The Meade debacle has been discussed in the Cats & Casses section in the Cloudy Night Forums for some time now: ~ 60 pages worth. A few of the regular contributors to that discussion appear to be well-versed in the matters such as Meade is facing and it does not look good for that company. The announcement of their headed direction/demise is expected to occur soon. Bob Christ On Jul 19, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Jeff Hopkins wrote: > I just got a message from Meade with some super deals, A 60 mm refractor, > Normally $100 now $25 plus a bunch more. > See: http://store.meade.com/deals?utm_source=OnLineDeals > > Jeff > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.