I have to agree with everything eeyore said im afraid. Anything on ebay that seems to be a total bargain is usually misleading...and will be chinese junk. That said, its not like you have wasted lots of money and they will be useful for something. But i also agree if you go beyond the commonly used 8x42 or 10x50 then you would be better off with a scope...but again..i myself was looking into scopes on ebay and there is a hell of a lot of "great looking" cheap bargain junk scopes on there. As with binoculars...they say anything under a couple of hundred quid is not worth having i would imagine with scopes anything under 4-500 quid is not worth having either...Im not saying these things dont work but i would imagine within a few months you will already be looking to upgrade...so in the long run your going to waste money.
And dont believe all that buying in bulk, cutting out the middle man balony...its all a scam...i should know...i was an ebayer power seller for a long time dealing in electric guitars.
Get yourself a tripod ( again not too cheap or it will wobble all over the place and the joints/adjustable bits will work lose) for your large zoom bins and use them as your sea watching bins?
Good luck....and maybe in future if your looking to buy stuff on ebay ...before you commit come see us in here and im sure many of us would give you an honest opinion or " Dont touch with a barge pole" advice. And i also respect that not everyone has hundreds to spend on gear ( im a mature student right now so im in the same boat) my bins were £200 pound jobbies from bushnell but i got them from an online shop in the states for around £120 and got away with the import/customs tax...which is something else you need to watch.
