Hey there Adam,
Reading your posts it seems that you're very into local buying, understandably, but my advice is don't let it concern you. I live in Mapleton on the Sunshine coast (SE QLD) which surprisingly doesn't have alot of, if any, retailers that I know of nearby. I've had to buy all my gear from Bintel, MyAstroShop and Fellow IIS members (All have been excelent to deal with) over the internet and any problems I've had have been resolved in a maximum of 3 days. So from my experience, although not as long as most ISSers, I can say don't let locality be an issue when buying a scope.
On the Andrews issue though, I've been refered to them many, many times when going through the buying process. Although I've never bought from them myself, they have a very reliable and credible reputation that I, personally, don't think should be under estimated.
Good luck
