Hi Jason,

Thanks for the letting us know of the email address. I must have been
looking in all the wrong places.

Steve Brown

Jason wrote:
>
> 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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