Greg-
I'm in Canada so things may differ slightly on the US market.
Something I can ad to this thread is that Pentax Eyepieces do indeed go on sale, it is their unofficial policy to sale eyepieces which are in warehouse or in stock at retailers at the very end of Fall and very end of Spring.
Last year I was looking at buying a 3.5XW from a local camera store which deals in Pentax but not telescope stuff. I'd given them lots of business over the years so they made a few calls to find out what they could get. Unfortunatly their price was going to be high as they don't carry any of the spotting/telesope gear but they did find out that Pentax oculars would be going on sale in the near future and that I should watch retailers. Sure enough, one month later, late Nov. they were reduced, $429 cdn to $389cdn so I picked one up. Then last month I recieved an e-mail from another retailer, Kendrick Astro Instruments, that they were putting their stock Pentax oculars on sale and I picked up the 20mm XW for $340cdn down from $459 cdn
For those in Canada I recommend signing up to Kendricks mailing list, they've only mailed me once in three months and with really good deals on things.
-Chris
I'm in Canada so things may differ slightly on the US market.
Something I can ad to this thread is that Pentax Eyepieces do indeed go on sale, it is their unofficial policy to sale eyepieces which are in warehouse or in stock at retailers at the very end of Fall and very end of Spring.
Last year I was looking at buying a 3.5XW from a local camera store which deals in Pentax but not telescope stuff. I'd given them lots of business over the years so they made a few calls to find out what they could get. Unfortunatly their price was going to be high as they don't carry any of the spotting/telesope gear but they did find out that Pentax oculars would be going on sale in the near future and that I should watch retailers. Sure enough, one month later, late Nov. they were reduced, $429 cdn to $389cdn so I picked one up. Then last month I recieved an e-mail from another retailer, Kendrick Astro Instruments, that they were putting their stock Pentax oculars on sale and I picked up the 20mm XW for $340cdn down from $459 cdn
For those in Canada I recommend signing up to Kendricks mailing list, they've only mailed me once in three months and with really good deals on things.
-Chris
