The seller will honour the warranty, so all good with that regard. Still a bit of a piss off though having to wait for it to go back...
kj
The seller will honour the warranty, so all good with that regard. Still a bit of a piss off though having to wait for it to go back...
kj
I wouldn't have imagined you would have needed to wait. If it failed out of the box I would be returning it for an immediate replacement. Failing that a full refund
It would be different if you'd had it 6 months and then it started playing up. Then I'd cop the wait till they serviced it but not brand new. Thats not on
Correct, that is one disadvantage of purchasing from abroad. However the warranty is still covered and the scope was only $1790AUD so about half what we pay for them here in NZ.
After talking to the Australian distributor it seams they get a few returns each year, but they weren't concerned as the warranty on them is second to none apparently so the issue will be fixed at no cost, other than time and a little dicking around posting it back - which you'd have to do in rural NZ anyway.
So should all be sorted in a week or two. Still a little disappointed with their QC though from a company that trades on a reputation for reliability.
Kj
at $1790 AUD exchanged at .90 with gst is about $2300 NZD . its not quite the half of the $2799 they are here . and thats without freight . I will be interested in hearing the test result of the scope as we see very very little problems with them . I Offered for him to send it to us for sorting but I guess he chose to send it back to Australia.
I brought mine locally to avoid this sending back hassle, haven't needed to yet
Trust the dog.........................................ALWAYS Trust the dog!!
Just recieved said scope today 25/02/2014 for it to go back to Nightforce , As we do with any optics complaint we mounted it to Tracy's 6mmPPC Benchrest gun as it is a known shooter with good rings and took it to the range.
as you can see the first shot after mounting was high , adjusted the scope down and continued with 5 follow up shots . Dont have to be a rocket scientist to see theres nothing wrong with the scope.
May we suggest looking at the mounts / and or the nut behind the butt . better still send the rifle down and we will mount the thing properly and sight in for him.
Is that 5 shots through one hole?
I'm drawn to the mountains and the bush, it's where life is clear, where the world makes the most sense.
nightforce give us a recommended retail price to use , we also have freight costs . We cant control what other countries sell for , the US for instance are so competitive they sell on low margin and high volume and sell direct to the end user , In NZ we cannot do the volume to work like that , as we also have a wholesale margin in there for the odd shop that wants to sell them.
I also work for a distributor. Our entire yearly order for all models (and we sell a lot) is just under what a large us retail chain store (basspro) sells of a single model in a single month. Obviously they get a better "volume discount"
It would be cheaper for me to buy one of our products online and ship it here as Basspro's retail price is less than our buy price
I brought my own Nightforce locally "just in case", god forbid it should ever break, I would prefer to have someone local to yell at
Trust the dog.........................................ALWAYS Trust the dog!!
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