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Old 02-06-2019, 02:08 PM
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Yeah welcome to the world of APO's and pretend APO's for marketing reasons.

There is a reason the top tier APO makers are so expensive. Good APOs are hard to make.

So a $500 scope was never going to cut the mustard although the old Orion ED80 was pretty good for the money.

As a general rule in astro buying I think its better to have less but what you have is high quality. You keep the items and get the enjoyment out of the hobby.

The cheaper item route may be forced on us by economics but it is usually more expensive long term as you are never fully satisfied, sell it at a considerable loss and end up getting the better gear later anyway.

Not an easy policy to implement though.

Greg.
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