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Last scope I sent in for a reticle change cost me $70.Called yesterday and was told $200

WTF??

Special charge for the pole dancer reticle?

That is pretty steep.

Had one done last spring for $60, was quoted $175 last week.

Dont see the custom shop being to busy in the future

I'm trying to reach Leupold about a reticle change, called and was 14th in line and didn't feel like waiting. Sent 2 emails so far and nothing but crickets.
Maybe I'll change to some other manufacturer's reticle.

Yep, they doubled in price. Was quoted $75.00 last spring and called last week and was quoted $150.00 to install a German #4 in a M8 2.5x IER scout scope and $200.00 to change a VX3 2.5-8x36mm German #4 reticle.

Unreal, that is way to expensive. They'll be losing my business.

150-200.00 is way too much. I was thinking about a german #4 too.

Ohh well.

If their quality, tracking, and zero retention issue continues on its current trajectory, the cost of changing the reticle will be the least of Leupold’s concerns. Seems like they are having substantial problems across the board, and are trying to either squeeze a few extra dollars out of their customers, or just trying to dissuade them from sending anything back to them other than for repairs. This certainly does not bolster my confidence in them, nor give me any level of comfort that they are making progress fixing whatever is wrong with their more recent products. A number of scope mfgs have trended this way, and subsequently sunk to the bottom of the barrel, few of which have recovered. I really loved my Leupolds, and do not want to jump on any bandwagon here regarding the recent issues, but the more things i see, hear, and read about them, the more im looking away from their products due to distrust. With the shot show coming up, i hope some of the folks there really take them to task, and maybe they can get them to pull their heads out of the sand, and back on track (no pun intended).

Craig

Lame.

They also gave me the run around a while back about not being able to change reticles any longer on older scopes - and I'm not talking '60s era Leupolds, the one I was inquiring about was made in the '90s.

Not good. I sent an older M8 3X to them last year for a heavy duplex. They sent me a brand-new 3X from the custom shop w/heavy duplex instead. I was a charged $68 and change. Not looking good at Leupold lately. Their customer service was what always made the difference for me. Looks like that's gone now, too.
Bob

Just called Friday looking for my ring parts, while I had Leupold on the phone asked about changing Reticle on a 6 X 42 Duplex to LRH they quoted me $125 had to be a post 89 scope. Was not custom shop so quote may have been wrong.

kk, I just had it in mind the scope was a 90's model, but I could sure be off. Though something else that's always been annoying about Leupold is how different employees will give out different info!

Yep. I use to pick up Dot or Duplex reticle on the cheap,and have them changed out to the old CPC. $56 before shipping. That was a few years back. Quick turn around too.

Just sent in a 6x33 a.o. compact that the previous owner had sent to Premier and had super fine crosshairs installed.Ask to have German # 4 reticle installed and was quoted 70.00$.Received a call from Leupold saying they could not work on my scope,so instead were sending me a new 6 x Hunter Competition with German # 4-FREE-- ALL COVERED UNDER WARRANTY!

Do you recall the year? Would have been a letter in the serial number as a prefix or suffix.

I had this happen with an older 4x recently. Leupold sent a new 4x to replace an M8. In that particular case it was fine, as they replaced it with essentially the same scope. I would personally be a bit ticked off if I sent a nice sveldt 6x33 with friction turrets and got back a much larger 6x42 with target turrets, even if the new scope is an "upgrade". Or did Leupold change the target turrets out to finger click adjustments on the 6x42? Or did the 6x33 have target turrets to begin with?

Sounds to me like they are doing away with repairing scopes or even doing reticle change in scopes. It seems like they are just sending you new scope made with the other reticle instead and charging you $200 to cover it. I’m sure it doesn’t cost them much too much to make the scope to begin with. It would save a lot of money not paying people to do repair/reticle work. Probably why they aren’t repairing older scopes because they are somewhat different and easier to replace ones they currently have ability to make. Who knows but it sure sounds like someone else is in charge at Leupold and is changing everything that everyone liked about them.

Damn, are they trying to run all of us off?

Glad I got my 3-9x40 and 1.5-5 with #4.
I guess I'll have to sell the varix 2.5-8 when. I find one with a #4 already onboard.

Yep,would love to have the 6x33 to put on a 52 Winchester, but I only gave 100.00 for it, so not complaining.