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Hi jmnoo, welcome to IIS!
How much are they selling it for? What type of mount is it on?
Generally the recommendation would be to avoid those type of scopes sold in department stores or non-telescope shops.
Reasons can include:
- Over priced
- No pre or post sales support (they'll only tell you what they know, which in most cases of young sales people, is usually not much)
- Bad telescope design (eg: newtonians with a built in barlow)
- Small, wobbly mounts
Tell us what your budget is, and what you'd like to do with the scope.. eg: astrophotography or purely visual observing? deep space or planets?
How portable do you need it to be? Will you always observe from home or will you take it on road trips? What's your light pollution like?
Keep asking questions, and you've made the right first step - asking for advice before rushing out and buying something you'll regret!
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