What an extra $205,000 amongst friends

[OICURMT]

Valued at one million, selling for $795000, "What's an extra $205,000 amongst friends"... :thumbsup:

http://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=81111&sort=&cat=last7&page=1

[04Stefan07]

:jawdrop::jawdrop:

[blink138]

and its still only an achromat!
pat

[erick]

and not in white :rolleyes:



:D

[Ric]

Blimey, that awesome. :eyepop:

[UniPol]

Got to be a typo error, it should read $795 :D

[leon]

Wow that is a hell of a scope, :eyepop: there dose not seem much holding the mount to the pier, very small bolts IMHO, :shrug: anyway dose the chick come with it. :D :lol:

Leon :thumbsup:

[LewisM]

Is D&G Dolce and Gabbana? :) Does it come with a handbag for the lady?

I reckon the Byers mount could swing my FL102 pretty accurately... probably even WAY out of balance :rofl:

[gregbradley]

And its not even an APO and no ED glass.

Greg.

[UniPol]

OK then, $7,950 and not even a foxtail !

[Gem]

I have got to say... not value for money... If I had $1m to burn on an astro budget I would not buy it!

[el_draco]

Not the handbag.... :D

[2stroke]

The must of went of the classifieds here to get the valued bahaha, seems a bit step :/ would be nice to here its real value for interest sake, love how they just said a square 1 mil hahaha, were probably joking and the guy took it for real.

[LewisM]

WOnder if you could get a focal reducer to suit... :)

WAY over priced. Though, it may fit in Bloodhound's ob :)

[dannat]

priced ridiculously, he may be right you cant buy the mount anymore but 150k would buy you a similar setup

[LewisM]

Geez, stingy bugger - won't include the solar filters at that price :) :))

[Geoff45]

What if you had $1billion?

[Lee]

+1

with $795k to spend, I'd have a whole shot-tin more aperture than 12"... and a new Audi (or 2) in the driveway.... and a fair bit of change! :)

[LewisM]

With $795K, I am sure Takahashi would build you what you want, with mount to suit.

[Astroman]

If I didn't have my money tied up in other stuff......

[rally]

Actually Takahashi has already built a 300mm f8 refractor
The FET-300 Fluorite Triplet apochromatic refractor

http://www.takahashi-europe.com/en/FET-300.php

[johnnyt123]

What?? The solar filters aren't included in the package????

That's it. The deal is off !!!

Haha. I would prefer the tak.

[Barrykgerdes]

Looks like the whole thing is an insurance scam or similar. The "vendor" is trying to establish a valuation for an unusual item with the object of cashing in at some later date

Barry

[LewisM]

Yep, that's the one I mean. They are all custom made, as is the mount (pre-set to the latitude)

[Lee]

How much for the Tak? Or is it a case "if you have to ask, you can't afford it"..... :)

[leon]

Yea something like that Lee, I'm sure it would be expensive, :eyepop: but wouldn't it be nice, :D :D

Just slapped myself and woke up !!! :sadeyes:

Leon :thumbsup:

[frenchbluehour]

I think she has something to do with the mount :lol: ... Extra support perhaps!!

[RobF]

You wouldn't want to close the roof on the scopes by mistake first night after buying would you! :eyepop:
Then again, if I did it was because I was distracted by the beautiful assistant :whistle:

[h0ughy]

wow i would get a set of 4 toa150s with identical cameras etc and land and the observatory and fibre optic connection for that price

[LewisM]

You can get a WHOLE lot of better stuff for this money.

[E_ri_k]

Tempted to e-mail for a quote :eyepop: in my dreams!

[rally]

For interest.

The FET-200 takes about 9 months to make, Opt list them for US$167,450 (special order), the mount is included.

There is a 250mm version - I'd be guessing at maybe twice the FET-200, previously listed at US$250,000 a few years ago.

The FET-300 apparently took 3 years to make - one only ever made for a South Korean purchaser.
I wouldn't even try to guess the current price ! - Pick a number - or rather pick 6 or 7 numbers !!

Price includes a mandatory delivery and installation by Taks engineers - if they are prepared to come here.

[pgc hunter]

$795,000 will likely buy you a dob with a mirror the size of your lounge room....

[Ric]

I was looking around this morning and came across the video for this scope.
A pretty interesting explanation about the whole kit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnrjve2AEhY


Cheers

[Logieberra]

Hahaha!

Will he throw in the golf hat too?

Guess I could always use the TOA as its finder scope ;)

[Star Hunter]

Who the hell would want to pay that much for an achromat refractor? For that money one could buy a nice Orion, ASA or Officina Stellare astrograph a large chip CCD camera and a decent GOTO mount... But, when I win Lotto, a 24" F8 APO refractor or a 40" RC with a 2" square, 50Meg CCD camera would look nice...

[TrevorW]

Albeit you may consider it not worth the advertised price however the seller is probably basing the selling price on what it cost him to buy, sometimes people with money end up paying more than they should for items worth less than they should be. :question: :D

[Satchmo]

The video ends with the words `no reasonable offer refused ' so there you go guys - put in your bids :)