Re: used scopes



My first true scope was an Orion 12.5 f4.8 DSE Dob, ( made by who is now
Discorvery Telescopes ) and they shipped it to Hawaii where I lived at the
time ( I miss that scope ) and even replaced the mirror when it was found to
have a zone area in it.

I just hope their sevice stays as good with the new owner of Orion.


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"Zarkovic" <zarkovic@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Exactly my thoughts, and I was really worried about the mirror alligment.
> Anyhow, I am currently e-mailing back and forward the orion staff (btw
> they are very nice and friendly) so I guess it's just a matter of time
> now. Some dude has one xt8 on astromart, but doesn't want to ship to
> Canada. Anyhow, I didn't really do the shopping around for the new xt8,
> but I pressume orion would have the lowest prices, since it is their
> scope. Anyhow, I'll do that later on. Thank you for the very nice sharing
> of interesting details and experiances, this is a very, very useful
> newsgroup. I love it.
>
>


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