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barasits
sage

Reged: 06/12/11

Loc: Chicago

Re: I don't know... new

[Re: greju]
#5025989 - 01/19/12 12:16 AM

Quote:

No offense but if you are trying to get the highest price for the owner don't you think you could supply a better picture or maybe even a couple of pictures?

http://www.astromart.com/auctions/details.asp?auction_id=6737

Which other sides of the box do you want to see?

If you want to look at another box, how about this one:

https://www.astromart.com/auctions/details.asp?auction_id=6738

Geoff

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Bob Myler
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 05/18/06

Loc: St Louis, MO

Re: I don't know... new

[Re: greju]
#5025990 - 01/19/12 12:17 AM

Obviously a Major Award - note the FRA JILL LEE sticker.

A Traveler with fish-net stockings perhaps?

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Datapanic
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/17/09

Loc: Tucson, Arizona

Re: I don't know... new

[Re: Bob Myler]
#5026017 - 01/19/12 12:41 AM

"Selling for a client so we reserve the right to bid as ATWB or as Herbert York for our own use. Our intention is to get the highest price we can for our client. "

Does that smell like fish to you? They SELLER may outbid any BUYERS in the interest of getting more money? That's kinda illegal on eBay.

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Ducky62
professor emeritus

Reged: 10/31/10

Loc: The ATL

Re: I don't know... new

[Re: Datapanic]
#5026102 - 01/19/12 02:33 AM

"A thing is worth exactly what someone is willing to pay for it"

As long as the seller (or his agent) is bidding under his own name it seems perfectly "fair" to me.

"Un-fair" gaming of auctions is often done by setting a reserve and having a shill bid under that but over "fair market value" to establish a false record. The only real measure is what some one actually pays for an item.

I am much more concerned with the "pig in a poke" of a sealed box auction. I wouldn't bid unless I was assured it was returnable (shipping both ways refunded) if there wasn't a perfect untouched AP Traveler in the box.

My single most expensive astro purchase was $250 for an immaculate Coulter CT-100 RFT w/ extras, so I won't be jumping on this one barring a winning lottery ticket or an unexpected inheritance from an unknown relative

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Stellarfire
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 07/10/11

Loc: Switzerland

Re: I don't know... new

[Re: Ducky62]
#5026154 - 01/19/12 05:10 AM

Quote:

I am much more concerned with the "pig in a poke" of a sealed box auction. I wouldn't bid unless I was assured it was returnable (shipping both ways refunded) if there wasn't a perfect untouched AP Traveler in the box.

+1

Stephan

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John Jarosz
Astro Gearhead

Reged: 04/25/04

Loc: Chicago area, IL

Re: I don't know... new

[Re: Stellarfire]
#5026230 - 01/19/12 07:07 AM

+2

OTOH, I'm sure there are people out there that feel it's important for the scope to be in the sealed box so they're assured that no has touched the Traveler and gotten a fingerprint on the paint. God forbid that someone actually used the telescope for it's intended purpose before they get their hands on it. After all it's an AP Traveler and it must be perfect.

You hear things like this about high end stuff all the time. People that approach equipment like this think these are not tools, they're status.

John

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John Jarosz
Astro Gearhead

Reged: 04/25/04

Loc: Chicago area, IL

Re: I don't know... new

[Re: John Jarosz]
#5026237 - 01/19/12 07:12 AM

Oh yeah, that little Russian copy of Newton's scope probably has better optics in it than Newton's did. And look at what he discovered with his!

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Chuck Faranda
professor emeritus

Reged: 03/31/07

Loc: Florida

Re: Favorite used telescope ad new

[Re: clintwhitman]
#5026239 - 01/19/12 07:12 AM

You and your incredible finds Caveman

I hate you (I mean envy

)

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greju
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/13/05

Re: I don't know... new

[Re: John Jarosz]
#5026897 - 01/19/12 02:08 PM

Quote:

Oh yeah, that little Russian copy of Newton's scope probably has better optics in it than Newton's did. And look at what he discovered with his!

Yeh, probably.

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tim53
Postmaster

Reged: 12/17/04

Loc: Highland Park, CA

I would have never thought this was possible new

[Re: greju]
#5027498 - 01/19/12 08:50 PM

Using a finderscope for a focal reducer/eyepiece combo?

-Tim

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mikey cee
Postmaster

Reged: 01/18/07

Loc: bellevue ne.

Re: I would have never thought this was possible new

[Re: tim53]
#5027671 - 01/19/12 10:23 PM

Quote:

Using a finderscope for a focal reducer/eyepiece combo?

-Tim

God and this clown knew how to place an ad on Craig's List too boot??

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barasits
sage

Reged: 06/12/11

Loc: Chicago

Re: I don't know... [Re: John Jarosz]
#5027846 - 01/20/12 12:28 AM

Quote:

+2

OTOH, I'm sure there are people out there that feel it's important for the scope to be in the sealed box so they're assured that no has touched the Traveler and gotten a fingerprint on the paint. God forbid that someone actually used the telescope for it's intended purpose before they get their hands on it. After all it's an AP Traveler and it must be perfect.

You hear things like this about high end stuff all the time. People that approach equipment like this think these are not tools, they're status.

John

Has it gotten to the point where A-P telescopes are now treated like collectibles? Open the box and the monetary value drops? And who would buy a Traveler or a 130 GT and then leave it in the box for several years?

I wonder if the seller would be willing to provide an x-ray of the box

Geoff

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wfj
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 01/10/08

Loc: California, Santa Cruz County

Accept no substitutes! [Re: barasits]
#5033027 - 01/22/12 09:52 PM

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/spo/2800686214.html

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18UCinVA
professor emeritus

Reged: 10/24/08

Loc: Virginia

Breaks the laws of physics, economics, and math [Re: wfj]
#5033461 - 01/23/12 05:14 AM

Takahashi FS 102

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jwheel
professor emeritus

Reged: 01/23/08

Loc: Fort Davis TX

Re: I would have never thought this was possible [Re: tim53]
#5033556 - 01/23/12 08:05 AM

Quote:

Using a finderscope for a focal reducer/eyepiece combo?

-Tim

This has to be a joke.

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wfj
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 01/10/08

Loc: California, Santa Cruz County

A different take on heavenly bodys ... [Re: jwheel]
#5034640 - 01/23/12 09:47 PM

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/clt/2808161092.html

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mikey cee
Postmaster

Reged: 01/18/07

Loc: bellevue ne.

Re: A different take on heavenly bodys ... [Re: wfj]
#5034790 - 01/24/12 12:00 AM

Quote:

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/clt/2808161092.html

Maybe some of our LA Basin boys can check it out.

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Preston Smith
The Travel Scope Guy

Reged: 04/24/05

Loc: Eureka, Pa

Re: A different take on heavenly bodys ... [Re: mikey cee]
#5036005 - 01/24/12 06:24 PM

For people who started the hobby....

Not sure if your going to get a 450 year old person to pick up on this deal....

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/spo/2813322443.html

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sgorton99
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/30/08

Loc: Wisconsin, Madison

"u should really be a starhead.." [Re: Preston Smith]
#5038054 - 01/25/12 09:59 PM

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/for/2770706463.html

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StarBucket
sage

Reged: 02/03/10

Loc: Scandinavia - 55° 36'

Yet another epocselet [Re: sgorton99]
#5040325 - 01/27/12 02:46 AM

Complete with rednif.

epocselet on the bay

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