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Subject: Re: Meade LX200 use in Australia
From: John Grylls
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Fri Apr 26 00:41:58 1996

Nicholas Harvey wrote:
>
> I was wondering if there is anybody who can tell me the price and
> availibility of this scope in Australia. Also if it's expensive there and
> you imported one from the US I'd be interested in your experiences.
>

Nick,

LX200 are available in Aust from the SOLE Aust distributer York Optical of Brisbane, Sydney,
Melb, and Perth, the service is mediocre. Meade will not allow its US distributers to send scopes
to Aust, the ones that I rang honored this arrangement. A 10in LX200 costs about Au$6500, to
import one should cost about Au$5400 after currency conversion, sales tax, and freight. This
is considered quite expensive by most people, One Aus dollar = approx .75 Us dollars
The cost of sending the scope back to the states for warranty claims is also a consideration for
those who import their own.

regards
John Grylls