I recently put in an inquiry with an Australian "Global Tak dealer"
(NOT AEC/Claudio Voarino) for the FSQ106 advertised on the dealer's pages. He told me the item advertised was sold, but being a
global Takahashi dealer and agent, he would order me another.
He responded in due course with a price ex-Takahashi, but said the price was for an FSQ100, which was the same as the FSQ106EDXIII but had the camera angle adjuster as standard, whereas the FSQ106EDXIII was lower spec export model (?!?!), and did not have the CAA.
I queried him again regarding the FSQ100 - thinking he may have meant FCT100 (I WISH!!!) - but he again reiterated that it is an FSQ100, and that I should know what it is if I am so Takahashi knowledgeable (his decorum was becoming rather rude and condescending at this point). He again said he had NOT quoted me for the FSQ106, but for the FSQ100.
So, am I completely Takahashi ignorant (I hope not, considering the 15 years plus experience I have with them here and in Europe, and owning currently 9 Takahashi's ranging from FC60 to CCA250 and a good bunch in between) and does the FSQ100 really actually exist? My google-fu turned up NOTHING but FSQ85 and FSQ106, and even in Japanese - assuming it is an indigenous product market item - turned up nothing also but the FSQ100 semi-conductor chip HA HA
I am genuinely flummoxed at this stage and want to get to the bottom of it, as "the global Tak Australian dealer" refuses to answer my queries regarding the elusive FSQ100 or even show any pictures, data etc. I have asked a few of my astronomy pals and gals here and back "in the old country" (I am staying with one of those friends right now whilst I await repairs to my house after a tree fell through the roof!
) and no one had heard or seen one either.