Meopta with no box?? (1 Viewer)

[marcusvaldes]

A dealer in New York has the Meopta S2 for sale at $1799 with "no box". Not "open box" but "no box". The story told to me was that the dealer bought a batch straight from the factory this way. It sounded legitimate to me until I started thinking a little more about it.

Could it be that these are Quality Control "rejects" and rather than tossing them, they are selling them this way to a dealer? I've just never heard of such a thing before.

Your thoughts?

Thanks,
Marcus

 

[Binastro]

Hi Marcus,

Perhaps ask Meopta directly whether these are top grade.

I have bought white box cameras that I think were actually 2nd. grade.

If in doubt, I would buy a normal boxed Meopta.

Regards,
B.

 

[Racingbird]

id run from Meopta, I got two "new" binos, the Meostar Diopter didn't work , and the Meopro eyecups were poorly fit wiggled all over the place

 

[Boogieshrew]

I should think you were unlucky with your Meopta experiences. I’ve owned two of their bins and both were very sturdy well made items. I still own one.
I wouldn’t run from them. QC issues happen for all brands. Just make sure you have a good return policy and or warranty in place.

 

[bartd]

I would look at who the dealer is in NY, if it's Cameraland NT, you are safe. They sell to many binoculars to risk doing anything that will hurt their reputation. I own 2 pair of Meopta bino's and I can't say enough positives about them. My MeoStar B1's are better than my other Euro bino's that cost 2.5x more! I loaned them to a friend and he now owns the MeoStar 10 and 12X bino's. His Swar's are now his "guest" binos!

 

[marcusvaldes]

I would look at who the dealer is in NY, if it's Cameraland NT, you are safe.

You nailed it! Just weird they don't have a box to me.....

I'm waffling between a like new, but used Vortex, the Nikon Monarch, or something else. Ugh.

Thanks for the information though.

Marcus

 

[Rico70]

For used photographic optics, at similar prices, having the box with all the original documentation could also raise the price up to +40%. Therefore, if the product is free from defects, it is actually new from the factory with an official guarantee, you have a discount of at least 30-35% on the full price and the seller is reliable, in my opinion it is worth it.