I saw no minor, moderate or major scratches or bubbles. You are saving 33% off the cost of a new scope.
The previous owner took a grinder and removed some of the metal from 3 sides of the tripod mount, (I assume to make it fit the tripod better). (The base of the tripod plate is designed to fit a Swarovski Spotting Scope Head which fits on top of their tripod) During that process, it appears the grinder make contact with the rubber housing covering the scope and made a small abrasion in the rubber cover. This did not penetrate the body and is cosmetic only. I mount it on a Bogen Manfrotto screw on Fluid Head and it works fine. In the last few days, I have spent 4-6 hours looking through this scope at open spaces.
I have it mounted on a Bogen Tripod with a Fluid Head using the screw on mount. You set the height of the eyepiece to about chin height when looking at objects that are level with your height. I've also used it sitting with the eyepiece rotated 90 degrees to the left. Tracking boats that are 100-1,000 feet away, looking at Container Ships 1/2 mile away, looking at Buildings in Downtown San Francisco that are 10 miles away and looking at details on boats that are 50 feet away. The view quality is bright and clear and focus is sharp and precise.If you like quality optics, you will be impressed. This is as good as it gets. The item "SPOTTING SCOPE SWAROVSKI ATS 80 HD & 20 60 POWER ZOOM LENS.
COST $2,980 @ B&H" is in sale since Friday, May 26, 2017. This item is in the category "Sporting Goods\Hunting\Scopes, Optics & Lasers\Spotting Scopes". The seller is "goldengategold" and is located in Alameda, California. This item can be shipped to United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica.