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Subject: [M]: Meade QA facts!
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Wed May 13 01:58:09 1998

At 8:29 AM -0700 5/12/98, John W Downs wrote:
>Kevin,
> Upon request I will set-up and test any Meade scope before it
>leaves the store. I have this option because OPT stays open till past
>dark and I don't want my customer to wait all season for a repair if
>needed. Believe me that only about 1% of scopes I check this way have
>needed additional attention or fine tuning.

Ah hah! A quantitative statement about Meade quality from someone in a
position to know real facts. Perhaps this will end the long and fruitless
debate on this topic. How many LX200s have you tested, John?

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