I gave my wife, Leslie, a pair of 8x42 waterproof Nikon binocs obout 5 yearsago. Internal fogging developed on the eyepiece lenses, so she contacted Nikon to see if they could clean them at a reasonable price. Answer: yes, the price would be $10 plus shipping. -Great! She sent them off. A couple weeks later, Nikon called to say that parts would be required, but unfortunately, shipping them from Japan would take an inordinately long time, so would it be O.K to send a brand-new replacement pair? YES! - In a few days she received an in-the-box set of Monarch ATB, waterproof, FOGPROOF, binoculars, superior in every way to the originals. We've in fact read that some users are of the opinion that they're equivalentto $1000+ Swaroskis or Leicas. So, 5 stars for Nikon for exceeding any reasonable expectations for product support, and standing behind their 30-year warrantee. Michael Sledjeski =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count in which the birds you report were seen. The actual date of observation should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________