New Leupold Canada Warranty

As for all the rules and regulations good luck on keeping track of which ones came into effect when, many leupold, U.S. scopes, are legally in Canada without the current 'proper' paper work and are here legally, this whole thing is going to end up a night mare for Korth and soon somone else will be the warranty center. Hopefully the wholesaler also as Korth is miserable to deal with on the wholesale resale side of things.
 
Bottom line is there are GOOD deals to be found on Leupolds in Canada by Korth's AUTHORIZED dealers. If you shop around there are dealers out there who are not out to SCREW you................. they pass the savings on to the customer.

CBY
 
CBY, my bet is they don't get their scopes from Korth, that is the whole problem with Korth's attitude. the big box stores are blowing Korths doors off with pricing and pissing them off so they are retailiating by refusing to honor the warranty, real simple
 
Morpheus32 said:
Gents,

If you have a nightforce, leupold, US Optics, Trijicon, aimpoint etc and it was not exported out of the US properly...you don't have a warranty. All have the same policy....it has to be exported properly. Tis the issue with US made scopes. So if you have a grey market scope and you have a problem...you are out of luck. Ask some people with issues with their ACOG and can't do a thing about it....expensive paperweight.

Korth is dealing with the same issue. If it is not exported properly...you don't get a warranty...
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This is not the way I read it. A scope not purchased from an authorized Korth dealer after November 1st will not have a warranty. Lots of scopes are imported legally by end users and with how it is worded you still would not have a warranty, legally or grey market.
 
Morpheus32 said:
Gents,

If you have a nightforce, leupold, US Optics, Trijicon, aimpoint etc and it was not exported out of the US properly...you don't have a warranty. All have the same policy....it has to be exported properly. Tis the issue with US made scopes. So if you have a grey market scope and you have a problem...you are out of luck. Ask some people with issues with their ACOG and can't do a thing about it....expensive paperweight.

Korth is dealing with the same issue. If it is not exported properly...you don't get a warranty...
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I highy doubt BassPro doesn't have the proper paper work to have their scopes exported from the U.S. still good luck having Korth doing the Warranty work. Its just a pissing match
 
Oscar Makonka said:
So how is the guy who goes to the store to buy a scope supposed to know if the scope was imported and distributed by Korth. Leupold definately needs to address this problem, I don't believe it's fair to the customer who doesen't know about this issue, All he knows is that he's buying a leupold and the warranty should be good, he naturally assumes it's imported legally and why should one store who imports a leupold legally have a warranty and another store who imoprts leupolds legally but not from Korth not have a warranty. Why should the onus be on the customer to investigate whether korth imported it or not.The vast majority of folks buying a scope are buying it over the counter in good faith they have no idea who imported it. I think Korth and Leupold both need their pee pee slapped.
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Since there has been little respose from authorized Canadian retailers I will add a few thoughts. Almost every brick and mortar store that sells Leupold in Canada is an authorized dealer (if in doubt check the Leupold website). The grey market imports are almost always sold by internet only sellers and are a very very small part of the retail market in Canada. Phil.
 
scott_r said:
Leupold is over priced and has ben going downhill for past number of years then they pull this crap. Its all about control and I want nothing to do with any org that wants to strangle hold its customers. Have a nice life Leupold and Leupold dealers.
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Leupold optics products are our best selling line and sales have increased every year since we have been in business. The warranty and dealer support is the best in the industry in Canada. They have product in stock when we need it and step up to solve what problems that happen from time to time. There has been reference in a few previous posts about different pricing to different dealers as this is somehow unfair. Korth Group like every other distributor and manufacturer offers different price structures depending on volume of purchases and how quick the invoices are paid. There are numerous dealers in Canada that qualify for the best pricing and not the select few that were implied. We mark up our Leupold products the same as Bushnell, Nikon, Burris ect. so we do not get extra margin with Leupold. Phil.
 
