Does anyone out there know how much the the box with everything weights for a nexstar se6 and or se8 as my mom lives in USA and the scopes are so much cheaper there I could get her to send it to me and save $600+ so anyone help would be sweet thx
I have the 6se, i was looking at bringing one in from the states, by the time it would take to get here + shipping it wasn't worth it just got a local one.But in saying that im in Tassy so it always cost more.
B&H Photo in the USA are quoting $1530 for the Nextstar 8 SE delivered to Australia. I just got some Celestron Binoculars delivered for half the price I would have paid here.
I don't understand how you can save all most $900 with post and it gets here in. Week that money can be used for a nice cam to go with the scope people her need to lower the price a bit
It's like that for a lot of things (not all) in Australia, particularly odd when the items are manufactured in China.
I only mentioned B&H 's price because you were talking about buying in the USA anyway.
The risk is if you have a warranty claim.
The bins are Skymaster 15x70. I could only find them for $199 here.
B&H's price was $56 (AUD), but the freight for 1 pair was $60. So basically if they had arrived in 15 pieces I would have had to cop the loss.
Had a couple of friends interested so we ordered 3 pairs (bought the cost down to $98 each) and all 3 pairs arrived in good order. ( They were well packed, but there was a tear in the outer carton.)
The 8SE is 15kg so add a few more for packaging. It's well padded, so it should be ok, after all it has UPS etc chucking them around in the US and ending up arriving in one piece
50 pounds the box is 45x45x13 inches $368 shipped from usa and AUD $1,171.47 still save almost $1000 so you can use that to get some nice eyepieces or a good cam
You could try priceusa they provide return insurance for a small percentage of price. That can cover your waranty. I have used them recently for a android tv box from amazon. Ther is an old thread in which we had the owner of priceusa post some comments.
