Ok, as has been said, when you buy local, you get the warranty. Here's the thing: In Australia, all new products sold are required to have a warranty, from a toaster to a Toyota. In the Australian telescope market, it is the retailer who wears this. All warranty repairs are conducted by trained staff in their own facilities.
When you buy in the US (this is US customers), if your telescope goes defective, the retailer won't have a bar of it. You have to send the telescope back to the manufacturer. At your cost. The manufacturer is responsible for warranty repair costs.
That is the number 1 reason why prices are higher here.
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Astro Optical - about $2K
+ve - first 6" newtonian I every bought, plus many eyepieces - great
+ve - got me the SS2k serial cable I wanted instantly - no sweat!
+ve - kept a credit for me for years no issue, Warren is a top bloke!
-ve - no substantive help on how to mate a C9.25 to a Atlux, really limited suggestions
-ve - no help as the Australian Sky6 distributor confirming whether it would work fully with the SS2k
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We service what we sell.
We are not the "sole" Australian dealer of TheSky6, and the advice given to you at the time was to ask Software Bisque, the producers of TheSky6. They are in a much better position to answer your questions.