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Old 25-11-2007, 01:28 AM
Zuts
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Originally Posted by casstony View Post
Word of mouth at star parties, club meetings, etc. Creative posts such as "I've had great service from dealers A,B,C & E, with dealer D being intentionally omitted. Private messages. You could post a thread asking "I'd like to hear of good experiences with dealer X" - if there are several replies, or silence, you can draw conclusions; you might get PM's if someone wants to report a bad experience.

I've had some nit-picks with a few dealers, but there aren't any really bad ones in Oz that I'm aware of.
I'd like to go to star parties, but i dont have the time. This forum is the only interaction i have with the astronomy community and who knows maybe i am not unique

I am not a sleuth, i dont judge people or organisations on what people dont say about them, usually i like to read all opinions and make my judgement, hopefully a balanced one on the good and sometimes bad things that may be said. I rely on the pleuralist nature of this country to be able to read a wide range of opinions on just about anything; including vendors. This policy makes that difficult.

Paul