Fark me... Opticzone shipping fees

Now I've been a long term customer of Opticzone (and spent thousands $ over the last 7-8 years with them), but these fees are outrageous.
There is certainly no call to ban the export of scopes and mounts as part of the 'Gun ban', so why the rip off prices? Price gouging by dealers 'because they can' at the mo in US of A?

All US $

Leupold Mark 2 IMS 1" Integral Mounting System, Matte $92.99
Shipping $43.95
International surcharge $2.74
Total Price $139.68

Now I would expect to pay those shipping fees for a scope, due the fragile nature, volume and weight.
But for a one piece scope mount?

FFS. :pissed off:

With the NZ $ being high, it still would work out at approx NZ $170.

Reloaders sell the same mount for $199. So I'll be spending my $ locally methinks!

Just saw a thing on fb about americans stocking up on everything. Hope everything here doesnt go up just cause of them

I would think there would b a min freight order. I have gotten a few bipods, rings and 2 scopes and only payed $60 shipping.

I got a Moa BT Turret from outdoors man for my z5 swarvo and there min shipping is 99usd.
WHen it arrived it was in a huge ( 3foot by 2 foot ) pre payed bag and i couldnt find it at 1st and thought some1 had flogged it.

Yeah its just their base price. Add just a butler creak cap and checkout and its still the same. A lot of the sites a like that. Brought some snow boarding gear awhile back and had shipping fee of $50 odd bucks, added a beenie and it jumped to $110 :wtfsmilie:.

Just ship it to a friend in the states and get them to forward to you if you can.

I've noticed Brownells shipping cost have gone up significantly. Might be USPS.

I just ordered a rail from the US. Shipping was about the same in the mid $40 US. Unfortunantly the rail I was after is not avalible here or I would have kept my cash in NZ aswell. Seems a vcery high price for such small items. Mine was USPS so wonder if its linked to the postal service.

Cheers.

+1 I just checked my brownells order that shipped yesterday via USPS Priority post, a small box that would used to cost ~$25US is now $43US.

Just checked one of my old boxes and even though I selected priority post it says first class mail. Maybe ill use that next time and see if its cheaper.

The old man just got back from there a few days ago, the yanks have gone nuts. He struggled to even few a few 10/22 mags....

Brownells shipping has always been stupid

I'm still in the USA I travelled east to west and into Canada. Place is empty of good stuff. Wanted some sightron and vortex scopes all I could get was a vortex HS medium power pretty gutted. There are huge morning cues in the stores after the nights shipments of gear. Most good stuff gone daily by 10 am

Best place to buy gear in the US is online anyway

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Originally Posted by rogers.270

I'm still in the USA I travelled east to west and into Canada. Place is empty of good stuff. Wanted some sightron and vortex scopes all I could get was a vortex HS medium power pretty gutted. There are huge morning cues in the stores after the nights shipments of gear. Most good stuff gone daily by 10 am

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How the world turns... that sounds like Moscow in the 80's, people queueing for bread and bog rolls, all gone by 10:00am...

I sent a 40kg box of stuff from Tga to ChCh the other day by road haulage fm it was $140 plus the government fee of 15 farking percent. Geez I need to buy a truck!

Might as well have bought an airline ticket for it!

And carried it on my knee!

Another thing about Opticzone is that over the last week their 'scope stocks have been decimated. All of the Leupy VXR gone, Minox 2-10 gone.

I ordered some night force rings from them on Sunday, sent to myusa ,got a email back from them asking why I was getting them sent to a forwarding agent ,and about 6 more questions, intended use, BlaBlabla.
Wanted a physical U S address, I tried to post the email here but it didnt show up, Anyway cancelled my order,

Greetings from OpticsPlanet, Inc.!

Thank you for ordering:
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Nightforce Ultralite 30mm Titanium / Alloy Ring Set, Low Titanium/alloy Ring Set - .885 $163.00
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We apologize, but your order has temporarily been placed on hold. Certain elements of your order indicate that your item(s) will be exported. Prior to shipping your order, we need to verify that the ordered item(s) will not be leaving the United States without the valid authorization or export license issued by the U.S. Government. Please answer the following questions (by responding to this email) to aid in processing your order:

1) Who is the end user of the product(s) you have ordered?

2) What is the end use of the product(s) you have ordered?

3) Where is the final destination of the product(s) you have ordered? (Please respond with a city and country)

4) Why is your order shipping to a freight forwarder?

Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Once we receive this information (via fax at (847) 919-9401 or email at [e-mail address removed]), we will continue processing your order.

Please note that your order is currently on HOLD. If we do not hear back from you within 7 days, we will assume that you are no longer interested in this transaction and will cancel your order.

If you have any further questions, feel free to check our FAQ page at Export and United States Domestic Restriction FAQ's or contact us.

Thank you for your prompt response. Have a great day!

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OpticsPlanet, Inc. Risk Management Team

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