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8" Meade 2080 SCT telescope
Hi. Our astronomy club has a donated Meade 8" 2080 (circa 1985) with a
wedge. One of our members borrowed it and likes it so much he wants to buy it from the club. Question. Does anyone know the fair market value of such a unit? I don't see one available on ebay, and I don't have an astromart account. Any advice would be appreciated...Dennis |
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8" Meade 2080 SCT telescope
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:16:33 -0400, Dennis Allen wrote:
Hi. Our astronomy club has a donated Meade 8" 2080 (circa 1985) with a wedge. One of our members borrowed it and likes it so much he wants to buy it from the club. Question. Does anyone know the fair market value of such a unit? I don't see one available on ebay, and I don't have an astromart account. Any advice would be appreciated...Dennis $500-750. |
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8" Meade 2080 SCT telescope
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:49:17 GMT, Terry A Haimann
wrote, in part: On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:16:33 -0400, Dennis Allen wrote: Hi. Our astronomy club has a donated Meade 8" 2080 (circa 1985) with a wedge. One of our members borrowed it and likes it so much he wants to buy it from the club. Question. Does anyone know the fair market value of such a unit? I don't see one available on ebay, and I don't have an astromart account. Any advice would be appreciated...Dennis $500-750. I would give rather different advice. The value of the telescope to the astronomy club is presumably its replacement cost - I would say to sell it for, say, 10% off the price of a new 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain from Meade. This would be somewhere in the $2,000 ballpark. Maybe, given that it is over 20 years old, a larger discount is in order, but going below $1,500 - $1,000 doesn't seem to make sense to me. If I could get my hands on an 8" SCT (in reasonable condition) for $750, I'd jump at the chance. Plus, since the telescope in question is *donated*, I think selling it is a bad idea; donors expect their donations to hang around a while (ideally, with their *names* on them) - that is how you encourage such donations. Of course, if the club has urgent needs that money, rather than a telescope, would serve... John Savard http://www.quadibloc.com/index.html |
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8" Meade 2080 SCT telescope
Dennis Allen wrote: Hi. Our astronomy club has a donated Meade 8" 2080 (circa 1985) with a wedge. One of our members borrowed it and likes it so much he wants to buy it from the club. Question. Does anyone know the fair market value of such a unit? I don't see one available on ebay, and I don't have an astromart account. Any advice would be appreciated...Dennis This is like asking what a pocket watch is worth. To my neighbor $25, to the antique dealer who owns it to sell, $2500 ! Do an Astromart search if they still allow that. Several years ago these could be had to $300-$450 because I sold a good one. $350 was the top offer in my case. Buyer paid shipping. The 2080's had a good reputation so far as I know - until Shri-Unc Rodnish corrects that. Ive never heard anyone complain about the 2080 vs C8's of the same vintage, for example. I think $450 tops would be a proper value. But Im Quaker and honest. .... |
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8" Meade 2080 SCT telescope
On Sep 23, 7:16 pm, "Dennis Allen" wrote:
Hi. Our astronomy club has a donated Meade 8" 2080 (circa 1985) with a wedge. One of our members borrowed it and likes it so much he wants to buy it from the club. Question. Does anyone know the fair market value of such a unit? I don't see one available on ebay, and I don't have an astromart account. Any advice would be appreciated...Dennis About $300.00 depending on condition and accessories. Unk Rod |
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John Savard wrote:
If I could get my hands on an 8" SCT (in reasonable condition) for $750, I'd jump at the chance. Hands On Optics has one right now on the showroom floor for $500. A nice black tube C 8 on wedgepod and tripod. I see a lot of them times is seems..... Call Gary or Patrick at H.O.O. and ask if you are serious. Got to agree with ya, Selling a donated scope is NOT right. Almost makes me wonder about the club in general. I'm sure the person who donated it could have sold it themselves but wanted to help others instead. Selling off donated stuff just don't seem good club policy. Not exactly going to encourage future donors either if ya sell of their stuff after ya get it. If the club does sell the guy the scope, I hope they invest the $$$ in more astro gear that helps members. Our club (www.NOVAC.com) has a lot of loaner equipment books, and scopes. a LOT of people have donated nice gear for all to check out and use. (I got to check out PST) Thanks to those who have donated !!!!! Kinda cheapens and sours the whole deal when ya sell of something that was donated. The rest of the club suffers as well in not having the loner scope available for others to use IMHO. Oh Well....... -- AM |
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:09:05 -0400, AM wrote, in
part: Hands On Optics has one right now on the showroom floor for $500. A nice black tube C 8 on wedgepod and tripod. I see a lot of them times is seems..... Call Gary or Patrick at H.O.O. and ask if you are serious. The shipping charges would probably be rather large, but as I see that I *was* wrong about the value of an older C-8, I will indeed be looking around more local sources. John Savard http://www.quadibloc.com/index.html |
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John Savard wrote:
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:09:05 -0400, AM wrote, in part: Hands On Optics has one right now on the showroom floor for $500. A nice black tube C 8 on wedgepod and tripod. I see a lot of them times is seems..... Call Gary or Patrick at H.O.O. and ask if you are serious. The shipping charges would probably be rather large, but as I see that I *was* wrong about the value of an older C-8, I will indeed be looking around more local sources. John Savard http://www.quadibloc.com/index.html I've seen OTA's around for $300........ -- AM |
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8" Meade 2080 SCT telescope
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:09:05 -0400, AM wrote:
Got to agree with ya, Selling a donated scope is NOT right. Almost makes me wonder about the club in general. I'm sure the person who donated it could have sold it themselves but wanted to help others instead. Selling off donated stuff just don't seem good club policy. I don't see that. It's not like they are selling it off so they can distribute the proceeds to the members as cash. If the club has little use for the item, but can put the sales money to better use, that should be in the spirit of the original donation. Organizations do this all the time. As an example, if the 2080 isn't getting much use because it doesn't have goto, or even slewable axes, and the club could sell it and apply the money towards something like an LX200, what's wrong with that? It simply enhances the value of the original donation. _________________________________________________ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com |
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8" Meade 2080 SCT telescope
Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:09:05 -0400, AM wrote: Got to agree with ya, Selling a donated scope is NOT right. Almost makes me wonder about the club in general. I'm sure the person who donated it could have sold it themselves but wanted to help others instead. Selling off donated stuff just don't seem good club policy. I don't see that. It's not like they are selling it off so they can distribute the proceeds to the members as cash. If the club has little use for the item, but can put the sales money to better use, that should be in the spirit of the original donation. Organizations do this all the time. As an example, if the 2080 isn't getting much use because it doesn't have goto, or even slewable axes, and the club could sell it and apply the money towards something like an LX200, what's wrong with that? It simply enhances the value of the original donation. _________________________________________________ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com Yeah, I see your point. Thinking about it, our club has soo many members, that the loaner stuff is always being used. For some items there is almost always waiting list. Mostly to brand new members, so it does help out a lot it seems. The stuff really gets used. That is where I was coming from. -- AM |
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