I bought one locally here last year for a bargain price with a set of rings and a case in very good but not perfect condition (optics are perfect). That didn't include a finder, but it did include a focal reducer and canon mount. It's every bit as good as a number of other Tak APOs I've had the chance to look through (including our own, so I am quite familiar). It's half the weight of a TOA-130 and is very viable for visual astronomy on a fairly light mount like a GM8. Around $3000 is very fair.
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