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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexis Powell" data-source="post: 3613136" data-attributes="member: 5327">Sorry to hear that. Fraud has always been a problem w/mail order purchasing, even before the internet. The good news is, some of the very best on-line merchants (which, by the way, often do have a brick and morter store too) in the USA are best for honesty, price, availability, return policy and more. It is possible for an on-line merchant to be honest _and_ have the lowest prices. I like to think that such honesty is rewarded. For example, in the 30 years or so that I've been buying optics from B&H Photo, I've watched them go from just one in a sea of many merchants (then, in the price listings in the back pages of Modern or Popular Photography), many of their competitors dishonest, to becoming the dominant business here in the USA. Likewise, Adorama has grown a lot. Eagle Optics had excellent prices, sometimes the lowest, so I doubt they lost much business to others. However, they were a standout for patient customer service compared to others. I wonder what all the factors were in the choice to close.--AP</blockquote>