yes I can tell the difference $69 to $300. the reason why people buy cheaper scopes is cause they don't have the money to buy expensive scopes. people with money just cannot understand that a lot of people do not have that much spare money same way politicians are out of touch. trying to add up what you spent on cheap scopes is like saying you should have paid in full when you bought your house instead of making payments. buying cheaper scopes is almost the same
So is Leupold screwing everyone still? Or you simply don't have the money for their stuff? I don't have money and have learned the hard way about buying cheap optics. It's fine to not be able to afford better optics, but you can't bash Leupold because of that. It's not their fault people are willing to pay for their stuff as well as the other companies with good quality optics.if you have 10K of extra money to spend on a hunt then you are unlike 90% of guys that have guns and do not have that money. a lot of info given here would be better suited at a country club or goldman sachs board meeting. so if a guy cant buy an expensive scope is he still allowed to buy what he can afford or is he banned from shooting. you saying you never saw all those scopes fail is as unbelievable as all the ones you did say you saw fail. expensive scopes fail and most talk about how good the warranty is because of it
Center point and the other cheapos are the one screwing you I outlined that above. It's the low quality items that are taking advantage of people without money, it's not the good stuff. That applies to lots of things in life.
I believe this whole mess started with someone recommending to save up for a VX1 or something ( that's hardly a rich mans optic) I truly wish when I was a young man that someone would have gave me that advice. You can get layaway at Walmart academy, and others.Besides that in 5 years the center point is worthless, it's the kind of scope that gets left on a gun when you sell it and it adds no value to the gun. The Leupold on the other hand is worth 75% of the original purchase price depending on the model. But you'd probably keep it and move it gun to gun for years. Simple math tells me the Leupold was actually cheaper to own. Leupold probably Carrys more residual value than anything else because they have built that name over time.
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