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Originally Posted by KG8
With the money they save buying from Andrews' they could afford a lazer collimation tool. It's not exactly rocket science.
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For someone that doesn't know how to properly collimate a newtonian reflector, the laser collimator of itself, is a completely useless device, so they may as well save that money also. Reading the directions wont help a lot either because you don't learn how to properly collimate a fast newtonian over the phone, or reading books
The sad thing is everyone wants to phone Bintel and get all the right technical advice for free and then buy the equipment from Lee Andrews because it is cheaper. Notwithstanding that Lee Andrews is unable to provide the same level of technical advise and expertise, as is available from Bintel.
It's the same scenario as buying your new surround sound system from Harvey Lee Retail. You bought it there because you saved $50 over the price available from Len Wallis Audio. When you can't hook it up and have wires everywhere and no one at Harvey Lee (where you bought it) can tell you how to hook it up, you then phone Len Wallis audio and ask how to hook it up and expect that service for free. I am just wondering how places like Len Wallis Audio and Bintel are supposed to survive when all they sell is "free advise", because of all the tight arses in the world. We are then left with an oversupply of retailers who know nothing about the products which they sell and merely offer a service redistributing cardboard boxes.
Cheers,
John B