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Thanks for all your replies, they helped clarify my thinking. Ken (my other half) spoke to Claude last week and he did keep him on the phone for ages. We were very tempted but he said he preferred not to take credit cards, which may have lost him the sale as it gave me time to have second thoughts. The Tak is more expensive but not as much as you might think – Claude had an ex demo Mewlon 210 for $3300 plus $150 for freight and insurance; Andrews sells the C9.25 carbon fibre OTA for $2799. I wouldn’t have any qualms about dealing with Claude after what you’ve said. I guess for me it comes down to not wanting to pay more when I think I would be satisfied with the C9.25 plus some reservations about paying for transport and insurance initially and if the scope ever needed servicing. There is always a better scope to be had, so it does depend on how much you feel comfortable paying I think
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