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Originally Posted by Astromelb
Thank you for your comments.
1. Mr Peter Ward - you are most welcome to your opinion. Others on this forum have a different experience.
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There was in interesting hearing in the ACCC a while back. It involved York Optical and a Meade telescope customer. Meade made some claims in their advertising back then that did not stack up under Australia consumer law. York simply parroted Meade's claims in their advertising on-sold their product. As it turned out the Optics were not the finest available and their computer pointing and drive systems were unreliable. The luckless customer was not getting any joy from York or Meade, so after many months hauled York into a ACCC hearing. The result?
York were not only required to take back the telescope but to refund the full purchase price, including shipping WITH interest.
As a retailer of Astronomical products, I took some serious interest in this result.
So, my point. I'l like to avoid guiding. Are you prepared to sell me an ASA mount (one that can hold about 60kg of payload) on the basis I can have a full refund, including shipping costs, if it does not deliver perfectly round stars at 3400mm and 20 minute sub exposures? (Which is what I do now)