I sent a Nikon UCC Monarch 3x-9x back for a repair estimate on 6/5. The scope tube was bent, the windage adjustment didn't work, and the magnification ring only operated between 3x and 5x or so. None of this was Nikon's fault, the scope had been damaged.
The original estimate was $167 w/shipping, but while I was vacillating over whether to spring for the repairs and without any prodding from me, Nikon sent me a brand new replacement scope!
George
-------------------- "Shoot straight, shoot often, but by all means, use enough gun!"