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Originally Posted by CoombellKid
To pay an extra <$200.00 more for someone to look down it
and say yup thats a mirror and it doesn't have scratches... and oh yeah
here are some more cheap and crappy EP's and a bunch of colour filters
(you'll use about, once) to make you feel better.
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Thats a complete cynical misreperesentation of what Bintel do. These scopes often come out of the crate way out of whack. Bintel have very experienced guy on staff to collimate and check each instrument and make what ever adjustments and minor mods to make sure the intrsument functions properly.
There are thousands upon thousands of Chinese Dobs purchased in the Australian market. A large number are owned by people who will never have contact with other astronomers or frequent forums. From the sample I have encountered by chance some of them have both mirrors way out of whack and will probably never give good images, as the owners will never bother to olearn how to collimate them properly.. A scope check before sale is the only chance many of these instruments may have to deliver what they are capable of . I think its a fantastic service.