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Originally Posted by ausastronomer
Whilst $150 to $200 may sound like too much money at the moment, you would always be able to get most of your money back in the future if you ever want to sell them. if you keep buying $50 eyepieces you will have an eyepiece collection worth $0 because they are basically not saleable on the second hand market.
Cheers,
John B
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She said that she cannot buy a cheap Barlow AND a cheap eyepiece (which together would be less than $100), so I assume $150 to 200 would be too much for her. But I don't think it is a real problem at the moment.
Of course it is a journey and she will want more one day, but she seemed to be pretty happy even with the cheap eps and what she was seeing so far, which is good as that's all that really counts - to feel happy and enjoy what one is seeing. I feel a lot of *admiration* for her and her enthusiasm.
She also has kids, so when she wants to upgrade she can give them her old scope and eps.
Maybe AstralTraveller was right in the other thread she started and she should wait to buy
any new eps altogether for the time being. After all she just got into astronomy.
I personally am waiting for a better location to upgrade. At the moment I cannot move due to health reasons as the moving agency doesn't do everything and I cannot do it myself at the moment.