mnementh,
You're still missing the point,
Take a look at this post by RFLOOP earlier in this thread.
https://forum.tek.com/viewtopic.php?t=136149
(and lot of other discussion here and there..)
I didn't think I would have to put it in your face like this, but this guy has been doing this on ebay for years to unsuspecting buyers.
Still think it's nothing?
Now it's MY TURN to ask if YOU even read my post; go ahead and read it again, I'll wait.
Yes, I know about this guy. I even bought parts from him to resurrect my own 2465 scopes, more than a decade ago. I think the rebadging thing he does is outright fraud, and it's a shame, because when I needed parts the guy was helpful and gave me fair prices, and even sent me pics to help.
Fraud is fraud, and I loathe it just like you do.But you guys are adding apples and imaginary a-holes and coming up with
"OMG WTFBBQ!!!" and running around with your hair on fire.
It is mob mentality, pure & simple.
Needless sensationalism does no good to this venue.
It makes people discount the value of articles by people like Dave. Sure... there's a slim chance that this one unit made it from an unscrupulous seller in the US all the way to OZ and wound up in a skip with a bad power supply... then got sent to Dave and sat around on the mailbag shelf for years.
But REALLY... that is highly unlikely, and using this video as a thin pretense to AGAIN trash this guy in ANOTHER public forum is just... trashy.
You've done your part, you've brought the possibility to Dave's attention. That could have been done in PM, or with a single post. The "Reality TV" title of this thread is what I'm talking about; that entire attitude is inflammatory and childish. We have no evidence at all that this scope is a fake anything, or that
2465b ever even came within missile range of the thing.
We have NOTHING that ties this guy to this scope, except VERY SUPERFICIAL APPEARANCE and the fact that YOU'RE PISSED OFF AT HIS EXISTENCE. Get some effing perspective, man.
mnem