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Hi Soldant,While I too would like to recommend that you ask for your money back and threaten with consumer affairs etc etc I would suggest you are probably wasting your breath. In my experience shop keepers are willing to take the change that you wont do this and when I have tried Consumer Affairs aren't overly helpful. It turns out that while there are lots of regulations, they tend to be very specific and easy enough to get out of (ie too difficult to enforce). A small dealer who knows they sell crap will probably know this too. You might be able to offer a swap on something cheaper, such as bino's or a cheap camera as the seller will get you out of the shop, and get away with giving you something worth say $100 for what probably costs him $30 (ie its a cheap painless option for him).
As for what you can do with the scope, well not much. To fix it will cost more than its worth, you can get a 6" Dob for around $300 or so (2nd hand for probably $100-150), you are far better off buying one of these, enjoying it and forgetting about your first one. Your frustration will soon be forgotten with the views from your new scope etc etc..
If you do want something to do with the scope, I would suggest 1. Sell it on e-Bay (heaven forbid that I would recommend this but people do it, if you feel guilty sell it at a $1 no reserve and state that it has problems etc). 2. Use it for a camera / bino mount and ditch the scope. 3. and my personal favourite, bring it along to a local Star Party and burn it as a sacrifice to the Gods for clear skys.
Anyway all in all I would suggest moving on and forgetting about it.
Good luck.
Michael
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