Ebay score! - The Firearms Forum

johnny ringo · 12-04-2012, 03:28 PM

I've been looking for a spotting scope to take with me to the range. Amazon has a nice Bushnell for $275+ which is more than I want to spend. So I look on Ebay thinking I might find a nice used one. Found the exact same one as Amazon has, also brand new with free shipping, and with 20 seconds left, l slip in the winning bid for about 1/3 of Amazon's price.

gdmoody · 12-04-2012, 03:59 PM

Good deal. I buy quite a few items off eBay and the prices are usually better than anywhere else. I usually do a lot of looking around before I settle on one place to buy from, you can get some great deals on eBay.

Big Chevy · 12-04-2012, 05:20 PM

Nice score.

gvw3 · 12-04-2012, 07:30 PM

Did you get it yet? I have got some good deals on ebay but have been burned also. Buyer beware.

BETH · 12-04-2012, 07:37 PM

nice goin

76Highboy · 12-04-2012, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by gvw3

Did you get it yet? I have got some good deals on ebay but have been burned also. Buyer beware.

If he does not get it but paid through paypal, he will be reimbursed.

fuzebox40 · 12-04-2012, 10:18 PM

I get the mailer adds from MidwayUSA and the resent add has a rifle scope and a spotting scope together for $95. Just Barska stuf but I don't need a high end spotter and that was half price. The spotter (18-36x50) is normally $100 and $80 for the rifle scope (6-24x42) so I jumped on it. I needed another Rifle scope too. Hey man, 95 bucks, don't judge me, I have a rich mans desires but a poor mans wallet. So who's gonna cast the first stone!

68c15 · 12-05-2012, 07:48 AM

your glass only needs to be as good as your eyes. I get by just fine with cheap old stuff. LOL

I have a hard time trusting my money to ebay but a deal like that would be tempting. I hope for your sake it's legit.

12-05-2012, 09:12 AM

I have stopped buying on ebay. Everything I ever look at is over priced and I can get it cheaper from Amazon or somewhere else.

Fuzebox

Man that Barska stuff is nuttin but crapola. LOL.... Hope it works out for you.

fuzebox40 · 12-05-2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by cpttango30

Fuzebox

Man that Barska stuff is nuttin but crapola. LOL.... Hope it works out for you.

Yes I know and I would never pay full price. It's hit and miss with Barska as with all the cheap stuff. You gotta check it all out right away and send it back for replacement if there's a problem but if it works properly (and it should) you got what you wanted. No one expects the feel of a Cadillac from a Moped but if you just need something that works, you read the reviews and see what your odds are. Many high-end products have unhappy customers as well. The price/product quality ratio is always wobbly. You spend 5 time the money, you expectations are 5 times higher and have to be that much more critical of imperfection.
I read reviews on 2 different sites for these 2 scopes and the percentage of good working product was 80 and above which is what I generally shoot for in a bargain basement product. Above 90 for an expensive product. But we'll see. It should arrive today so I'll find out soon enough.

wuts it gunna be

Double D · 12-05-2012, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by fuzebox40

I get the mailer adds from MidwayUSA and the resent add has a rifle scope and a spotting scope together for $95. Just Barska stuf but I don't need a high end spotter and that was half price. The spotter (18-36x50) is normally $100 and $80 for the rifle scope (6-24x42) so I jumped on it. I needed another Rifle scope too. Hey man, 95 bucks, don't judge me, I have a rich mans desires but a poor mans wallet. So who's gonna cast the first stone!

I dont think Barska is a bad product. It will serve the purpose. I have a burris on my AR that isnt all that but I can still stack them in the bullseye with it. I guess the people that knock these scopes just have plenty of money.

fuzebox40 · 12-05-2012, 01:12 PM

My only other experience with Barska is a pair of binoculars. I did have to return the first one to the store but the replacements have worked great for years now, and still using them. They were also a half price sale item.

gdmoody · 12-05-2012, 03:14 PM

I bought a Barska for an AR a few years ago because it was cheap. I thought it was a piece of crap but when I let my son borrow my AR for a few months, he loved the Barska. To each, his own, I guess,

12-04-2012, 03:28 PM	#1
johnny ringo V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Treasure Coast, FL Contributor Posts: 150	Ebay score! I've been looking for a spotting scope to take with me to the range. Amazon has a nice Bushnell for $275+ which is more than I want to spend. So I look on Ebay thinking I might find a nice used one. Found the exact same one as Amazon has, also brand new with free shipping, and with 20 seconds left, l slip in the winning bid for about 1/3 of Amazon's price. -->

12-04-2012, 03:59 PM	#2
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,409	Re: Ebay score! Good deal. I buy quite a few items off eBay and the prices are usually better than anywhere else. I usually do a lot of looking around before I settle on one place to buy from, you can get some great deals on eBay. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

12-04-2012, 05:20 PM	#3
Big Chevy V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: S.W. Florida Posts: 347	Re: Ebay score! Nice score.

12-04-2012, 07:30 PM	#4
gvw3 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Chicago IL Area Contributor Posts: 3,471	Re: Ebay score! Did you get it yet? I have got some good deals on ebay but have been burned also. Buyer beware. __________________ Criminals advocate stronger gun laws to foster a safer work environment. This limits their exposure to risk.

12-04-2012, 07:37 PM	#5
BETH Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: naugatuck,Ct. Contributor Posts: 6,686	Re: Ebay score! nice goin

12-04-2012, 10:18 PM	#7
fuzebox40 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Apple Valley, Ca. Contributor Posts: 1,486	Re: Ebay score! I get the mailer adds from MidwayUSA and the resent add has a rifle scope and a spotting scope together for $95. Just Barska stuf but I don't need a high end spotter and that was half price. The spotter (18-36x50) is normally $100 and $80 for the rifle scope (6-24x42) so I jumped on it. I needed another Rifle scope too. Hey man, 95 bucks, don't judge me, I have a rich mans desires but a poor mans wallet. So who's gonna cast the first stone!

12-05-2012, 07:48 AM	#8
68c15 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,156	Re: Ebay score! your glass only needs to be as good as your eyes. I get by just fine with cheap old stuff. LOL I have a hard time trusting my money to ebay but a deal like that would be tempting. I hope for your sake it's legit. __________________ I'll go defenseless when our leaders do the same

12-05-2012, 09:12 AM	#9
cpttango30 Adnanced Senior Member Posts: n/a	Re: Ebay score! I have stopped buying on ebay. Everything I ever look at is over priced and I can get it cheaper from Amazon or somewhere else. Fuzebox Man that Barska stuff is nuttin but crapola. LOL.... Hope it works out for you.

12-05-2012, 01:12 PM	#12
fuzebox40 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Apple Valley, Ca. Contributor Posts: 1,486	Re: Ebay score! My only other experience with Barska is a pair of binoculars. I did have to return the first one to the store but the replacements have worked great for years now, and still using them. They were also a half price sale item.

12-05-2012, 03:14 PM	#13
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,409	Re: Ebay score! I bought a Barska for an AR a few years ago because it was cheap. I thought it was a piece of crap but when I let my son borrow my AR for a few months, he loved the Barska. To each, his own, I guess, __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)