core
super member
Reged: 02/23/08
Posts: 116
Loc: Mostly in Norman, OK
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Hmm, somthing new on the horizon or stepping up to MySky+?
$199 SkyScout
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~Peter~
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Jim7728
Post Laureate
Reged: 04/10/05
Posts: 4007
Loc: Stoop Landing Observatory, NYC
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Don't know. Sales could be slowing down and vendor's just want to move stock.
Another sale price here.
https://www.highpointscientific.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=3335
I would not mind seeing a second generation unit that is more accurate and less sensitive to magnetic interference. 
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Jim
TV-76 -40mmHa/5mm BF
Vixen NA-140
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Astronomics
Vendor if you must, AKA The Mighty Kong.
Reged: 06/07/04
Posts: 2306
Loc: Right Here
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It is the current price and they have given us no idea of a next gen.
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jamesp66
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Reged: 07/02/08
Posts: 17
Loc: Amherst, NY
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*BLEEP*, just bought one from onecall.com august 11 for $299, I wonder if they will give me the $100 difference.
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snowdragonusa
professor emeritus
Reged: 09/04/07
Posts: 637
Loc: Denver, CO
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*BLEEP*, just bought one from onecall.com august 11 for $299, I wonder if they will give me the $100 difference.
You might be protedted actually.
In some states if you make a purchase and it goes on sale within a certain amount of time they have to refund the difference.
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Adam
12" LX200R
AT80mm piggyback
DSI Pro, DSI-C, LPI
Denver Astronomical Society
Brighton Astronomical Group
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mtnmedic
sage
Reged: 11/09/04
Posts: 431
Loc: Nevada City, California
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Sales are probably slow. There WERE $199 at Fry's here in Roseville, CA. I got one last night for $169.99
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Meade 10" LX200 Classic
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Tek465
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Reged: 06/18/07
Posts: 92
Loc: Show Low, Az
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$169.90 is also the price on Frys.com website.
http://shop4.frys.com/product/5161426
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Z10 Dob w/ Telrad
Celestron 15x70 binoc
Meade ETX-60AT
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Tek465
member
Reged: 06/18/07
Posts: 92
Loc: Show Low, Az
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Well they had them for $169. Looks like they're sold out now.
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Z10 Dob w/ Telrad
Celestron 15x70 binoc
Meade ETX-60AT
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tacs06
journeyman
Reged: 06/13/07
Posts: 7
Loc: Snellville Ga.
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I picked one up on Monday from the Frys in Duluth Ga., NE of Atlanta. Price was $169. They had a few more in stock.
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Kiwi Nick
super member
Reged: 09/17/05
Posts: 191
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When you look at them, they should be pretty cheap, there is not that much to them.
They have been out for quite a while now so the price was always going to come down a long way and hopefully it will fall even further.
I paid top whack for mine when they first came out but it's the astronomical device I use the most so it's been the cheapest viewing instrument I've ever purchased when you look at how often it gets used and that I've been able to take it around the world as well.
I hope they get cheaper so they can reach a wider market and a greater audience.
2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, what better gift to give to a child or a beginner than a sky scout to learn the sky with?
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LX200GPS 14"
Denk II's and P+S
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Tek465
member
Reged: 06/18/07
Posts: 92
Loc: Show Low, Az
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They're back at Frys.com for $179.
http://shop4.frys.com/product/5723662
Mine finally got delivered this week and the CSC curse followed. Luckily the skyscout works through clouds. 
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Z10 Dob w/ Telrad
Celestron 15x70 binoc
Meade ETX-60AT
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