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April 20, 2005 06:48 PM Forum: Meade

Bad way to sell telescopes

Not only on TV, but also look around Walmart and all those department stores. (not only Meade does this though...)

I love my Meade Scope, don't get me wrong, but I surely hate misleading advertisement...

I wish there was something that could be done, but not sure what, considering they've been able to do this for all this time... and got away with it.

It is the sad side of our hobby... sad

April 20, 2005 08:08 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Color Enhanced Moon

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

Amazing!
Wonderfully done Jose!
Thanks! wink

April 21, 2005 05:23 PM Forum: Refractors

Refractor for my SCT

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

Mike, for $500 or less, the Orion or the Celestron 80ED would be my personal choices... (the Orion is a bigger package than the Celestron, due to a 100mm tube assembly)

I have my Orion 80ED mounted on top of my 10" LX-200GPS, and works like a charm! (also got a separate mount for it in case I want to use it standalone)

Clear skies! wink

April 21, 2005 10:28 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Eta Carina FS152 and modded D70

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

Sweet shot Greg! Not to mention Sweet equipment too! wink

April 23, 2005 12:30 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Promises promises

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

David, without us knowing the WHO/WHAT it is very hard to tell if this WAIT period is something valid or not... it could very well be acceptable for a scope that is "SPECIAL", since some scopes here have long wait lists, and sometimes the wait gets prolonged to years (AP, anyone?).
It could also mean some bad things for you and your money, but let's not go there, and let's hope your story will have a happy ending...

I think we would all appreciate it if you could tell us WHAT it is you are supposed to be getting, and WHO you are dealing with...

Clear skies, and good luck!

April 23, 2005 12:33 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky