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Originally Posted by HRT
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?
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As for your first point, I agree. As you often need to be quick to respond to an advertisement to get any chance of securing the item, full information would be much appreciated, as would photos, that will give a prospective purchaser a chance to see the condition and check that the item is as described. In that way they can respond quickly.
As for your second point, I disagree. IIS community are, in general, a great bunch and will help each other out, where they can, and as often as they can. I do not see that as being a set-up, if you do your research correctly. Mostly, they are offering genuine, honest and friendly help. In the unlikely event that they were setting someone up, that would be disappointing and, I feel, very surprising. After all, it is a small community and that behaviour would soon be noticed.
I have rarely had to doubt the veracity of any claims, and on the occasions that has happened, it has been openly and widely discussed by others on this site.
I have faith they we are an honest bunch and that any advice is given in an open and honest way. However, as with all things in life, one must take certain precautions when dealing with others. And that is really easy to do. We are a great bunch and IIS is the best place to be.