I have to disagree with you on that one.

In my experience, I've found the biggest differences in scopeswhen going from the <$75 scopes to the $150-ish scopes. It's when you start going from the $150/$200 scopes to the $300/$400 scopes that the differences get much smaller. There's one hell of a big difference when moving from a Barska/BSA to a Bushnell 3200/Buckmaster. Going from the 3200 to the 4200, however,doesn't show nearly as big a difference.

It's often put forth that one should spend "as much as you can" on a scope. I'd temper that by saying, "spend up to the point where you personallycan't see much of a difference by spending more."