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For buying a scope, the display of scopes in the window of my local Australian Geographic, caught my attention back in March. I had cash to spare and I could have all too easily bought a scope right there and then. Thankfully, I didn't.
At home, I started looking up info on beginner scopes, thinking about where I'd be using the scope, it's portability, storage size, the stuff that really matters when you're wanting to use a scope, and you live in a block of flats which only has stairs. I was thorough in doing the homework before heading to my nearest specialist astronomy shop here in Brisbane, Astro Anarchy, to 'kick tyres'. I wasn't going to spend a cent till I could actually see the scope, to be certain if it'd fit. I was lucky when I bought mine, as at the time it was on sale for about 40% off its usual RRP, so not expensive to start with and then sale price to make things even better.
In terms of what I've bought since getting the scope, that I use pretty well every viewing session, it's listed in my sig.
And that brings things right back to topic, on a point you raised. Eyepieces.
The stock ones with my scope would basically be a good way to dissuade anyone from astronomy. The 25mm has a nice wide field of view, but not enough magnification. The 10mm has better magnification, and bad chromatic aberration.
That meant getting better eyepieces was a must.
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