I wonder if there would be any Astronomy Magazine in Australia willing to take up the gauntlet and publish a hard hitting article on this over the top pricing in Australia. But far as i can tell nearly all of them are sponsored by Celestron and Meade.
Is there a brave magazine out there willing to take a stand?
This issue comes up from time to time I know but i dont see it as the fault of the retailer. I think clearly the distributor has a lot to answer for.
When we start thinking of buying arifare back and forth to overcome it, then perhap the absudity of it becomes more clear. Especially now the dollar is ~90. It has dropped a few cents in the last week or so, but still even at its lowest this year the price seems over the top.
I have noticed that since Skywatcher launched there C8 clone that the pricng in this end seems to be more on par with US and Celestron pricing locally for the C8. I wonder if other bigger scopes will also come from Skywathcer.
Regards
Fahim
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