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Posts Made By: Ivan Gastaldo

July 7, 2006 08:02 PM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

Re: sponsors not rated

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

Steve, sponsorship "could" be used in order to perpetrate a Fraud, but it would be the FIRST & LAST time that something like that would happen, as Herb would most certainly not tolerate it and would ban this person from Astromart... (besides WHO knows what else!)

On the other hand, you said that you checked this person's ratings, and they were excellent before he became a "sponsor", so I doubt that this is a Fraud Case... most likely a miscommunication issue, or a "personal" problem that has caused this person to be unable to close this deal in a timely manner...

IMHO, have a little patience and wait a bit, or try to communicate with this person via other means...


I hope this helps a little bit, keep us informed on how things go..., and good luck! 8)

July 10, 2006 01:25 PM Forum: Sports

FORZA AZZURRI!

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

Well, the World Cup is over, and Italy won... what a wonderful last game it was...
I have a lot of respect for both teams, and all players... but Zidane really screwed up in the end, when he hit the Italian guy for no reason...
I was so pissed for that, and so happy to see him get the Red Card and get kicked out of the game... (I'm sure he got a lot of grief afterwards, as his team lost, and a lot was due to him not being there...)

He went from being a GREAT player to just another good player with a bad attitude...

Anyways, glad to see Italy winning another Cup... what a great team they are!


FORZA AZZURRI! 8)
(did I even mention that I have Italian roots? wink )

July 16, 2006 10:38 PM Forum: Meade

Re: LX200GPS Gone?

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

David, have you seen anything in particular that steers you to think this way?
Meade still shows these scopes as part of their Product Line...

Let me know what you've seen... or heard...

July 26, 2006 12:41 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Dmitri's Visit...

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

Well, I finally got to meet Dmitri Kulginov yesterday... (he visits all these forums regularly)

He came down from Sweden to South Florida, and he expressed that he wanted to see particularly Jupiter... besides other things that they simply cannot see while at his country, due to being too low in the sky.

After almost 2 weeks of bad weather, yesterday the sky opened up, and while it was not perfect, as it was hot-muggy and hazy, it was better than nothing... 8)

His visit at my place was short, but we got to see and split Antares (his request), showed him M57, M11, M5, Jupiter (seeing was not perfect, as we got to see it up to about 200x, but detail was nice), M16 (only the cluster, as LP kills the nebula)...

It sure was nice meeting him, his wife & their friend, very nice people... wink


Here is a picture of us, from right to left, me, Dmitri, their friend and Dmitri's wife...


Clear skies to all!

July 26, 2006 02:41 PM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

Re: My thoughts about go-to

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

Greg, I'm thrilled to hear that DSCs are doing THE TRICK for you...
In my case, GOTO works flawlessly every single time, and has been doing it for over 3 years now...

To each its own... enjoy what you have... 8)


Clear skies to all! wink

August 2, 2006 05:56 PM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

Possible SCAM? Alert!

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

FISHY, simply TOO FISHY...
(Too good to be true, new member deal, no pics, only Wire Transfer/Cash, yadda, yadda, yadda)

http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=444475

Please check and let me know what you think...

I already sent an email to Herb as an FYI... 8)

August 4, 2006 06:18 PM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

Re: Deleting old posts

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

Let the Moderators of such Forum know what you are trying to do, and if possible, they might help you... (even though as Andy said, might be worth deleting the whole thread, since it will become confusing)


Clear skies! wink

August 5, 2006 12:22 PM Forum: Meade

Re: LX200GPS Handset Repair Kit

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

Here it is , David... 8)

www.Digikey.com

part # CW2605-ND

August 9, 2006 05:19 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Re: Cruisin' for a bruisin' ???

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

Greg, thanks for being concerned... it makes sense, better to be safe than sorry, even though my area is very quiet... 8)
I just changed my signature to reflect these changes...

A quick glance at your PROFILE tells me that you just changed it too... wink


Clear skies! 8)

August 11, 2006 01:42 AM Forum: After Dark

Re: R.I.P. James Van Allen

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo

Also posted in N.A.S.A Forum...