Okay, first the "caveat" to this story as I appreciate that these scopes are scarce. A while ago, when the first shipment had been sold and I placed a pre-order for the ED72, I was lucky enough to speak to Steve at @FLO and had the offer of the last model they had, then one they had used for photos on the site.. I had originally planned to wait for the next shipment as I was in no rush but the low stock and vague arrival date had me worried and I took first refusal on the last ED72 Steve had....