ, KnifeCenter, etc. They are good to go. Ebay... no way!
My wife likes nice purses. Same kind of deal.
I'd suggest somebody like OpticsPlanet or PrimaryArms for your scope needs.
I collect folding knives, Spydercos mostly. I am well aware that fakes are rampant in the quality knife world. BladeHQ, KnifeCenter, etc. They are good to go. Ebay... no way!
My wife likes nice purses. Same kind of deal.
I'd suggest somebody like OpticsPlanet or PrimaryArms for your scope needs.
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I actually buy stuff on E-bay and Amazon affiliated vendors. Ebay is preferable to me than the affiliated vendors on Amazon (apart from companies that I know like opticsplanet).
However, most of the best buys are used stuff that you get cheap enough so that if the item disappoints, you can write it off. The best sellers will have multiple pictures and information in good English, good reviews, and reasonable shipping. I have bought used computer parts, gun parts, books, tools, etc. Shipping from the small vendors is often superior than from the big firms in packaging, shipping times, and communication about the shipping. One warning is that Ebay vendor's default shipping is U.S. Postal Service which may be good or bad in your area. Amazon's affiliates often have the bad combination of two shippers--DHL/FED EX to hand off to the USPS. My experiences with that is much delayed shipping with orders disappearing from tracking for a while.
In over several hundred transactions, I got burned twice and for low amounts--one was a used stock advertised as a Mauser k98--the pix did not match what was shipped. I got a VZ-24 stock marked in Chinese symbols on the buttstock. The other was a reproduction book (some folks are now printing photocopied versions of out of copyright rare books from Google's project) that was incomplete and blank for the last 80 pages. I did not file returns on either because I might get a Chinese m98 knockoff action just to build a WWII era wallhanger and the repro had the pages that I needed for research so the loss of the remainder was not important.
I did file one dispute claim with Ebay and got reimbursed due to a merchant's failure to ship. Amazon, had one bad claim where I got shipped a rubber ball instead of what I ordered a computer part--e.g. drop shipped from China.
The used tools that I have bought have been great and of superior quality than what you often find today and even the cheap steel ones that I remake into special one off tools for specialized tasks have been at least the quality of what you get at Harbor Freight or Northern Tool.
The other thing ive noticed with the fake Leupolds are that they will have features that arnt part of the standard lineup. Somone MIGHT special order a mdot ret on a 1-4x20 hunting scope, or other variation, but they arnt an over the counter item.
There are US sellers/Resellers that have the fake leupolds, and others, listed so it pays to keep an eye on what exactly is offered. Then you have the guys that got taken, trying to resell what they bought for what would be a low but resonable price....seen a few of those already.
I buy alot of stuff off ebay, specialty items, old stuff, used optics...and yes cheap stuff from China. Alot of it is good, including the stuff from China, but you have to pick and chose carefully, and never buy something your not at least passingly familiar with.
There are US sellers/Resellers that have the fake leupolds, and others, listed so it pays to keep an eye on what exactly is offered. Then you have the guys that got taken, trying to resell what they bought for what would be a low but resonable price....seen a few of those already.
I buy alot of stuff off ebay, specialty items, old stuff, used optics...and yes cheap stuff from China. Alot of it is good, including the stuff from China, but you have to pick and chose carefully, and never buy something your not at least passingly familiar with.
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