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>On Saturday, 9 October 2021 at 09:51:54 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
>> On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 00:57:54 -0700 (PDT), RichA <
rande...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >On Saturday, 9 October 2021 at 02:40:42 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
>> >> On Friday, October 8, 2021 at 2:49:19 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
>> >> > One of those "do-everything but nothing well" scopes was sold, at considerably less than it cost. Contrast this with a good refractor and mount. AP Stowaways are selling at $2000 ABOVE retail, used.
>> >> To buy a NEW AP, probably takes 5 years!
>> >> Demand vs. Supply , that's all!
>> >
>> >That, and AP scopes have dominated the top of the refractor quality heap for about 30 years.
>> But in the same way that a Rolex doesn't actually provide better
>> results than a Timex, an AP refractor doesn't outperform many others
>> that are available for a fraction of the cost.
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