John M.

My hobby is building AK-47s. They are immaculate but sometimes when looking for parts I try and find a reasonable bargain. I usually add scopes to them and almost always buy from a military supplier in Belarus... a small country just west of Russia. I sometimes find good scopes on Ebay but I never knew that Amazon sold the Belarus scopes until recently. Amazon had a model scope I like and usually buy but I had never bought one from Amazon. These were cheaper than normal but since the wording was incorrect and some of the specifications displayed incorrectly I at first thought that who ever listed the article just was ill-informed and perhaps mismatched the prices. After all there were some of the correct scopes with the normal prices listed next to the scope I was interested in. Over the next hour I looked closely and the item had the Belarus markings in Ukrainian. The title had Russian terms. The scope was exactly the same as the ones shown on the Belarus site in every detail. I thought to myself that surely Amazon would not allow imitations and knock-offs to be sold on their site? So I bought the scope. The next morning I got an "Your item has shipped" with a Chinese post tracking number. The delivery date spanned two weeks which was a good indicator it was coming from China. I found out that indeed the scope I bought was a Chinese imitation. I tried to write a review of my experience but Amazon rejected it saying I could not say it was an imitation and of poor quality. The next morning I noticed the price went up $40. I noticed these scopes were intermingled among authentic scopes but there is no indicator that these scopes are mailed from China which would be the one key warning that all was not right. I have a whole new opinion of Amazon and their business practices.

Ordered products that were shown to be in "LA" and in stock on November 1,2016. As soon as I sent the money I was notified the products were backordered and would be sent from China. It's now Feb 10th and no sign of the products or my money. I would have spent more money or bought a better products from a better source just to relieve the aggravation and stress of waiting and wondering for three months or more.