Re: REAL Americans will buy Meade, NOT Celestron


P> > I've been to the factory. The glass is not made here. The rest
of
> the
> > scope (tube and mechanicals) are made in the U.S.
>
> Yup, the essential part of the scope, in terms of value, technical
> complexity, performance isn't made in the US...

Well, we can pick nits on what essential may or not mean. The glass by
itself will never be a scope, though I agree it's easy to look at the
glass as the most crucial part. But good glass and skimping on the
rest gets you an Orion ED80. A nice scope, especially for the money,
but not a TV85.

> > Eyepieces are made in Japan and Taiwan.
>

> > All are inspected in NY.
>
> <joke>Yes, yes. And all the bad stuff sent by those unreliable and
> intrinsically inferior contractors is mercilessly rejected in
NY</joke>
>

Actually, there are some decent sized piles of rejects there. The time
I was there at any rate. And I don't mean NEAF piles. Rejects, pure
and simple. Don't know what happens to them and didn't ask. Maybe
they get re-branded as Meade's. (joke, there!)

C.

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