least expensive place for vortex vipers?

[squidkid]

in the next few days i want to place this order. any suggestions?

thanks

[vkalia]

scott@libertyoptics.com

I am merely a customer and have no other relationship to him or his company.

Vandit

[J. Moore]

Hello squidkid,

I seem to recall reading that Vortex does not really permit much in the way of price variation among dealers. There is a $100 or so cut from the list price they can make for the vipers, but that is about it.

Their binoculars are already priced very competitively, and so presumably do not have that much fat in the profit margin. So I think their theory is that they want to maintain decent profitability for all their dealers, and avoid having certain high volume deep discounters dominate sales and squeeze out the smaller dealers. If you do get a significant discount, that might be something that is against company policy.

If, as I suspect, you will not find much in the way of price variance, then you would want to look for the dealers that offer the best service. I bought mine from Eagle Optics. Birdwatching.com is another online dealer I would consider. I am sure there are other good ones -- online as well as locally -- as well.

Hope this helps,
Jim

[oleaf]

Squid... go here:

http://www.cameralandny.com/optics/swarovski.pl?page=vortexviper8x42

$439 for a like new demo

Cheers

[cnybirder]

I bought mine from Eagle Optics for $499 which is not the cheapest but they provide 30 days to send it back if I decided to go with something else and they tested it before sending it to make sure I got a "Cherry" pair.

[squidkid]

thanks guys.
i actually went with eagle optics($499) myself. they matched the price of bass pro$479.99 and had free shipping. you cant beat that for customer service. i called and asked for a price match from another suggested company and was not treated as well. the individual tried to convince me that their price was the same as bass pro when you added the shipping, which it was not. after arguing with me for a moment, i simply said that i will take my business elsewhere. eagle optics will get my future business.