They do not honor a 2nd party owners. I was told they had a minimum of $700 to refurbish and older scope. I hope this isn't true for the original owner.
That’s not been my experience. They won’t service an item that’s not registered to you though.
When buying a used Swarovski items you need to have the original owner either call in and remove his info from the serial number or you need his full info and call Swarovski and get it switched to your name.
