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Subject: Re: [M]: 12" LX200
From: Ed Stewart
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sat Dec 21 02:28:04 1996

Emery Hildebrand wrote:
> Meade would be happy to test it again, but this time I would be responsible for
> all shipping charges (as stated in their warranty). The best price I could find
> is about $500 for shipping both ways from here in Atlanta.
++++Now they can use the shipping charges as a punitive barrier to push
you away from further requests to make good on the optics, especially
with them doing the testing. This is a similar attitude that we
experienced with Ford until the local dealership stepped in on our
behalf. I take it that Poconco/Glenn Jacobs is not able to excert any
pressure for a fair solution.

> I'm probably too critical in my optical expectations. I'm also probably doing
> something really stupid which is causing all this too. Good thing I knew how to
> manage an SCT in the early 80s when Meade published many of my photos in their
> ads.
+++++I doubt this with your experience and the side-by-side comparisons
are very difficult to blame the difference on external factors, such as
seeing, large vs. small apertures, etc. Your experience makes me very
relunctant to risk purchasing a new scope from Meade. Should I decide on
another scope, I'll buy a used scope where I can star test before
purchase or from a dealer that will guarantee satisfaction or money
back. Really sorry you're having such a bad experience.

Ed Stewart