For me, price is not the issue, quality is. One of the two owners of the company I manage has a few houses here and there. New Mexico, though I think he sold that one. Maine. Florida. Bolivia, where his wife is from. And he was driving an Audi. And sold that and bought a Ford for Texas and a Hyundai for Florida. He saved money but got value. That is a case of having enough money but spending it wisely for value.
But often is the case that someone will simply state that almost all of Vortex is trash, that the scopes break all the time. This all started with a story passed around about someone who was heard to have a Strike Eagle where the "reticle was loose." Instead of sending it back immediately for a speedy replacement, he hunted the season with a supposedly broken scope. And then got it replaced. But no idea of who that was. But it has become legend. And the big crime is that one did not have spend more than 500 to get a good scope that performs well.
