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- From: MEDELMA@cms.cc.wayne.edu (Michael Edelman)
- Subject: Re: Experiences with telescope mail order
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- Organization: Wayne State University, C&IT
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:23:52 GMT
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- I've ordered twice from Pauli's with no complaints *but* I ordered rather
- inert and hard to screw up things, like a half-pier for a Super Polaris
- mount. Maybe the rule is to only order that sort of item from them. The
- first time I called I actuqally had a nice chat with the owner regarding
- my last nme, as he had recently bought out the well-known sporting goods
- supplier of the same name...but I digress.
-
- Others: Orion: Helpful, friendly, expensive but getting better. Bought
- their slow-motion tripod mount and a 40mm Kellner.
-
- Astronomics: Helpful, friendly, honest, reasonable prices. Bought a
- 28mm Celestron Erfle on close-out. (Check their close-out/used/etc
- circular for some very good deals. The Erfle cost $39!)
-
- University: Very knowledgeable, good values. I have one of his
- Plossl oculars- a good deal at $49.95. He spent a long time with
- me on the phone explaining why I should get that particular
- focal length for a specific scope and application. He was right.
-
- Bob Little, who brokers Questars and sells accessories and the new
- Intes Maksutov: Can't say enough good about him. Even after I had
- my scope and he had my money he called me back *twice* with suggestions
- and advice. He has an excellent and well-deserved reputation. If
- you want a used Questar, or need service on one, go through him.
- For $100 he'll do a complete overhaul- Questar charges over $300.
- He's been working with Questars for about 30 years. No, I don't get
- anything from him for saying all this ;-)And Bob also recommends
- Ross Seyfried of University Optics. They're friends.
-
- City Camera in Dearborn, MI. A camera store that also sells Celestron,
- Meade, Televue and various binocs. Good deals, they seem pretty honest.
- I bought a Celestron SS-80 from them and traded it in on a SP-C80 a
- fewq months later and they gave me 100% credit. Not bad. There's only
- one guy there who really knows scopes, though.
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- Michael Joseph Edelman Wayne State University
- medelma@cms.cc.wayne.edu Computing & Information Technology
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