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And yet another question... This new to me scope of unknown vintage comes with one 18mm eyepiece. It is a Bausch and Lomb. Would that imply that the vintage is early 1980's or whenever B&L bought out Criterion? Should I be concerned as it relates to quality, or were these scopes consistantly good throughout their production years? My personal preference is for older scopes from the 40's, 50's, and 60's, because just like their human counterparts of that vintage, THEY ROCK!

other Keith

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So the eBAY seller has been so kind as to delay shipping while I thought I could perhaps let his scope go to a neighbor of his, (fellow CNer), (and save him the packaging hassle). In the meantime I had a great deal brewing in Wash. D.C. for what appeared to be an older scope with all the fixin's. That deal appears to have fallen apart with a cross-generational breakdown (father/son) not me, not mine! I gave the eBAY seller the go ahead to pack it. This he's done with a lot of trauma and riding of the learning curve.I think he probably has done a terrific job. He's ready to ship, gets it priced, and realized it will cost double what he had thought it would and what I had paid for. I'm not sure why I'm writing this. Perhaps I need a boost. If the vintage, (even though I have been assured by many shouldn't affect quality) were verified to be older I probably wouldn't be hesitating. So here are my options as I see them.

Call the deal off. He offered that because of the extra $90 shipping cost.

Have it shipped...$150 scope and $180 shipping. Hope it is a good specimen. OW.

If I call it off I'm actually going to make him keep $45 (1/2 of the shipping money for his efforts so far in packing)

I'm leaning toward just doing it because I know this extra cost took him by surprise and he's already been tortured enough learning about all the different size bubble wrap and where to find packing peanuts at 2 in the morning. I believe him to be a stand up guy. I'm not asking what you think he should do, but rather what should I do?

OK, I just need two of you to say DO IT! and I paypal him the extra. Just two. Sheesh, I never thought coming over to the dark side (reflectors) would be so difficult!

other Keith

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