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Recent experiences with purchasing birding gear

To: "Peter Waanders" <>, "Birding Aus" <>
Subject: Recent experiences with purchasing birding gear
From: "Gemfyre" <>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:24:15 +0800
I purchased my binoculars and scope online from the U.S.A. I had been purchasing other items in this manner for a few years so I guess I was rather comfortable with the idea.
My Pentax bins came from a store selling through eBay.  I bought these in 
late 2005.  Because the seller could not reduce the already wholesale price 
(which turned out to be around $500 AuD at the time) he was throwing in a 
pair of Burris binoculars for free as a "glovebox pair".  Both sets of bins 
were brand new and arrived quickly.  They were paid for via Paypal.
I purchased my Nikon scope and Manfrotto tripod in February this year from 
binoculars.com.  The package with postage cost me about $700 AuD all up. 
Again, postage was fast and the items were brand new and in excellent 
condition.  I believe this was a credit card purchase, but most legitimate 
sites are secure in this regard so it didn't concern me.
If I'd purchased these items from Australia I'd easily have paid a few 
hundred more for each item.  I'm very happy with buying from overseas for 
optics.
Belinda
Narrogin




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