Cheaper Televue

[koputai]

Holey Cr*p Batman!!
Just noticed on the Bintel website that Televue eyepiece prices have dropped heaps. In the order of 20-25%. The Pan35 I paid $485 for two months ago is now $389!! Nagler T6's are now $295 down from $375.

I must say I'm not affiliated in any way with Bintel, I just like a bargain! Wish I had some spending money..........

Cheers,
Jason.

[Davros]

Dont we all :P

[erick]

They have dropped greatly in price since I was looking yesterday. 8mm Ethos $599.

The 27mm Panoptic I'd like - $349 :eyepop:

[Screwdriverone]

Spending money - whats that?

[toyos]

Their Televue prices now match those in USA. That's the way :thumbsup:.

I paid $745 for my 13mm Ethos several weeks ago, now $629. USD620 in USA.

[Stephen65]

Impressive reductions, especially when you consider Bintel's prices include GST.

[renormalised]

My thoughts exactly:)

I'd like a whole heap of things, just can't afford them:(

[GrahamL]

paid $520 for mine fairly recently ..my old 7mm nagler I bought
cost its previous owner around $700 I believe .

[Rodstar]

I noticed this last night too. The 26 Nagler has me very tempted at below $600!

[madtuna]

it smarts a tad when you look at something you bought last week and see it's $100 cheaper this week :sadeyes:

[Starkler]

It also hurts when you try to sell something 2nd hand and recoup your $ when new prices on just about everything have dropped a lot in the last year or so :doh:

For those building their collection now, I doubt it will get any better than this.

[iceman]

Apparently the new prices will include telescopes as well! Very good news.

Nice to see the high dollar is starting to make it's way into our shops! Great news Bintel.

[casstony]

Coincidently American dealers have announced that they can sell Televue worldwide as of July 1st, so I guess there has been a change of policy at Televue.

[Rodstar]

Some have been doing that for quite a while now. ;)

[Stephen65]

They certainly have, they just weren't making a big song and dance about it.

[ausastronomer]

That's because prior to the 1st July they were breaching their Distribution Rights Agreement with Televue by doing it; and they risked losing the right to be a Televue Dealer in the US, if found selling Televue outside CONUS. For the larger ones this may have cost them a lot of $$$ in sales revenue if they did lose their distribution rights on Televue products in the US.

Cheers,
John B

[CoombellKid]

The T 6's are slowly but surely being relegated to the cheap and nasty
bin lol.... ok...ok...ok... just kidding. But a 13mm and 8mm Ethos could
be on the cards in future.

Hey Graham, I'll show you the box my 20mm t5 came in, it still has a
price sticker on it saying $904... I got it for $570 but it's been through
a couple of hands before me.

regards,CS

[UniPol]

The pic of the Bintel advert was taken from Sky & Space FEB/MARCH 2003 issue. I wonder how many people would confess to buying the TV EP's at these prices. I certainly didn't/couldn't and even now at the current 'great' prices, the EP's are still a large cost outlay.

[Astrolabe]

Thanks for the attachment Stephen. It made feel better, as I bought 3 Panoptics and five Radians in mid 2005 at significant lower prices than those shown on attachment.

regards

George (astrolabe)

PS. Is any body interested in buying form me an "Antique" Panoptic 22, lets say for a bargain price of $2,000.00? :poke::poke: Remember that the price will go up with time. :lol::lol::lol:

[White Rabbit]

I was in at bintel the day the price dropped. Apparently the reason for this is to allow shops that are not in the states to compete. As it is atm you can by them tax free from California, pay the shipping and still by them cheaper than you could here.
I think the move was to protect the local market.

Picked up a nice TV 6mm Radion for $250 that day,:D

[wavelandscott]

They were expensive then on a per purchase basis but over a lifetime of veiwing a good "value"...on a per view cost they are pennies...

By golly, they may be too cheap now!