Binoculars Lens Inspection with Internal Dust Dirt Mold Mildew Fungus Haze. Leica 8x32 Trinovid.

Audio Correction. During inspection, there is dust-mold-mildew-fungus on the multiple glass elements inside the binoculars. To have this removed, the binoculars would have to be sent to Leica for repair disassembly and cleaning. Estimated cost for repair is $300-400.
These were purchased on ebay with the condition marked as "New" and in the text description was the words "Brand New." When they arrived they were checked for Colimation, Exterior scratches on lenses. focus wheels, sliding eye cups and overall appearance. Later, when they were checked with a flashlight, that is when I noticed the internal dust.

These were in New Condition from the outside. However, when you do the flashlight test, you can see that they cannot be sold as New Condition due to the internal dust.

Binoculars Lens Inspection with Internal Dust Dirt Mold Mildew Fungus Haze. Leica 8x32 Trinovid #1086111

[peterkin]

Unfortunately I had a near identical experience with a pair of Leica Ultravid 8x42 BR binoculars via eBay.They stank to high heaven of some nasty chemical plastic, had haze in the left optic, also had scratches on the lenses which I didn't notice at the time. The seller refused to help and he had over 3000 positives on eBay. What I didn't know was how he got these positives. And when I later looked into it, his positives were mostly on old carpentry tools ! Leica in Portugal changed me €349.25 to fix ttem. The seller got a well deserved negative but it wasn't worth going via eBay to get my money backas I'dwouldhave lost €50 for an estimate. And the binoculars are now 'as new' in fact BETTER as for some reason they have less Chromatic Abberation. It is worth you getting then serviced but that depends on if you're within the 30 eBay money back guarantee. Hopefully you got sorted.