Re: Dozen surplus SCTs for sale

From: Bill Dean (billdeanhatesspam_at_removethiscox.net)
Date: 07/27/04


Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 18:55:21 -0700

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:26:24 GMT, Don Bruns
<dbruns@stellarproducts.com> 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

Hi Don,

Are any of these 'scopes from the AstroTerra days? The SCTs should be
pretty good as I recall, the refractors don't ring a bell though. I
could maybe find a bit more if these are related. Drop me a line
privately at billdean <at> cox <dot> net if I can help.

Clear skies,
Bill



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