I remember reading a thread here of another person who purchased the Tasco Sniper model from SWFA. He too was steered away from the model on the front end. Afterwards he asked for an exchange towards a leupold.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Go ahead and buy one like he did <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Many years ago I worked in a gunshop. We were a volume leupold dealer back when that was saying something. The factory rep told us to never argue with a customer returning a leupold product for any reason, just reach under the counter an give them a new one. Leupold backed their product really well. Didn't see any come back while i worked there.
However we also sold tasco scopes. They came back all the time, reticles shot, adjustment knobs not working properly, etc. The tasco product was not backed nearly as well as the leupold. The customer always wanted to blame the salesperson or the store for the quality of the product even when you tried to tell them on the front end. Seems like things have not changed.....
I owned 1 tasco scope long time ago. It was enough.....
Here's a nice used 10x leupold on ebay at an attractive price you might want to check out.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3633038956&category=31714