The phone inquiry on the Bushnell scope may be related to a high incidence of credit card fraud associated with high dollar scopes. Some buy these for the sole purpose of shipping them out of the country. My information comes from my lgs who has lost about $3500 from these scams until he wised up.

One way to make certain that your order does not get shipped through the U.S. mail is to order a box of 22 ammo, but this trick is no longer easy to pull.