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well I think that celestron's demise a few years ago, has now come home to haunt Meade. We may well be witnessing one of the goliaths of the astronomical community biting the dust. Man imagine the garage sale???
Shareholders would be in no doubt that their investment is stuffed, now and for the future.
now if it does go belly up, sales support, warranties and "reliability" issues will be raised that's for sure. Celestron survives only so that the patents can be provided to Chinese manufacturers for "mass" marketing under other brands (see Optex and Orion for example, and skywatcher).
They will survive but in what form, will there be a wholesale change. You would think the product line has just about come to an end with the RC type scopes and the lightbridges, but what else can they do to re market themselves and get more sales......... I know , sell the scopes for cheaper! then they would sell more......just a thought and a wish!
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