Astronomy Ireland seem ok on price

Hi guys

I recently got an 11" sgt(xlt) from A&I. I was quoted 3800e. I had a look at the english prices (2966e) and gave them a ring. They said they would try and meet the price and then gave me a quote of 3300. (taking into account shipping etc.) So i went ahead and got the scope. Not sure if the conversion is exact but it seems close enough. Plus if theres any problems with the scope their just up the road. They were very helpful and there was no problem regarding the decrese in price. I suppose if your thinking of getting a product imported just give them a ring and see! I was happy enough anyway. Pretty cloudly up here in south Dublin>

I recently got an 11" sgt(xlt) from A&I. I was quoted 3800e. I had a look at the english prices (2966e) and gave them a ring. They said they would try and meet the price and then gave me a quote of 3300. (taking into account shipping etc.)

Or put another way, they were quite happy to rip you off by over 500 euro until you pulled them up on it.

Good example of what I said in another thread people really need to check out a variety of dealers before buying. Glad you got the scope at a price you are happy with, and yea its still cloudy in South Dublin!

True you deffo need to shop around. The first scope i got was from A&I (C4-R). I got it for 899. I had never looked through a scope before. All i knew is that i loved the sky and i needed to see what was out there. I was actually gonna get one of those photo shop scopes! The girlfriend found A&I on the net and thought we should go out there. After i got the scope (even though i love it) it does annoy me a bit that in england the same scope is only 369e. Its is a big difference!

Neil

Celestron do a 6" Mak?

In case anyone was wondering...

I got a mail from AI this morning telling me that the Celestron do 130mm Maks (5"). The products are:
www.celestron.com/c2/product.php?ProdID=43
www.celestron.com/c2/product.php?ProdID=58

David says that their prices are now internationally competitive.

Clear Skies,
~Al

My ASGT cost €1300 last November. Not much more than David Hinds was charging at the time.

Worth paying the small bit extra for the local support IMO since Celestron support is practically non-existant.

Trev

Worth paying the small bit extra for the local support IMO since Celestron support is practically non-existant.

Trev

I think that is one thing that is worth noting. If you can buy from a local dealer around the same price as importing a scope then it makes no sense to take the risk of something going wrong and having to export the scope back to the UK or worse the US.