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Originally Posted by MJ_

How do you know the price from astro optical from their website? I only see a price band not an actual amount. I dont see a price for accessories either, I find this a bit annoying when shopping around as its not convenient especially when i can see the exact prices on other astro websites.

Originally Posted by glenluceskies

I have a big issue with any dealer who trades with a website offering "price bands". Either you give me a current price, or don't bother selling on the internet. If you have the business sense to operate a retail store as a shopfront and online in this day and age, you should have the knowledge behind you to provide current prices and alter prices and stock on a website yourself as the need arises. No excuses here, I'm sorry.

You are correct; you don’t know the exact price if you are internet shopping, you would need to call up Astro Optical to get the exact price. I find the practice of using price bands annoying too, however I mentioned Astro Optical because they are the only astro shop with this dob currently on their website, and their price band demonstrates my point about the high price of Orion dobs in Australia. I simply chose the lower bound of the band as it is more consistent with what other Orion dealers have offered in the past, but who knows; with a band between $3000 and $5000 it may be closer to $5000 for an XX12!