Well you hope most scopes that lose there way find a good home in time ..Some would likely go to land fill though.
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I came across an old refracter at a garage sale once boxed and very
nice (polerax ?) .. its present owner wanted to be rid of it and the way he said it was , its going one way or the other.
I dind't have much spare cash at the time and was hunting a bird cage
so coming home with a telescope wasn't really an option
, but It bugged me enough that the guy might toss it away that I went back late that day , couldn't see the boxes from the road so figured he sold it.