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Ditto about dobs.
The other beginners issue is buying from the right place, but you seem to have that covered. The prices at Astronomy Alive seem reasonable to me. Never buy from a camera store or other non-specialist retailer. I recently saw an 8" Skywatcher dobs at the Aust Geographic store going for $800. The exact same unit at Andrews was $530 and I notice that the equivalent at Astronomy Alive is $499. Talk about buyer beware!
The classified here are a good place to buy too. Of course you could get shonkies anywhere but they are rare around here and they usually get called out by the more experienced members. I recall someone posting an add and someone quickly pointing out that you could buy a new item for about the same as they were asking. There was a price drop.
Cheers, and keep asking questions.
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