Would like to register my great satisfaction of having the pleasure of dealing with Martin Pugh a few weeks ago over the purchase of his 90mm Coronado SMII Solar scope.
We caught up half-way from each other (I flew in from via Singapore to Sydney) @ Mittagong being the rendevous point and it was a very smooth deal all round; me handing over the balance of the cash and Martin the solar scope of course. We thought it a bit funny if the men-in-blue would have chanced upon us "dealing" the way we did; by the side of the road!
I can attest to the fact that should you ever buy anything he puts up for sale that he does a very professional job at packaging the item and this one is no different as he had double-packed the scope which ultimately prevented it's premature demise at the hands of the couriers (DHL) after I sent it back to Perth! You see, Martin had taken extra trouble to affix the "ShockWatch" sensors on the box and they were all OK when I received the scope but not after it arrived in Perth! Mind you those sensors register after a 10G shock threshold.
To think that I took extra precaution to NOT having the scope back with me as checked-in luggage!! Wonder what happened there?
I'm a happy camper now with having tested the solar scope and it's all fine and now to learn how to do a bit of imaging with it soon...
Thought a bit of bouquet for Martin is in order here
thanks mate for a very pleasant deal...
Cheers
Bill