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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chris butterworth" data-source="post: 3164635" data-attributes="member: 64315"><p>I totally agree with Brocks first sentence. I'm not sure if going into a store to try out optics - and then buying the same on line shows contempt for the owner / staff ( just treating them like objects that are there solely for your convenience ), a strange kind of twisted 'logic' ( "I like your optics butthe same ones I buy on line are 'better'" ) or stupidity ( you've got the optics in your hands, tried them out, liked them, decided you want to buy them then walked away, gone all the way home, spent time searching the internet, put in your order and then waited for delivery, with the possibility you may have to return them and wait even longer ). It may take a good few hours, for some people to get to their nearest store but it's still a damn sight quicker than ordering on the internet, and you get to choose the individual piece of optical equipment there and then.   How did people buy their optics before the internet arrived?  I'd lay odds on that many / most travelled to a store.</p></blockquote><p></p>