Sudden jump in price of the EQ8?

[bloodhound31]

EQ8 (http://www.bintel.com.au/Mounts---Tripods/EQ-Mounts/SkyWatcher-EQ8/1445/productview.aspx)

Just looking at it for around 4.5K. refreshed my page and it's now $5299!!!

What happened?

[LewisM]

Demand.

I bet SW can't keep up with the demand now it has gone global.

[bloodhound31]

I was just on the verge of pushing the button to buy it and in one fell swoop it's out of my price range. Feeling fairly upset and discouraged right about now.

How can you put something up by $800 overnight?

[brian nordstrom]

;) welcome to the one world bank
Brian.

[naskies]

It's still listed at $4199 from Astro Pete's ;) I think there have been a few IISers who have purchased from them already.

http://www.astropetes.com.au/Mounts/Skywatcher_EQ8.html

[brian nordstrom]

:shrug: That all , frak I will take 1 ,,:lol:
We are pawns , sorry to say .
Imagine grabbing one 5 weeks ago ?
:eyepop:..
World banking sux .
Brian.

[bloodhound31]

Thanks Dave. Yeah, I found them 5 minutes ago while looking wildly all over the net in a mad panic. I wonder why they can still afford to sell them at yesterday's price. Might have to get my brother up in Brisvegas to drop in on unky Pete and have a look for me.

[bloodhound31]

Why Brian? What was it five weeks ago?

[brian nordstrom]

:rofl: $400 cheaper .
Brian

[brian nordstrom]

;)$405.50c cheaper .
Brian

[brian nordstrom]

:help:500 $ ....
Brian.

[ReaPerMan]

I was travelling to Sydney next week and was going to pull the trigger :(

[DavidTrap]

I'm putting this one down to the AUD.

My hunch is that when the first round of these mounts were ordered the dollar was near parity, now it is ~10% down, so new stock will have risen in price. On a $4500 mount that means a $450 price rise.

DT