Thread: Scope Import (best buys, suppliers etc)

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

Not all of them

The Monarch is 19oz and 13.5in.
The Viper Gibo is eyeing up is 18.4oz and 13.7in.

You got me there.
I didn't like the Viper HS as I wanted a Mildot as I wanted to use it as a range finder. Then I brought a range finder a few months ago anyway lol.
Also liked the price of the Nikon better.

If there was only $50 between buying from NZ and the US I'd definitely go for locally.
A friend of mine had a Viper PST on order and was quoted 1500NZ, we later found out it was meant to be 1800NZ, but the place honoured the original price.
But the store said it would be a month away and after two month was no word on the due date, so he cancelled the order and ordered one from liberty optics in the US.

Still took a stupidly long time to arrive but was about 1200NZ, including taxes of 15% and $40 shipping.

When I got my Monarch I had it sent to my father who was working in Auzie, and he brought it over for me. They only pay tax for products over 1000AUD.

And on the note of shipping, I found a tent that I wanted that was only available in the UK and none of them would ship it here. I eventually found the tent for sale in Auzie but it was going to be $100 for shipping. I brought it anyway as it still was cheaper than any local options, but I enquired with NZ post to what it'd cost to send the same thing to Auzie, and they quoted $28.
I still got a good deal in the end.