Is buying a used Aimpoint a good idea?

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I have read the Aimpoint warranty that Aimpoint has put on their website. It is as follows (my bold):

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"Aimpoint guarantees its products to be free from original manufacturer defects in material and/or workmanship under normal use for a period of 2 years for professional or competition use and 10 years for personal use from the date of purchase.

Personal use shall mean: use of the sight in a way that implies less exposure than professional use.

Professional or frequent competition use shall mean: daily or highly frequent use of the sight in professional activities (military or law enforcement) or under conditions that could be compared to as professional.

The warranty is valid provided that the sight has not been misused, disassembled or tampered with in any way. Any attempt to disassemble or repair the product will void the warranty.

The warranty agreement is limited to the original owner and is not transferable.

Any warranty claim must be accompanied by a copy of the original receipt showing date of purchase."
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So, among other things, Aimpoint says that their 10-year warranty for "personal use" is only valid for the original owner and it is not transferrable to a new owner.

I realize that Aimpoint has a tremendous reputation, but I have never owned an Aimpoint, so I have no idea what their typical lifespan is, nor how good their quality-control is that would catch "lemons".

It's nice to save some dollars by buying used, but how much of a discount on say a CompM4 do you think makes the loss of perhaps many years of warranty on a rather expensive RDS "worth it"? To put it bluntly, how much would you pay for a used CompM4?

Thanks.
 
Well as long as you ASK for the original recepit you should be fine.

As for weather I recommend buying them. Yes.

The problem with the M4S on here they seem to go about 100$ cheaper then brand new. And at that point might as well go new.

That being said, I'd almost go withthe PRO.
 
TheGamer### said:
Well as long as you ASK for the original recepit you should be fine.

As for weather I recommend buying them. Yes.

The problem with the M4S on here they seem to go about 100$ cheaper then brand new. And at that point might as well go new.

That being said, I'd almost go withthe PRO.
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Do you mean that Aimpoint will honor the warranty even if you are not the original buyer, as long as you have the receipt?

(BTW, I'm not interested in the "s" version.)
 
Onagoth said:
If you have the receipt, how do they know you aren't the original owner?
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I'm not familiar with Aimpoint's system of "registering" their products. If the original owner registered the product serial number and provided his/her name, etc., even if I have the receipt, my name does not match that of the original owner. Also, if the original buyer used a credit card to pay for the item, if Aimpoint checks with the place of purchase, they'll realize that the details of the person who sent in the scope are not the same as the person who bought it.

I might be completely wrong on this. But if Aimpoint doesn't bother to check sales details to determine who's the original owner, why not just state that the warranty is transferrable?

(I do know that in the past when selling an item of some value, if the warranty registration card was never been sent in by the original owner, the second owner can do that and he has the warranty. Again, things may be much different for scopes. I just don't know.)
 
It pretty much depends if the owner sent in his/hers registration.

They do not check POP, so doesnt matter who bought it, heck it could've been a gift.

But pretty much yes, if previous owner registered it, then you're out of luck for warranty work. (You can always ask if registration card comes with it, and if it was registered)

It's not the best way of doing it, and in the end if that's the most important, then buy new.

I havent heard anybody getting screwed over like that yet. They might question as to why the scope is from Ontario (example) and you're shipping it from BC... but simple "I bought it on a road trip" answer should make them happy.

Like I said, if warranty is what you're concerened about, then buy new.
 
TheGamer### said:
It pretty much depends if the owner sent in his/hers registration.

They do not check POP, so doesnt matter who bought it, heck it could've been a gift.

But pretty much yes, if previous owner registered it, then you're out of luck for warranty work. (You can always ask if registration card comes with it, and if it was registered)

It's not the best way of doing it, and in the end if that's the most important, then buy new.

I havent heard anybody getting screwed over like that yet. They might question as to why the scope is from Ontario (example) and you're shipping it from BC... but simple "I bought it on a road trip" answer should make them happy.

Like I said, if warranty is what you're concerened about, then buy new.
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Thanks.

I now realize that in order to answer my own orignial "how much should I pay" question, I need to know how much this sight is going to cost to be repaired, if that is necessary (and it will be, eventually).

It appears to me that Canadian and US owners of Aimpoints have to send their sights to Aimpoint in Chanitlly, Virginia, so I'm going to contact Aimpoint in Virginia and ask them what typical problems would be with their CompM4 and PRO models and how much it typically costs to get those problems repaired. (If their repair policy is like some places that do repairs on say auto diagnostic tools that have "modular" designs, they may charge a single, flat rate for anything that goes wrong with a unit.)

I'll post what I find out.
 
Folks still send in reg. cards, as in snail mail. WOW, haven't sent in a reg cards for years, always online reg. to save time and a stamp.
 
burnaby said:
Folks still send in reg. cards, as in snail mail. WOW, haven't sent in a reg cards for years, always online reg. to save time and a stamp.
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I very recently bought an SA VZ58. If I wanted to have a warranty, I had to snail-mail a warranty-registration card, along with a copy of the original receipt, to North Sylva. At my request, North Sylva then graciously acknowledged receipt of those documents .......... by email.:D

So yes, even in this computerized age, some places still require that antiquated process.

Maybe an Aimpoint owner could chime in here to say what Aimpoint needs for warranty registration.
 
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