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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m31m45" data-source="post: 1709676" data-attributes="member: 51842">I had purchased one of these scopes a few months ago but returned it quickly despite the rave reviews it had of the optical quality. I just did not feel comfortable after I had seen the "plastic" body. I am not sure if being plastic had anything to do with the failure of this scope but Nikon wanting to charge to fix it, considering there was no external evidence of any kind of damage by dropping, is really hard to understand. I argree the negative publicity associated with the pictures and knowing you had to pay to fix it is way worse than the cost to fix an isolated scope or two that fails in this manner, even if it was dropped.Count me among those who have now moved Nikon down on my list of possible companies to buy from when I am looking to make my next optical purchase. That is even considering I live in the USA where the warranty is supposedly better.</blockquote>