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I remember back in 1985 when I first got into astronomy, we were led to believe that importing a scope was a difficult thing to do.
I wanted a Meade 2120LX3, and I priced it locally at $7500.00 with no hand controller, dec motor or eyepieces.
I contacted a dealer in California and including freight, duties and taxes, and the above-mentioned accessories, landed it here for $5300.00
Other members of the society I belong to started buying from the same US dealer.
Didn't take too long for the local dealers to start reducing their over-inflated prices once they realised they were losing business
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