If you were following the thread, you would notice that the OP never posted a price for his scopes. I believe MTBULLET was giving a rough starting point for people to make offers, since that is what the OP requested. Nobody is "heckling" except for you, swboyzzzz.
And no one said anything about the quality of a Vari-X III vs. a VX-3, so save that for another post.