they make me sick
Same as those hobby stores that stock telescopes.
Crappy over priced cheaply made stuff.
I actually stopped and talked to a fellow who was checking out one displayed out front of the shop. You know, doing my good deed of the week.
I told him "don't do it" and went on to tell him about IceInSpace and all the help he can get there choosing a first scope.
He looked at me with a blank face then walked away.
To cut a long story short.
A couple of weeks later Ron Knight tells me that I knew the fellow, just didn't know his face as I'd only met him at night, on the observing field. He's been into astronomy for a long long time.
He was just checking out how good/bad the mount was.
My face goes red every time I meet him now. LOLOL