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Do I need a store with excellent after sales support though? And by that I don't mean in the case when things don't go well out of the box. I expect most stores (And the 2 I am looking at at the very least) will be good about returns on faulty equipment. I am talking about the support on things like eyepieces, filters and everything else. How much would I use that when I have a resource such as this place? If I lived in Sydney, it would be different since I could see these things, potentially in action too, but not living anywhere near a real astronomy store, I can either hear them tell me about stuff (And potentially try to upsell me) or I can come here where I get multiple viewpoints. And let's face it, I would trust the users on this forum before I trust a sales man, no matter how good/honest people find them.
Obviously I don't just trust everyones opinion I read on a forum (Wow, wouldn't that make your head explode), but if multiple people are saying the same thing (For instance, that Dobs are great scopes for newbies) then you tend to believe it. These are people who were newbies once and know what current newbies are going through. They also have the benefit of having more advanced stuff and just being all around more knowledgable.
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