Trav
01-02-2013, 10:36 AM
I need the expert advice of you dufi, I had a pair of Burris Landmark bino's (8x30) I bought around 12 years ago and towards the end of November they broke (totaly my fault). I sent them in to Burris and was advised it would be 4 weeks or so until they could tell me if they could be repaired or not. I was getting ready to head out to KS for a deer hunt so I had to buy a new pair. With my limited budget I settled on a pair of Nikon Monarch 5's in 10x42's I think I paid $329 for them and I have been pretty happy with them. I just got a letter from Burris and they can't repair my old Landmark bino's and they no longer make bino's. Apparently they are owned by the same company that owns Steiner so they have offered me a a $200.00 credit toward a new pair of Steiners. The issue is since I bought the Nikon's I don't really have the extra $$ laying around to buy new bino's.
So here is the question, is there enough of a difference in quality between say a $300-$500 ($200 Credit + $300 of my own cash) pair of Steiners and the Nikon's to warrant the hassle of trying to sell my Nikon's? If not I am not sure what will become of the $200 credit. I will also say aside from the time it took to get a response I am pretty happy with the Burris customer service, I mean I think I paid $200 for those Landmark's when they were new
So lets hear it. .
So here is the question, is there enough of a difference in quality between say a $300-$500 ($200 Credit + $300 of my own cash) pair of Steiners and the Nikon's to warrant the hassle of trying to sell my Nikon's? If not I am not sure what will become of the $200 credit. I will also say aside from the time it took to get a response I am pretty happy with the Burris customer service, I mean I think I paid $200 for those Landmark's when they were new
So lets hear it. .