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["William R Wood" <w.wood@xxxxxxx>]

Stan,

Based on my own dealings with local stores, your experience is typical.  I
have been buying all of my toys and virtually everything else via the
internet/mail order for the past 10-15 years in part due to the exact
problem you mention.  The UPS truck has worn a path to our house :)  Besides
getting unopened factory new stuff, the internet lets me avoid the time,
risk and cost of travel to/from local stores and I can always beat local
dealer's prices.  The two Meade/Celestron internet dealers I can recommend
are Astronomics http://www.astronomics.com/ and Anacortes
http://www.buytelescopes.com/.  OPT was ok but I had a problem with them
reneging on a price deal I made with a certain salesman; they relented after
I insisted that they honor the agreement but I never went back.  It is
always a good idea to check internet vendor's ratings at a site like
ResellerRatings.com.

Good luck with your new stuff.


Regards,

Bill Wood
Fountain Hills, AZ





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Gorodenski" <stan_gorodenski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:58 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Meade Dealers


>
> How typical are these experiences of mine? I do not like to buy things
> that have been previously opened but it seems this is a problem with
> having to go through dealers. Maybe buying through internet dealers is
> the only way to avoid this.
> Stan

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