Sirius optics under New Management !

[Dwood180]

I just became aware that yet another telescope shop is closing down, Sirius optics in Brisbane is set to close on 30th of April this year.

So sad to hear yet another shop will be lost.

[LewisM]

VERY sad to me - I bought my first truly serious equipment from Ron. Always had great service too - whilst not always the cheapest, he would always give me mate's rates and be HONEST too.

I hope Ron has a restful retirement at least - he's just around the corner from me too.

[brightstar]

Hi All,
Sirius Optics will close it's doors for the last time on 30th April due to my wish to retire and the ongoing health problems of my wife. Sirius Optics was lucky to have all of those customers who purchased from me and many, many became personal friends that I will cherish for the rest of my life. My great enjoyment was to attend the Qld Astrofest each year and to be a major sponsor. It allowed me to catch up with those customers from fields afar and enjoy their company. I hope that those 'budding' astronomers that I have tried to help on their journey, succeed and enjoy the wonders of the night sky.

My wife and I thank you all from the bottoms of our hearts.

Ron:hi:

[rrussell1962]

I have shopped there many times and have always been very happy with the service. Sad to see yet another telescope shop close, but best wishes to Ron and his wife for a happy and well deserved retirement.

[raymo]

Just curious Ron; were you unable to find someone with a bit of relevant knowledge to buy the business, or did you not want to do that for some reason?
raymo

[FlashDrive]

Sad News indeed.....:(

Col...

[brightstar]

Hi Raymo,

Unfortunately, there was a couple of people interested in buying but the banks would not lend them money even though I had offered to part finance the purchase.:question:

[Suzy]

That's so sad :(.
I bought my 10" dob from their amongst other things and Ron helped me out so much when I first started out.
Sure a bit on the pricey side, but they had a huge range of equipment and were big on knowledge. No pun intended, but they were a "serious" telescope shop. Such a shame no one could come up with the money to buy it.

Ron, I wish you all the best.

[astroron]

Hey Ron, I am going to miss your smiling face at AstroFest every year, but as they say time marches on.
I hope you have a great retirement and your wife has better health
All the best for the future.
Cheers:thumbsup:

[julianh72]

I'll be sorry to see them go too. Sirius sold my father his 8" LX90 a bit over a year ago, which is what got me back into Backyard Astronomy after all these years!

[Neil]

All the best in your retirement Ron and I hope your wife's health improves, thank you for your past service , which I would say is of the highest standard, good luck.:thanx:

[jjjnettie]

I bought my little iOptron Cube from Ron. What an awesome little unit it was. :)
Wishing you all the very best in your retirement.

[Kunama]

Happy Retirement Ron, I can thoroughly recommend it :thumbsup:

[jenchris]

Gonna miss ya Ron
Take care and look after your lovely wife.

[Peter Ward]

Sorry to hear this....York, Astro-optical, Sirius....the list grows.

[sheeny]

It's sad to see another supplier go. I bought my PST from Ron (I might have bought other stuff too from time to time...), but still I hope Ron enjoys his retirement. That's what its for.;)

Al.

[raymo]

Don't forget B.T.O.W.
raymo

[hotspur]

All the best Ron,hope the future brings you happiness.

The astro community has been lucky to have your business to go to,
and be a supporter of 'QLD Astrofest'.

good luck!!! :thumbsup:

[Derek Klepp]

Ron I hope you and your wife enjoy retirement and I thank you very much for helping me aquire my Lunt 100.
Regards Derek

[La_Displuke]

Sad news indeed. I loved dropping in for a chat and buying random accessories when i could.
Enjoy your retirement and i hope your wife's health improves. :thanx:

[h0ughy]

Ron,

who else will i turn to to get astro stuff at 2 am in the morning at astrofest? Ron I wish you and your wife all the best, you still will turn up to astrofest though wont you ;)

[OneCosmos]

Ok I so I'm coming to this so late, but Ron I really do wish you the very best and hope to see you at Astrofest in a few weeks?

Chris

[Benjamin]

Gee, I wasn't aware of this :-(. The website says Sirius Optics is under new management? Was the business sold in the end?

[thunderchildobs]

Sirius is up and running under new management

[kittenshark]

Hi all,
Perhaps a bit of a belated notice as we've all been so busy...

YES, Sirius Optics has been sold to us, Cheryl and Ashley, and we will continue running the store and bringing in new exciting things for you guys.

Still the same place, same phone number, and same website. Just different email. We still have some technical issues with the website but the old site is practically unusable anyway and we broke it trying to fix it, so we figured to just get a new one up.

We've got a lot more telescopes in stock, though now it's mostly Skywatcher stuff. Just had a big Orion shipment but most of the stuff had already been sold before it got here. Meade scopes and stuff are on their way.

Come drop by and say hi.

Also, this thread keeps popping up on google and we have a number of people calling up saying they saw this thread and thought we have indeed closed down. Is there any possibility of the mods deleting the thread or changing the title of this thread? It's just that we can't afford to lose sales right now because we've just started building the business back up because it's completely lost its way in the past few years.

[RB]

Thanks for the update Cheryl.
I'll lock this thread now, as you pointed out it's not accurate anymore and we wish you all the best in your new business venture.
Regards
Andrew

[RB]

Changed the Title so that Google gets it right.

:)