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Greetings,

I'm new here thus I won't be offended if you advise me on where I should go.....

Regardless, telescopes are like peanuts - who can stop at just one? Thus, I have been looking to buy a fourth and this experience has led to the creation of one moan and one grizzle.

It seems that many of the ads are written at about 2 AM when the seller should be sleeping. They are often ambiguous, difficult to understand and replete with abbreviations that must be a mystery to beginners. Moreover, the lack of a comprehensive description leads me to think the advertiser believes Mike charges $100/word.

My point is, ads in shorthand are a pain and lead to a stream of potential buyers asking for more info. All this could be avoided if sellers provided the info they themselves would want if buying the item(s).

My second point concerns the practice of another member adding a comment to an ad along the lines of "Jack's QDL784BH is a fantastic scope and I wish I had the money to buy it" or, "Jack's scope is the best 105mm ED APO SSA I have seen and whoever gets it will be very happy".

When I read comments such as these, I can't help feel I could be being set up. Accordingly, I will not respond to adds which feature praise from a friend.

Am I Mr Crusoe on these points or am I being a little precious?