Thread: Schidmt and Bender warranty issues

Your S&B scenario is similar to my experience with Zeiss. I wanted the reticle changed in a 2.5-10x50 Zeiss (my aging eyes found the reticle too thin to see easily). The charge was about $500NZ for the reticle change and about $200 for postage/insurance. And it took about 5 months. I queried the postage/insurance cost and I was told that there was no mutual post agreement between NZ and Germany so the cost was much higher than it would have been. I had a H&R/Nickel 4-16x56 cleaned/regassed because the seals had leaked. I was charged about $700 even though it was a factory fault. So, your costs and absence of product support from a Euro company do not surprise me. I find Leupold so much more rewarding to deal with.