Thanks Mark for your advice about Bintel. I will give them a try in the future. I have at last been able to get onto a contact in the USA from Meade. He is the Service Manager and has agreed to assist me with my problems. I have been able to send my item directly to Meade for replacement. So now I am just waiting in the hope all will go well. As a business owner myself I value my customers. Backup service to me is always the best measure of a product I purchase. Somtimes I get it wrong as I may have this time. To fight over slight differences in image vision thats so close is not the main issue for me. In most cases the difference is only 1 - 2 Glasses of scotch. That seems to effect my vison alot more..
Cheers
Mardy