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Les and everyone Hi,
it is 'just' a sign of the times, take a 'solid' product / service provide it cheaper and then continue to make profit. As you give the example of Fender, this applies to many other brands as well. I'm sure that others reading this thread will be able to contribute literally hundreds of brands where a similar thing has ocurred. Airfix, Triang - Hornby? I believe are others. This is one of the reasons that for Meade, Celestron etc, they have lost a potential customer in me and why my choice is for a telescope which is clearly no longer made but of excellent quality(zeiss, whereas many years ago I owned a C8). To my way of thinking, ce la vie! Market forces at work will alienate some customers. These are simply observations.
Re the RC issue, wasn't this settled a few months ago with Meade out of court? Or is this a seperate case with Star Instruments, I'm sorry I can't keep track of which company owns which.
michael
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