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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 3344739" data-attributes="member: 26155">Jerry,I thought you were talking about quality control issues which occur in all binoculars.  Lower cost binoculars will have more of these issues than top of the line binoculars will.   Your "extreme example" above involves chicanery which is something different.Bill can only report on the binoculars he receives to review.  If there are  QC issues with those I'm sure he will say so.  What would he know about individual manufacturers standards that determine which binoculars are determined to be suitable for sale to the public?  Reading the forums is one way of being careful.  With sport optics it is probably the best way.  If the binoculars are shoddy because of poor QC many of them will get into the hands of purchasers some of whom will complain about them on various forums and the word will get around.  Ultimately this will also happen with binoculars made under the scenario you described above. It takes a while to build a good business reputation. Those who have it protect it and those who want it strive for it. Cordially,Bob</blockquote>