Hi all,
I have been sitting on the side lines for a while ........just soaking up
the information and now its time to put some input into the group. Here is a
copy of an e-mail that was sent to Meade some months ago.
Enjoy
Jason
10" LX200 Down Under

Meade Instruments Corporation
6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, CA 92618-5200 USA
(949) 451-1450 FAX: (949) 451-1460 www.meade.com

Dear Jason:

Thank you for your e-mail. Meade does not give tours of our facilities to
the general public. If you are in the area and want to stop by Meade, I
would be happy to talk with you and discuss our various products. I have
just tested several examples of the LX90 and found it to be a very good
telescope. It should be available in Australia in January or February.

If you decide to visit us, please send me an e-mail with the time an date.

Best regards,
Paul Hobbs
Export Manager
Meade Instruments Corporation
Phone: 949-451-1450 ext.234
Fax: 949-451-1460



-----Original Message-----
From: Jason [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 3:46 AM
Subject: Visit


Dear Sir/Madam,
I live in Australia and I am planning a holiday to
the US next year and was wondering if your company lets the general public
into your production/assembly areas or at least an area where you can look
at scopes without the hard sell of the shops. I am mainly interested in your
new LX-90 with Autostar, with a view to purchasing one, the scope shops /
reps out here say that it will be next year before they can get me one, (
and at a very expensive price of $5000 AU ) So I'm hoping to get a look at
one and then bring it back to Australia with me. I have tried your FREE CALL
Meade Australia Desk using 1800142393 and get it mail order, but I just
seem to be doing the run around of your switch board, plus I realy wanted to
see it in operation ( Autostar ) before I part with my money.

Jason

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [M]: RE: "WARNIG"MEADE Virus


> At 07:21 PM 5/15/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi Joe,
> >
> >I too find it disheartening to find that Meade doesn't have a email
> >means of contact. They do have telephone contact and I understand they
> >do return phone calls. Since all my equipment is second hand (8" LX50
> >and 416XT with 201 autoguider and 616 color wheel) I don't bother to
> >call them since most businesses don't want to bother with second hand
> >users.
>
> How short sighted if true. What better way to generate a new first hand
> user than treat a second hand user well.
>
> I still think that what is needed is a couple factory sanctioned but
> independant repair/rework facilities. Anyone interested?
>
>
> Paul Goelz
> Rochester Hills, MI
> pgoelz at eaglequest dot com
> Videoastronomy, music (UnFest) and electric helicopter site:
> http://www.eaglequest.com/~pgoelz
>

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