Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Counterfeit Leupold Arrived from Ebay

No, he wasn't expecting the real thing.. You would know that if you had read--and can comprehend English--his post.........

Its an upgrade.

Might be.

Want to see counterfeit?

Check out the VX-III 1.5-5x20 and 3-9x40 that "ZEISSA" is selling on eBay.

You could buy either one for $149.99.

ZEISSA has a 97.9% approval rating and his responses when confronted with charges of selling knock-offs is to call the buyer a liar.

Hell, I'd hang on to it and use it. It may be better than the American made in Beaverton, Oregon model. It may even track better.... Let us know how it works out, I might buy one...

Funny how they go through all the bother to counterfeit the boxes and scopes, but don't do a simple Google search on the part numbers. The 1.5-5 part number is for a VX-3i 3.5-10x40mm. But, they play to the fools who expect something for nothing.

why counterfeit something that everyone hates ?

Most people aren't sufficiently knowledgeable to recognize that detailed a difference.

If a person is looking at used Leupold scopes on eBay, about half of them are incorrectly described, as sellers either don't know that there is a difference between Vari-X IIs, VX-IIs, and VX-2s and between VX-Is and VX-1s, or they are purposely advertising an older scope with lower grade optics as a newer scope with higher grade optics. However, now that you've raised that point, I suppose that I should add a column to the EXCEL file that I use to track scopes with and start tracking the part numbers on scopes.

Even big box retails don't know, or don't care, sometimes. I bought a 2.5-8x36 at a large discount at Sports Authority a few years back because the counter clerk didn't care that it wasn't a $199 VX-1 even when I pointed it out, to him it was just a scope and all scopes look pretty much alike.

Whenever I buy Leupold scopes on eBay, I always ask for the serial number alpha prefix or suffix to determine if the seller knows what he is selling. About half the time they don't and more are upgraded than downgraded.

It says Duplex reticle but the image is a Mill Dot. I received the vx3 I that was on sale and it's legit.

Last year I bought a VX3i from Universal Mania before the owner went to prison for selling some counterfeit stuff. I called Leupold,gave them the number and they said it was legit. Leupold also said they had not had any issues with the VX3i being counterfeit. It was the Mark 4 or some of the others.

There is a domestic seller on there now with a few Leupolds that are suspicious. Either that, or it is a foreign seller using a domestic location. No shipping time given, and says they ship flat rate freight. 4 sold today, so he is messing with some people before getting shut down. The only seller reviews (10) are for Otterbox and phone stuff.

Seller name is blaisree_1

BLAISREE_1 has only been an eBay seller since August 2017 and he/she doesn't accept returns. So if you buy from him/her, it is "as is" and eBay probably won't help a buyer if the item purchased happens to be a knockoff.

There are other eBay sellers with open auctions of what appear to be counterfeit Leupold scopes:

CRAZYBUSHNELL
CRAZY_SCOPE
HISCOPE
PLUSCARGO_0
YISIBIGBEARSTORE

Yes. So far the counterfeit Chinese sellers with USA addresses have stuck to West Coast shipping addresses. But knowing those clever phucers they'll be shipping from Kansas City locations as time goes by.....

The Mark 4 and the AR scopes, plus there are some new counterfeit labeled as "VX-II" scopes on ebay as well.

Anybody know if any fakes are coming from Amazon?

Seriously someone needs to buy one and do a thorough comparison.

I’d be curious to know whether it is absolute krap, average Leupold krap, or a half decent optic.

I purchased a fake on Ebay for $300 AUD which, at the time, I thought was a good price for the genuine product. After paying for it via Paypal it hadn't arrived 10 days later, so I sent the seller a nasty messages requesting the scope. He messaged back saying he didn't have a Paypal account,blah,blah,blah. In the end, I got the scope (a Leupold confirmed fake) and realised the transaction had not gone through so I cancelled payment through Paypal. I sent the seller a massage saying he could have his scope back when he paid for return postage. I never heard from him agian. So at the end of the day, I got the scope without paying for it. I was very lucky. Leupold confirmed it was FAKE via the serial number.

Its still sitting unused in the box it came in. Here's some pics.










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The fake Leupolds on Ebay no longer claim to be the real deal.

The Zeiss Conquests still claim to be real. I ordered one for $64.38 shipped. Will compare it to a real one, shoot the square, test tracking ,AO, etc. when it arrives and report back.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Zeiss-Rifle-Scope-Conquest-3-9X40AO-Illuminated-Red-Green-Reticle-Sight-Sighting/263351659035?epid=12010565079&hash=item3d50fb6a1b:g:F3gAAOSw4A5YuMfn

Ad mentions 30-day return policy. Wonder if the seller will honor it you're not satisfied.

When you buy using PayPal the buyer always wins any dispute.