The Vari X III would be from 2003 and I believe the 2004 is a VX III. Look at the Golden Ring. The VX III is finger adjustable (no coin required) and has a side parallax adjustment. The other features are internal.

Hope that helps. If you got a sweet deal because they were clearing them out, I would consider keeping it. But I would be real peeved at the sales person.

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