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Hi Heath,
These are excellent eyepieces and you will be very happy with them. They are clearly superior IMO to the cheaper Chinese/Taiwanese made eyepieces. You were wise getting the 8mm, you will need it. As Suzy pointed out quite often the seeing will not support the 5mm.
In terms of price you got a good deal. However at the original price they were way overpriced IMO and the original seller would have only got about $100 to $120 for them. About 2 years ago ,prior to the exchange rate improving dramatically they were on special in the US for about 3 months where you could land them for about $180 new. They then reverted back to their normal price of about $320.
You can currently buy them brand new from a very reputable Japanese dealer for $230 (8mm) so IMO anyone who paid more than about $180 for them second hand, didn't do their homework, or has plenty of money.
Cheers,
John B
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