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Originally Posted by Starkler
Reminds of an experience I once had with a very well known Australian telescope dealer. I rang them up with credit card in hand ready to order a telescope and got told, "I'm too busy, order it from our website."
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Haha, I had a similar experience, though not with a telescope retailer.
I had been browsing a local hobby shop website, picked what I wanted and then gave them a phone call to check that they indeed had what I wanted in stock.. he said yes.
I asked what time they closed and he said:
-"Oh, those are web-only prices"
"ah, do you ship from the store?"
-"yes"
"how long does it take to ship?"
-"about a week"
"but I'm only about a 10min drive away!"
-"sorry, they are web only prices, please use the website"
I followed his advice and used the website... someone elses, much cheaper!