In message , Chris Jones
wrote
Cheapest new in UK I can see is £335 from Amazon.co.uk and most specialist
retailers who stock it looking at £495..........is Costco USA?
No Costco are a UK discount warehouse company, the sort of place you can
stock up on catering packs of food etc. last time I was in just after
new year they didn't have any scopes so they may not be doing them any
more, I just thought to mention it as if the scope came from them the
seller would be making a handsome profit.

I know the guy who is selling the unit and he has agreed to drop to £210...
:-)
It's only 6 months old, and if I don't like it on it goes in Ebay, theres
two on there now one for £93 and one for £200 with afew days to go...what
can I lose..

Chris

"Roger Smith" wrote in message
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In message , Chris Jones
wrote
Hi,

Looking at a scope for the family with good results, had an offer for the
above £275 nearly new, would it be too difficult for a beginner, but also
is
it big enough for us to grow into?
Any info appreciated, BTW my girls are 10 & 7 and are really into the
night
sky (get it from their dad)...

Costco were selling these for £160 last autumn.
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Late last autumn someone at the White Peak Astronomical Observing Group
who also had a scope like mine passed the word that Costco were selling
these scopes and suggested that at that price they were worth it for the
GoTo mount alone. I have used the mount with my Mak a couple of times
with varying degrees of success but have only looked through the scope
once a couple of nights ago. The scope is quite short and scarily light
even with an eyepiece in and the finder attached, a friend has a Tal of
similar aperture which is longer and much more substantial in feel.
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Roger
52:54:41N
01:30:05W
Orion 127mm Maksutov.