Rod pretty sure none stocks them, telescopes& astronomy get the scopes (unbranded) but not the ep's, least I havnt seen them advertised in there newsletter
Thanks - yeah I thought so, there are some excellent deals going on these at the moment from some of the US dealers.
There are quite a few US retailers who will ship many items internationally. I've bought stuff in the past from Astronomics (http://astronomics.com/main/Telescop...gory_name/Home), Alpine Astronomical (http://www.alpineastro.com/), Company Seven (http://www.company7.com/) and B&H (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/) to name four. However, some manufacturers insist that their US dealers only sell their product lines within the US. When this happens it is usually because the manufacturer has done exclusive deals with several distributors covering different parts of the world, e.g., distributor X has exclusive rights to sell these lines in North America, distributor Y has exclusive rights to sell these lines in Asia/Oceania, etc. Only occasionally is it because the dealer isn't interested in selling outside of the USA.
My motto has always been to buy local if you can - to support a place like Bintel is important because otherwise, one day, I will only be able to buy astro gear on-line. I much prefer to deal with an actual person and actual store......but in this instance, it seems one has no choice but to go OS. And, there are some amazing deals going on the ES gear at the moment!
I think you can also get the same ones from Gilman at Northgroup. The price list they sent me seems to include these UWA 80, 82, and 100 degree EP's. But I am not 100% sure they are the same as the ES ones. But Northgroup also seems to be a subsidiary or affiliate of JOC/Maxvision. It would be nice to see some local retailers get these in directly from JOC at similar prices.
"My motto has always been to buy local if you can... -- Rod"
I mostly agree Rod. If I can find an item locally (as you say this is not always possible, e.g., ES eyepieces) for a reasonably competitive price then I will take the local option. By "reasonably competitive" I don't mean "the same or cheaper" but I won't accept half as much again or more.
Rod it's possible Extravision ( extravision.com.au ) will stock the ES EPs since they are getting the Bresser range in (and I hope ES OTAs as well).
I would like a local dealer cos ExSci wanted an additional $320 to ship the new 100mm Achromat OTA to Tasmania almost doubling the price!!
Rod it's possible Extravision ( extravision.com.au ) will stock the ES EPs since they are getting the Bresser range in (and I hope ES OTAs as well).
I would like a local dealer cos ExSci wanted an additional $320 to ship the new 100mm Achromat OTA to Tasmania almost doubling the price!!
Trevor
Oh bloody hell. As much as I want to see a local ES distributor. I don't want to see a local ES distributor because all my money will disappear very fast.
The fact I have to order them from over seas and pay a bit of shipping costs each purchase helps slow down the buying frenzy, otherwise I would have all 3 100 degree and all 82 degree eyepieces by now.
Still waiting on my AR102 to arrive. Should be this week. If the shipping wasn't $400 I would have also bought the Mak-Newtonian Comet hunter as well. The shipping for the AR102 by comparason was only about $160. Not bad considering its initial cost is $399. Which is an astonishing price considering it comes a 50mm finder, 2 speed focuser, 2 inch 99% reflectivity dielectric diagonal and mounting rings with vixen dovetail.
On top of all that its in US dollars. Whats that in AU? A fiver?
While we are on the side topic of who might sell what - does anyone know which/who, if any, of the astro stores here in Australia sell the Pentax XW's?
I think you'll find Optcorp's shipping is the cheapest of all the astronomy stores from the US because its located in California. The only way a US store can be closer is if it was located in Hawaii.
