The "troll meter" has pegged! :-)

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Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:56 PM
Subject: [M]: RE: LX200 checklist


> Hi Keith,
>
> I am in my second week with an 8" LX200 and still don't know what should
> have even come with the scope. There isn't even a parts list supplied.
>
> Halfway into setting up the superwedge, its instructions told me to use
one
> of the mounting bolts that came with the scope - none did, gee, I didn't
> know until then that I was supposed to get "mounting bolts".
>
> Called Meade tech support. What an eye opener. The "tech" hemmed and
hawed
> for at least 5 minutes before taking off to ask someone if he knew. Boy
> that instills a lot of faith.
>
> After agreeing that I probably didn't get any "mounting bolts" with the
> scope, I mentioned that I did receive four 1 and 1/4 inch bolts and three
1
> and 1/2 inch bolts with the wedge and opined that perhaps I could use
those,
> if he could tell me which ones - he didn't have a clue, nor could he guess
> at what to do with those not needed, although he suggested I might use
them
> on the latitude adjuster. I couldn't find any holes to put them in so I
> just superglued them to the side. Do you think maybe JB Weld would have
> been better?
>
>
>
>

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