I saw the ad and wanted a cheap spotting scope for occasional use and to leave at my hunting camp to look at moose at the end of my pond so headed to Cabelas to pick one up. On sale for $59 (1/2 off) with a $10 Mail In Rebate and $25 on a gift card and the scope was about $25.
Got it home, took it out of the foam lined hard case and tried to unscrew the lens protector. The entire lens moved in a circle and I was able to pull it out with little effort. Of course, this makes it impossible to use the magnification ring. Buy cheap, get cheap. Guess I'm doing another 1hr trip back to Cabela's in the morning.