Subject: Tom Back
From: "Al"
Date: 9/23/03 11:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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Valery,

It's clear to me and I hope that it's clear to you that you are your own
worse enemy. In the past, I've been forced to live through some of your
disruptive flame wars and tirades beginning with the one a few years ago
when you turned the Yahoo "Chinese Refractors" group into rubble. Too bad,
because I enjoyed that group and your antics is the reason I left. Not too
much later, you used SAA as a stage to duel with Astro Physics and then
later with Ed Ting and the Chromacor review debacle. Everytime you do this,
Valery, a few guys vow never to buy your product again, no matter how good
they are.

I hope you will do yourself a favor and consider not dominating SAA for the
next week with your gripes. Try using private email or the telephone.


Al
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Well you guys can think what ya want!
But i can tell ya TMB -APO's are some the best optics i have ever used. I had
a chance last week to use a 4" TMB, and let me tell ya, that was one sharp
scope! I could use over 400x with ease, i find it better than my TAK FL-102,
and it's built like a tank. About two years ago, i got a look thru another
4"TMB, it was about as perfect as perfect can be!

Guess there is no such thing as the perfect scope, but both TMB's would get a
10 on my list...

Chas P.