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Exp271 · 2021-05-23 16:35:10

Looking to buy a 3.5x scope from a vendor on ebay. Do I need any license or anything else? Or can I just buy it from ebay with no issues from a legal perspective?

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Do I need a license or anything to buy a scope on ebay

23-05-2021 05:35PM

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Looking to buy a 3.5x scope from a vendor on ebay. Do I need any license or anything else? Or can I just buy it from ebay with no issues from a legal perspective?

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#2 23-05-2021 05:41PM

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Serbia is not in the EU

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#3 23-05-2021 05:44PM

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Jakub Zytecki wrote: »

Serbia is not in the EU

do i need a license or anything?

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#4 23-05-2021 05:50PM

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Exp271 wrote: »

do i need a license or anything?

There's a thread here https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin//showthread.php?t=259865 It appears you don't need one.

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#5 23-05-2021 05:54PM

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con747 wrote: »

There's a thread here https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin//showthread.php?t=259865 It appears you don't need one.

Thanks. I looked at a lot of threads like this but never got a concrete answer

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#6 23-05-2021 07:34PM

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I belive that there was a requirement for either a 'single import license' (or some such) or an 'end user agreement' for scopes over 10X or night vision. This was usually done from the US but I think there was restrictions from UK. Theses mainly came from the supplier. I had to do a 'end user agreement' for a US purchase scope (3-12x56)

This, to my knowledge, is no longer the case and only applies to scopes exclusively made for the miltary and night vision scopes.

So if it's a standard, non night vision capable scope you should have no issues ..... unless the vendor is in some country that has weird export laws.

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