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Originally Posted by casstony
Andrews still manage to fully support and repair the Celestron gear they sell while making a profit. The reason they can do that is because Celestron totally rips off Australian customers with exorbitant pricing.
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The current distributor for Celestron is about to be dropped by Celestron USA, last we spoke to the US side. The distributor Sheldon and Hammond are used to selling pots and pans that have really high margins, and don't understand the telescope market and thus refuse to lower their prices.
Hopefully the new distributor won't do the same thing. It's not good for the customers, and it's not good for the dealers who either have to charge a fortune for the brand, or mess around with grey imports and take flak from the local distributor.