Rick,

I agree that 10K for a 16" LX200, which currently goes for many thousands
more, is a good deal. However, the 16" LX200 is not the only large SCT
available. You could buy a C-14 with a GEM and full GOTO for well under
10K...maybe less than 8K.

Al
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Subject: [M]: RE: Re: 12" $2995 SALE ALERT!!!


> I think I would buy land and build a dome for $10K LX200 16". I think
alot
> of astronomy clubs would do it, too.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:15 PM
> Subject: [M]: Re: 12" $2995 SALE ALERT!!!
>
>
> In a message dated 08/31/2001 9:39:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>
> << Subj: [M]: RE: Re: 12" $2995 SALE ALERT!!!
> Date: 08/31/2001 9:39:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>
> I thought there was a permanent drop in the price of the LX200 8" and
10".
> When I first started looking the 8" was something like $2600 and the 10"
> was
> $3000. It was the drop in price and the EP offer that stimulated me to
buy
> in July. >>
>
> There was a permanent $500 price drop on the 8, 10, 7, and 12 inch scopes
in
> order of increasing price, down to $2295, $2695, $2795, and $3995
> respectively. I paid $3295 plus shipping for a 7" in 1996. Seems the
price
> drop must have been at least a year ago, although time flies when you're
> having fun. Now the $600 eyepiece offer is in addition to that. And the
> 12"
> additional $1000 off sale was piled on top, to make it $2100 off the
> original
> $4495 price from over a year ago.
>
> Hopefully more dealers than just Anacortes will revive the additional
$1000
> off sale on the 12", and it would be REALLY nice if additional sale prices
> spread to the other sizes, and to the bare OTAs.
>
> You'd think that with the Terebeam deal raising production quantity on the
> 16" scopes, and the low production having been part of the reason for
their
> high price all along, that they might be next? $9995 sounds like a nice
> number a marketing guy might come up with!
>
> John
>
>
>

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