are there Minox knock-offs out there? I saw a 5i advertised as "Mi-nox"

apparently ,yes, and China's ali-baba website shameless advertises them as "cheap replicas"

http://guide.alibaba.com/shopping-guides/replica-rifle-scopes.html

Jeff,thanks for posting that link.I will make sure I post it on all The Gun Forums I belong to.Some folks just do not want to believe there are counterfeits out there.

The Chi-coms copy everything. Now that their economy
is imploding, they have to keep the slave masses busy
in their factories.

AliBaba is their copy of Amazon, the mass marketer.

Buyer beware, don't buy anything on Alibaba.

They are selling Zeiss Conquests that are not even close to Zeiss Conquests on Ebag

I follow the Zeiss models selling on Ebay from time
to time, but have not seen a clone.

I only buy on Ebay from a US seller, and I can smell
a rat if it is there.

Yeah these are from overseas

zeiss conquest


zeiss

Those are terrible fakes, but fake they are.

Zeiss With A.O. On The Front...Defiantly Fake

interesting! I had seen that Zeiss ad on flea-bay and wondered