Buying Used Glass

[idahomuleys]

Ive bought and sold a couple optics here. Purchased a swaro 65 ats and paid using F&F so had no insurance on my end. Do your homework and talk to them on the phone.

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[Maddog58]

Bought a Swarovski spotter on another site and got a great deal on it. Saved about $1500 from new price. Swarovski just got the name of original owner and transferred to me. Super easy

 

[mainbeam pursuit2]

I bought a Kowa 554 from a member here. Worked out great, he was a local though.

 

[SloppyJ]

I've never bought a used optic and felt like I made a bad decision. Be sure to look at all of the pictures really well. One of my favorite scopes I bought used here for about half price. Makes it hard to spend 2k on the 4x32 nx8 I need. I'll probably end up getting that here too.

 

[wyogoat]

I’ve bought a Swaro spotter and Leica binos this past hunting season alone and awesome transactions. Zero issues and as described.

 

[Backcountry_Preacher]

I’ve had nothing but great experiences when buying from Roksliders.

 

[Tmcgarrigle]

I've purchased and sold optics and had nothing but good experiences from buyers and sellers. I bought a pair of NL pures from a guy and got on a facetime call. Everything I've purchased has been exactly what I expected and the item was described as it was listed. Like others have mentioned, check feedback, get on a call/facetime if you're unsure and if it seems sketchy, don't do it.

 

[Dirtscoots]

I bought my wife a set of els, my slc 15s and my nls off rokslide all flawless transactions with great sellers. I do prefer to have an actual phone conversation and thus far anyone I’ve dealt with is totally ok with that.

 

[JeffRaines]

I've had great luck buying used/demo optics, both here and on other sites.

To answer why some of those big ticket items sit for longer... its because buying things like NL Pures from a dealer allows people to use credit(i.e. money they don't have). PayPal/Venmo will take credit cards, but when paying an individual the issuing bank does so at the "cash advance" rate which is usually 20-30% interest.

 

[GA284]

I recently bought 2 leupold scopes off here . Very satisfied with what I received.

 

[Iowa84]

Bump

 

[Steve300xcw]

While I have had pretty good luck buying off of the forums. One thing to keep in mind is what one person might notice or care about. Is 100% different than somebody else's. Look at the pics and ask for more if you have concerns.

 

[lefthandedasian]

Glad to hear all the positive feedback for buying and selling on rokslide. Definitely glad I joined as I'm looking to get me some nice second hand optics!