[stagpanther]

They're not the only ones who play the middleman game--but it really shouldn't be legal in my opinion to lock up an order and charge information by having a storefront that lists an idem suggesting that it is "in-stock"--giving the impression that it's inventory on-hand and ready to ship from their facilities, regardless of where that might be--when in fact the item is not. In my case, they did not respond to any of my requests to modify the order. Obviously the profit margin goes up when when inventory carrying requirements go down.

Optics Planet is over and out on my list of vendors.