Just a heads up, the Australian distributor has recommended an Australian company to do repairs, collimation etc on Takahashi telescopes. As I had issues with my 130, I decided to give them a go. What a mistake, they claim they can collimate these telescopes, and after 2 attempts and a LOT of dollars, the telescope remains as bad if not worse than it was before they touched it. They have basically given up and now say that it is the fault of Takahashi selling refractors with faulty lens cells, what a load of codswallop. I am not naming the company for obvious reasons, but if any one wants to know who they are, by all means PM me. I just dont want anyone else to get caught like I did.
I will be referring my problem to Consumer Affairs for their take on the matter.
Just for information, the attached star test shows how it came back to me.
