Thread: Leupold Parts- Firedot battery cover NEEDED

hey guys,
i have a Leupold VX6 firedot scope,
somehow the battery cover / button has fallen off during a hunt.

it seals the battery inside the Parallax adjustment.
i never use the firedot personally, but without it i can get water in my scope if it rains when i am out hunting.

does anyone know where i can get a replacement or have any advice?
currently its taped up with insulation tape which is a pretty rough temporary solution.

been trying to get one from local shop but they have been waiting from Leupold contact in NZ for 3 months now.

any help is greatly appreciated.

The agency used to be shared between NZ Asia and Hunting and Fishing...thats where i would start

Hamish

Originally Posted by HNTMAD

The agency used to be shared between NZ Asia and Hunting and Fishing...thats where i would start

Hamish

When were the distribution rights shared? I only ever saw NZ Asia listed on the Leupold website.

Originally Posted by McNotty

When were the distribution rights shared? I only ever saw NZ Asia listed on the Leupold website.

H&F used to via Australia, when i worked there..... NZ Asia was back up
This was 10 plus years ago

Leupold now has a new importer/agent in NZ, but i dont know who it is.

NZ Asia had excellent customer service

Nioa have the leupold agency

Contact deets

Originally Posted by HNTMAD

Contact deets

Thanks, i just sent them a message requesting the part. hopefully they respond
cheers

Nioa are very good to deal with over here. Have a local service center for leupold. Give them a call.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As others have said NIOA have just taken over Leupold but I think NZAsia might have some bits and bobs left over. Get your local gun store to give NZAsia a call first I would reckon and see if they have any. Then if not go to NIOA.

Hopefully now there’ll be none of that bullshit with putting pressure on smaller retailers to sell Leupold products at a certain price.

They had amazing customer service but that type of carry on is not acceptable.

McNotty, that is the Swarovski model (Agency model). Everyone sells at the same price.
Over here Nioa do negotiate and provide better prices with shops in exchange for volume buys.
I dont think the margins are great on small volume purchases to allow much discounting other wise.
Talking to a LGS owner recently, alot of Zerotech scopes are going out the door and its impacting Leupold sales.

Originally Posted by Dicko

McNotty, that is the Swarovski model (Agency model). Everyone sells at the same price.
Over here Nioa do negotiate and provide better prices with shops in exchange for volume buys.
I dont think the margins are great on small volume purchases to allow much discounting other wise.
Talking to a LGS owner recently, alot of Zerotech scopes are going out the door and its impacting Leupold sales.

That is illegal in NZ. It’s called Resale Price Maintenance. It is a breach of the law if supplier of goods:
- Specifies a price (they can recommend only)
- Takes certain action to enforce that specified price. (Eg Threatens to stop supply or increase wholesale prices)

https://comcom.govt.nz/business/avoi...ce-maintenance

No doubt it occurs because most are too scared to expose it as it’ll possibly affect their livelihood.

I’ll never forget a conversation with a large retail store manager, he was complaining about Giles undercutting them all the time and how they had all these overheads and it wasn’t fair blah blah blah, absolute bollocks. Giles was providing the same quality of service that they were, and if he could do it for cheaper then too bad.



Large retailers may complain that they have large overheads and small retailers that have less overheads are undercutting their prices, but that’s business, and also tough shit.

Originally Posted by McNotty

That is illegal in NZ. It’s called Resale Price Maintenance. It is a breach of the law if supplier of goods:
- Specifies a price (they can recommend only)
- Takes certain action to enforce that specified price. (Eg Threatens to stop supply or increase wholesale prices)

https://comcom.govt.nz/business/avoi...ce-maintenance

No doubt it occurs because most are too scared to expose it as it’ll possibly affect their livelihood.

I’ll never forget a conversation with a large retail store manager, he was complaining about Giles undercutting them all the time and how they had all these overheads and it wasn’t fair blah blah blah, absolute bollocks. Giles was providing the same quality of service that they were, and if he could do it for cheaper then too bad.



Large retailers may complain that they have large overheads and small retailers that have less overheads are undercutting their prices, but that’s business, and also tough shit.

A used to always price from Giles & then ask my local shop to match, most of the time they did!