The "pretty good deals" are a relic from past years. It use to be that you
could buy a Nagler or Panoptic for nearly half price, and everything went
along just fine. About 4 years ago (maybe longer), some guys went to these
NEAF sales and bought as many eyepieces that they could with the amount of
money they had. They then sold many of these eyepieces on astromart or ebay
for a nice profit, but certainly less than the new retail price. When guys
who lived too far from the east coast to attend this sale found out about
this, they became incensed with anger. We had threads on this topic which
were peppered with flame wars that lasted more than 30 days. Some of these
guys telephoned Al Nagler and complained about these sales and how unfair
they were. Well, that's what put the cork on the "pretty good deals."

Al


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I'm going to NEAF for the first time and heard that there are
sometimes pretty good deals on eyepieces. I was thinking about
getting a decent mid power EP (12mm to 18mm range). Any suggestions
of what would work well in a f6 8" dob (I usually wear glasses when
observing but not always)? Roughly how much would it cost at NEAF
(I'd like to keep it under $200 if possible)?

Your help is appreciated!