Sent off two emails last week: one to The Rifle Scope Store and the other to The Optic Zone, which both ship scopes to Australia.
Nikon has a lot of scopes on sale right now and they are dirt cheap in the US. I was interested in the ProStaff 5 3.5-14x40mm BDC, which Nikon now lists as $250, down from $300.
The Optic Zone had them listed for $300 and when I enquired if they could match the new price, I got an email stating: "Sorry, unfortunately we can not match that price at this time."
But here's the kicker: the day after I emailed, they INCREASED the price by $60 on their site to $360!!!
http://theopticzone.com/products-page/r ... bdc-matte/So what did The Rifle Scope Store do when asked the same question (same original list price for $300)? Not only did I get a response within a few hours, Scott went right ahead and proceeded to drop the price on all his Nikon scopes to the new sales prices.
Needless to say, I now have one of these in the mail for $110 less than the other mob:
http://www.theriflescopestore.com/ni67pr53mabd.htmlAnd I know exactly which company I will be recommending in future to anyone who wants to ship a scope from the US to Oz.
The laws of physics do not apply to politics.