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Old 18-12-2011, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by pmrid View Post
It's a new scope (i.e. I didn't buy it second-hand) and the plate has ever been removed but I can see the marks of finger-prints on the inside and also a smudging around the whole thing where someone has wiped it, in a circular motion, leaving a thin film of gunge.
I'd take it back for an exchange... no way a new scope should have anything like that on the inside.

QA/QC problem at Celestron I'd guess, probably the same now for any company mass producing scopes. Bit of a shame really, considering the money we throw at this hobby.

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