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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 1615869" data-attributes="member: 665">Falcondewd,$549 is the MSRP. With German-made bins (even though the "BD BP" is allegedly made in Japan), you usually don't see the kind of steep discounts mit Leica, und Zeiss, und Optolyth, und Docter, und so weiter like you do with Japanese and Chinese bins.  That is, unless they are sold w/out the original box. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Yes, the economy is so bad that even Zeiss got into the act a few months ago when Eagle Optics had an "open box" sale (which was really a "no box" sale), discounting Zeiss FLs for $600 off, because somebody forgot to put them in their boxes (yeah, right). So again, if Zeiss can sell an FL for $600 less than usual and still turn a profit (they would not sell them at a loss), you have to scratch your ridges and wonder how much the mark-up is, even taking into account the high wages and standard of living im Deutschland. I have seen the BD BP sell for full price at several online stores. Only recently am I seeing the price starting to drop, but not significantly in most cases. The lowest price I've seen was $399 on Amazon:<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Minox-BD-10x44-BP-Binocular/dp/B000LYTCW2" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Minox-BD-10x44-BP-Binocular/dp/B000LYTCW2</a>Eagle Optics sells them for $479:<a href="http://www.eagleoptics.com/binoculars/minox/minox-bd-10x44-bp-binocular" target="_blank">http://www.eagleoptics.com/binoculars/minox/minox-bd-10x44-bp-binocular</a>Adorama still has them at $499:<a href="http://www.adorama.com/MX1044BP.html" target="_blank">http://www.adorama.com/MX1044BP.html</a>Night Vision Planet has the highest price at $599:<a href="http://www.nightvisionplanet.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=Minox-62151&click=2" target="_blank">http://www.nightvisionplanet.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=Minox-62151&click=2</a>So $259 is a steal (but so was $549, but in the other direction <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.Hawkster</blockquote>

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