P of PDent said:
Since there has been little respose from authorized Canadian retailers I will add a few thoughts. Almost every brick and mortar store that sells Leupold in Canada is an authorized dealer (if in doubt check the Leupold website). The grey market imports are almost always sold by internet only sellers and are a very very small part of the retail market in Canada. Phil.
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...or Bass Pro? That one boggles my mind. They must be selling quite a few pieces?
 
nice to see basspro as an authorized dealer, this was not always the case as BP went around Korth. that may be the reason you are starting to see prices drop significantly at P&D. I bought an optic there a few years back when the dollar was on par and now the very same optic is several hundred dollars less, thanks to Basspro I suspect.
 
P of PDent said:
Since there has been little respose from authorized Canadian retailers I will add a few thoughts. Almost every brick and mortar store that sells Leupold in Canada is an authorized dealer (if in doubt check the Leupold website). The grey market imports are almost always sold by internet only sellers and are a very very small part of the retail market in Canada. Phil.
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That's all fine and dandy, but it still doesn't excuse the fact that a legally imported scope has no warranty if it was imported by someone other than Korth. That's the issue here. Is that so difficult for everyone to comprehend?

I don't see Bass Pro listed as an authorized Canadian dealer on Leupold's or Korth's website.
 
bearkilr said:
That's all fine and dandy, but it still doesn't excuse the fact that a legally imported scope has no warranty if it was imported by someone other than Korth. That's the issue here. Is that so difficult for everyone to comprehend?

I don't see Bass Pro listed as an authorized Canadian dealer on Leupold's or Korth's website.
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Korth, does not import Basspros' leupolds, call them and ask.
 
Not sure if this has been explored completely then... is it possible for basspro to collect their leupy scopes needing repair and send them down to the US repair center en-masse Will Leupy honor their warranty and is there a possiblitity this will prove too costly for BassPro?

ie/ will we start seeing a little card insert in BP scopes saying that you must send it to said (Canadian, not Korth) address for all warranty work.
 
bearkilr said:
That's all fine and dandy, but it still doesn't excuse the fact that a legally imported scope has no warranty if it was imported by someone other than Korth. That's the issue here. Is that so difficult for everyone to comprehend?

I don't see Bass Pro listed as an authorized Canadian dealer on Leupold's or Korth's website.
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I don't know where Basspro buys Leupold from but I suspect they may bring them through there main suppliy in the USA. I think the question of warranty may be best directed at Basspro to see what they are doing for warranty. Phil.
 
dizzy said:
nice to see basspro as an authorized dealer, this was not always the case as BP went around Korth. that may be the reason you are starting to see prices drop significantly at P&D. I bought an optic there a few years back when the dollar was on par and now the very same optic is several hundred dollars less, thanks to Basspro I suspect.
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Basspro`s presence in Canada has had nothing to do with Canadian or specificly our retail prices. The wholesale cost of Leupold products supplied from Korth Group has dropped over the last couple of years and our retail prices have adjusted accordingly. Wholesale Sports has more impact of the Leupold pricing in Canada (in my mind) than any other retailer. If in fact Basspo is bring in their Leupolds directly ...I`m wondering why their prices are not significantly lower than ours or the other real competitors in Canada. Phil.
 
aletheuo said:
Not sure if this has been explored completely then... is it possible for basspro to collect their leupy scopes needing repair and send them down to the US repair center en-masse Will Leupy honor their warranty and is there a possiblitity this will prove too costly for BassPro?

ie/ will we start seeing a little card insert in BP scopes saying that you must send it to said (Canadian, not Korth) address for all warranty work.
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This may in fact be the case. If you look at big ticket items at Costco like TV`s and such many are not bought through the normal Canadian distribution and therefore have no Canadian warranty leaving Costco as the warranty center thermselves. Phil.
 
P of PDent said:
This may in fact be the case. If you look at big ticket items at Costco like TV`s and such many are not bought through the normal Canadian distribution and therefore have no Canadian warranty leaving Costco as the warranty center thermselves. Phil.
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And Costco has a better warranty than most big box stores, usually double the time of manufacturers warranty. :)
 
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