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They could have moved the factory to Indiana and still have QC issues if their old QC staff aren't on hand to train the new guys. It just comes down to poor transitions, in my opinion. Where the factory is isn't the source of the woes, the fact that the employees are likely undertrained is the issue.

I wound up buying An LX200 ACF instead partly because of this issue. So far the mechanics are solid. Just need to address an issue with the wrong collimation screws sent with the mounting rings, and possibly an issue with the Autostar handbox display. Minor and nagging issue that have been around for awhile but don't destroy my use of the scope.

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Yes but think of the language barrier! Its probably very difficult to explain things to a staff of mexican workers whos english is only a secondary language taught at school.

Weasner went through 3 different lx90 acfs, all 3 were broken....this tells me that they had no idea how to FIX that problem, even tho there were a plethora of complaints.

Even after they replaced the entire dec motor on weasners lx90, it STILL had the vibration issues.


There is a REASON meade chose to move to mexico. That reason is simply because they will save millions maybe 100s of millions by having mexican workers, in a mexican built facility.

All this money saving surely has an impact on quality.

The less you pay, the less you get (generally). This rule works for big companies as well as individual customers.

Edited by Joad (08/07/08 09:12 PM)

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