Re: Dozen surplus SCTs for sale

From: scurry (speriodthespiceorcomb_at_bresnan.net)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:00:05 -0600

Don Bruns wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The company I work for has about 12 to 15 scts for sale, surplus from
> old contracts. Most of them are 8" Meades, probably 10 years old. The
> catch is, they are the optical tube assembly only - no mounts, no
> finders, and no eyepieces. They don't even have the fixture on the end
> that holds the eyepiece. We also have a similar number of custom
> refractors assemblies, but don't know the specifics - they look like
> about 5" F/7 units. Sorry, no one who worked on these projects is still
> around to get more specific details.
>
> We are thinking of selling them on E-bay or Astromart, but don't want to
> sell them for less that the cost of packaging them.
>
> Any idea how to sell them as a group? We are in San Diego.
>
> Thanks,
> Don
>
Do you happen to know if the refractors are 2 or 3 element? Also, if I
might ask, what were all these scopes used for? Or would you have to
kill me if you told me? ;-)

Shawn