Meade scopes have had their problems. The scopes themselves are flawless I reckon but a batch did come through for a few years back where the mounts had problems. They had plastic gears in them, which broke. Clutches that slipped and motherboards that blew. I was told all this by Meade owners and warned that if I got the meade to avoid that particular era. If your buying new though you shoudn't have a problem as I believe they sorted all those problems out.
I'd advise anyone who is spending heaps on a new scope to get a multiple risk insurance policy for it. Then if something goes wrong in the first few years you can just back over it with your car and claim a new one.
"That of course was just a joke"
PS: If your really cunning... you'll pull out the primary first and toss in some broken mirror shards. No point wasting a good mirror!