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Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous
OPT, ADM, Woodland Hills, OpticsPlanet, HighPoint Scientific, Astronomics, Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird etc.etc.
All are MUCH cheaper than local, !!
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Some of the local shops offer very reasonable prices when there isn't a distributor between the retailer and the manufacturer. Sirius Optics has given me very good prices for Lunt Solar gear, in line with the exchange rate; Televue prices are quite good at Bintel; GSO gear is well priced at a number of shops. I like to support the local guys where I can.
On the other hand we have Celestron (and others) which traditionally costs gazillions more than US prices; a birdie tells me significant price cuts are imminent for Celestron in Australia - it would be nice to see them show a little respect for consumers here.