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Originally Posted by dbowie
Hi Glend how are you, all valid and pertinent points, sry to hijack your initial thread, I think the discussion although only regarding Celestrons new approach and commitment to the Australian market thru John Cross's new appointment does encompass all players inc consumers, did start to stray a bit as I noted. Im glad of and benefit from the diversity and cheaper good quality brands available in the market I would love an Edge HD and a Paramount or Losmandy mount, do I need or want it yet prob not so Im glad that we have the ability to own and learn from base level thru in a reasonable cost framework with the suppliers choice of stock and yes Celestron does provide extremely well with this, its just good market strategy which hasn't been lost on other chinese distributors. And yes some suppliers will cater for 'out of the box' items special ordered, which is great whilst keeping their baseline customers covered, theres not a lot of meat on the bones for these guys. I think comments just sought to point out how Celestrons share and commitment in the AUS market could be better overall surely thats a positive. I don't see where "aspersions" were cast on Celestrons choice of supplier ( please correct me if Im wrong) only its AUD cost and service regime thru these retailers. I have 2 Celestron OTAs and Ill def own more so Im a big fan, regards Brenton...
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Glen, threads evolve, and it is still relevant to the overall market that Celestron operates in, so it is still "on topic". It is an open forum and my comments are relevant to the discussion in hand. I am sorry if my comments are not to your liking or upset you. You do have a choice, either put me on your ignore list or kick me off the site. I don't give a toss either way.
Valid points Brenton. It is likely I will, at some point, replace my SCT, as I want a portable instrument for the dark sky sight, but that is going to be a difficult choice. Should I buy a Meade SCT or should I buy a Celestron SCT? The answer should be quite clear, as I have long thought that the Celestron CPC style optics are the better of the two, so that is an easy choice, almost. I am simply no longer sure. The Edge optics I am not familiar with, other than through reviews, so I make no comment on them.
That then leaves me in a quandary. How can I trust that a new telescope purchased today will still be serviceable a decade from now and indeed, if the business I bought it from will still exist. Why should I even have to think about a replacement? Australia's track record in regard to businesses disappearing is sadly dismal, and that isn't a new phenomenon either. York Optical disappeared remember and they were fairly big. Shipping stuff back to China isn't an option either, due to cost and customs involvement.
Celestron have great products and are quite innovative and I will continue to buy them, that isn't the issue. My only issue with Celestron and indeed other non-astro is electronics. It is the electronics that is most likely to fail over time. I never buy anything from overseas with electronics in them, for the very reason that I have an Australian repairer I can go to. For example, Hartlands in Perth for camera repairs.
This is not an issue confined to Celestron either.