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Originally Posted by Tamtarn
The only reason we sent a Pm re details was that on a previous post it was mentioned that it was not a good idea to mention overseas suppliers.
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This mainly relates to buying Televue eyepieces from the USA. The reason this needs to be kept discreet is because Televue forces all its US dealers to sign a "Distribution Agreement" which precludes them selling Televue products outside the USA. This then enables Televue to have a local distributor in each country who it can charge what it likes for the eyepieces because astronomers in those overseas countries are technically only able to buy from their local supplier at exhorbitant prices.
There are a couple of US Televue dealers (only a couple) who will ship overseas, thereby saving the overseas consumer some $$$$. The names of those dealers needs to be kept from public record as they could lose their right to distribute if caught out.
There are no issues whatsoever naming overseas sources of other astronomical equipment.
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Originally Posted by Tamtarn
We had trouble finding the Hoya Filters that we wanted, then we found two different Hoya Suppliers in the US. These suppliers deal through ebay with new items one was Eastok and the other Maisonbiz.
Cost was $14.00 Aust each including postage.
Barb & David
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That's a great price. The Hoya HMC colour filters are a top class filter and those prices are cheaper than the crappy "painted on colour" plastic filters.
Nice find and hope you enjoy them.
CS-John B
