[pasmembers] Re: Fw: Scope Rentals?
- From: Eric Steinberg <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 01:00:18 +0000
Terri – did you not see my earlier email to the list? I also wrote to Leah
early this morning that I can do it and would let her use the 16” as long as I
am nearby. If you want us to charge, let’s figure out what…
E
From: pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Terri
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 10:37 AM
To: PAS Members ListServ
Subject: [pasmembers] Re: Fw: Scope Rentals?
Leah (input to your question, not aimed at you, but in response to your
question and written for the group to read),
When we (a couple of the members and myself) did research to find out if anyone
in the Phoenix area, or the USA rented scopes to people, we found that only one
place back east did scope rentals to people not in their club.
PAS has scopes to borrow, but you have to be a PAS Member to do so, and right
now, they may not be ready to borrow, as Bruce is still doing repairs on some
of them. Soon as they are ready, members can borrow the scopes, or sets of
eyepieces at no cost.
However, the idea to go out and do a star party with this gal, is ok, but if it
is a private showing, meaning her and the scope person, that has a fee
attached. No freebees. And for that, she should go through me to set it up.
The other idea is to have her attend, for free, any public event we have coming
up around the date she is in town.
If anyone in the club wants to lend out their scope, still go through me,
because the booking doc is your agreement with Judy, that she will pay you for
the use of your scope. Plus, that way there is insurance (liability) just in
case. It doesn't replace your scope, though, so if you lend out your scope,
even with pay involved, you have to put up with someone who might break
something on the scope and PAS insurance doesn't cover that.
Personally, no one touches my scope. But, i'd be willing to rent myself out,
with a scope, to take her on a night tour, for $$$. As would a few of you.
Leah, you can share the above ideas with Judy. And if she wants to borrow
someone to give her a night sky tour, have her contact me to set it up. : ) I
won't be the one doing it, probably Eric or someone else with a larger scope,
so she really gets her money worth. But I will need a booking doc from her. And
the fee, if you want to let her know is $150 for 2 hours.
I read above that she wants to go camping with your scope, should you lend her
a scope. That worries me. So much can happen with camping and that could mean
leaving the scope out over night at the location and not covering it in the
daytime, etc... there are all sorts of factors that "I" will not lend my scope
for.
Just my thoughts on this. And some of us do not have insurance on our
equipment, should something happen to it. I'd be sure it is insured, because if
you don't have your equipment, you can't do events for / with PAS until you can
afford to replace it.
Have a super day, Leah, and everyone reading this!
Terri
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:39 PM, LPhxAZ
<lphxaz@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:lphxaz@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
does anyone have any suggestions for Judy? (see message below)
I don't know if there are any scopes for rent, but maybe someone would like to
go out observing with her, and bring a scope.
----- Original Message -----
From: Judy Wokoun<mailto:judyamwokoun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Astronomy-Questions@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:Astronomy-Questions@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 6:19 PM
Subject: Scope Rentals?
Good evening.
I'm a part of the Seattle Astronomical Society in Seattle, WA and I have a
trip to Phoenix planned around the new moon in April. I don't trust the
airlines at all to handle my scope so I was wondering if there are any places
in the area, or possibly even your organization, that rent out scopes for a few
days? I plan on camping for a few of the days that I'm there to do some
general observing and would love to have a scope as opposed to just binoculars.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Judy
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