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Old 22-07-2008, 01:14 PM
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Starkler (Geoff)
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The problem with many toy telescopes is that they are often just as expensive as the cheaper real telescopes capable of good performance.

A person looking for their first telescope who has no idea where to look or who to ask for help has to navigate an enormous minefield of ebay type rubbish and clueless camera store type dealers also promoting rubbish.

For mine I wouldn't be selling anything under $600 that wasn't a dobsonian or a small refractor on a alt-az mount of usable sturdiness.
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