Posts Made By: Sunchai Khemalaap

I have questions about astrographs as compared to other wide field scopes.

It seems to me that astrographs are extremely expensive compared to other quality wide field scopes. Is there a TRUE advantage to astrographs? Of course I understand that it all depends on the quality and manufacturers but is it really worth paying for astrographs?

How is it compared to celestron with fastar or hyperstar or like telescopes?

Can a newtonian be converted to F2 or F3 without too much coma issues to rival a fast astrographs?

Just some questions I've been pondering and hope that the experts out there can help answer them.

Thank you.

Taking into account the worth of the dollar, not so long ago dollar was worth over 100 yens. It's now about 92 yen to the dollar. This will mean that the prices of some astronomy equipment will go up, at least for the foreign made equipment. How will this affect the prices of U.S. Made equipment?

Will the U.S. equipment prices go up too? Just trying to pick the best time for me to make all my purchase before any further collapse of the dollar. If this won't affect U.S. made products then I can wait to make my purchases, if not then I need to make my purchases ASAP.

What about used equipment? Will the used foreign made equipment increase in price too?

Any thoughts?

Do I have a beef with Tom Godsey, yes.  It's sad that he gave me a 1 star rating in respond to my 1 star of his behavior... as such I am posting email exchange so all can be the judge.  I always am respectful of others but when others treat you poorly one must take action.

Look the seller has every right to sell to whomever he/she wants but be respectful of others.  If Tom would have told me from the start that he has someone local competing... I would have just left it alone but Tom Strung me along and pop it last minute then tried to project his shortcomings onto me by saying "first come first serve?"  really?  

Beware when dealing with Tom Godsey, he'll pull the rug from under you!   Email thread below 1/original email via Astromart is on the bottom.

Thu, Jan 23, 2020 11:35 am
smkhem ([email protected])To:tgodsey54 Details
I'm actually quite miffed about this, thinking I was working out a time to pick this up.  if you were wanting payment right away I could have sent it to you... not sure what was the deal here... you strung me along and then didn't even give me an opportunity to make it happen...

Thanks
Sunny

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Godsey <[email protected]>
To: smkhem <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, Jan 23, 2020 3:32 am
Subject: Re: Sunchai Khemalaap responded to Celestron CGX-L

Hi, I have a guy coming tomorrow to buy it. he lives very close to me. sorry it did not work out for you.

On Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 09:33:21 PM CST, <[email protected]> wrote:


What's your address so I can plan accordingly.... any particular day that you'd prefer?  Mondays and Fridays are preferable for me but can make it mid week if need be but will have to plan to be away from my work so let me know your preference and timeframe and how long you have to make this deal.... meaning if there is a specific time that you need to get this done by or really no timeline so we can casually coordinate.

Thanks
Sunny

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Godsey <[email protected]>
To: smkhem <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, Jan 22, 2020 12:56 pm
Subject: Re: Sunchai Khemalaap responded to Celestron CGX-L

Hi Sunchai, can you drive up here during the week? because I work long weekends.


On Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 09:43:33 AM CST, <[email protected]> wrote:


Tom,
I live in the San Antonio area, about 5 hours from Dallas.

Sunny

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Godsey <[email protected]>
To: Sunchai Khemalaap <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, Jan 21, 2020 9:06 pm
Subject: Re: Sunchai Khemalaap responded to Celestron CGX-L
Yes, I still have it. Can I ask where do you live?


On Jan 21, 2020, at 8:49 PM, Astromart Website <[email protected]> wrote:



New Response
You have a new response by:
SectorTX (Sunchai Khemalaap | [email protected])
LOCATION: Boerne TX, United States
to your classified ad 'Celestron CGX-L':
Celestron CGX-L
(/classifieds/Astromart-Classifieds/Mounts-Equatorial)
MESSAGE:

I will take it if it's still available ... just have to coordinate pick up.

View Classified

Greg Shaffer,

Appreciate the info and I have initiated the retraction with Herb.  That said, I also ask Herb concerning the astromart community, we report on scammers, bad behaviors so how does the community learn and share with others about users honorable intentions or rather in this case dishonorable intentions.  I know and understand that there are always two sides to a coin. It's just good to know and be aware of who you are dealing with before hand.  Of course policies are usually there to prevent the escalation of "virtual email wars".  Surely you'd want to know who you're dealing with.  I've had many many dealings and never had anyone did what Tom has...  Others would say that they prefer local deals and that was that...respectful and done, no harm no foul.  

thanks for your opinion and advisement.

Sunny

I see and absolutely understand your point.  I just never met anyone on astromart of any other astro site that did what he did.  I guess I've been lucky.  Until Tom, mine had been all positive experiences. Even when they decide to sell to someone else... It's not that I lost the deal because that has happened numerous times before but rather how he went about doing it... asking me if I can pick it up during the weekdays because he works weekends and my answer was "yes" just need to coordinate and next thing you know he tells me he sold it... again I understand that the seller has that right... just be fair and upfront about it.... 

I think we all deserve that!  fair and upfront.. I just felt that I went through all the trouble of getting things set up and ready to take off and boom... the rug pulled out from under me!

Thanks again for your unbias and fair assessment of my situation.

Sunny

A few days ago it was Tina Lou from Alabama advertising the item... looked at it today and the name changed to Moe Brown from Indiana... 

I almost responded to the advertisement because I am looking for a second mount but it looked suspect and so I did search for the person Tina Lou Alabama... nothing came up... I obviously did not respond and now, the name and location changed... the profile has no rating... first flag... I always do a person search... for verification... 

This advertisement... 

https://astromart.com/classifieds/astromart-classifieds/mounts-equatorial/show/skywatcher-eq8-mount


if this is real please let me know... surely it looks suspect after 4-5 days name and location changed!!!