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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 1535868" data-attributes="member: 665">Bob,The price dropped $100 because somebody couldn't resist trying a few samples (I suspect it was Ben <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. The sale is advertised as an "open box special" in EO's latest newsletter. <a href="http://www.eagleoptics.com/binoculars?query=Nikon+Monarch+X" target="_blank">http://www.eagleoptics.com/binoculars?query=Nikon+Monarch+X</a>So if you open a box, a Nikon Monarch X depreciates $100, and if you lose a Zeiss FL box, the price drops $600. If they follow the same pattern with the next generation EL, and open the box, and then lose it, that should drop $700 from the rumored, record-breaking price of $3,000. Now, it seems to me from the above examples that if you lose something that belongs to a bin, you should receive a discount, correct? If you've seen the new EL, you must have noticed that they lost the bridge! (see photo below)Well, if a missing box is worth $600, how much discount do you think a missing bridge should be worth? $1,000 at least, I'd say. Okay, so let's assume a new EL is delivered to EO and somebody (not mentioning names) opens it, and then LOSES the box, and the bin turns out to have a MISSING bridge to boot, that's got to be worth (wadda minute, I've gotta get my scratch pad so I can do my siphoning)....Let's see, 3,000 crawdads siphon 100 crawdads...siphon 600 crawdads... siphon 1,000 crawdads... equals 1,700 crawdads, I mean, 1,700 dollars discount! IOW, with a $1,700 discount ($100 less than the price of the current gen EL), you could buy the next gen EL for only $1,300 on sale!I can't wait for the open box, lost box, missing bridge next gen EL sale! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Brock[ATTACH]208230[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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