All good advice and potential. I think the mother's main problem is she has no way of recognizing a good telescope from a bad one, which is why she contacted Rodger in the first place. A wise move. She could go to KLS ads and see a trashco for $25 and think she's doing the right thing. She needs advise on what to look for if she goes to KSL. More to the point, everyone has posted their response on this board and I didn't see her copied, so I have taken the liberty to forward all your responses to her. If she does look to KSL, she should check with someone who posted a response and check to see what she sees is worth the effort. She could get a honey that way and her daughter might grow up to be an astronomer. We'd all love that :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: "Brent Watson" <brentjwatson@yahoo.com>, "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, December 8, 2014 9:40:40 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Mother looking for a telescope for her daughter for Christmas This past year, in the KSL classifieds, I got a Criterion RV-6 Dynascope in immaculate condition, with eyepieces, for $125. I got a 4" Dynascope from 1960 for $50. And a Criterion Dynamax 8 SCT, complete in perfect condition, with eyepieces, drive corrector, and some rare accessories, for $300. Rich Tenney got a modern 90mm refractor on equatorial mount for $50. All of them on the Wasatch Front, no shipping charges. The bargains are out there to find locally, folks. Brent's pawn shop suggestion is a good one. I've found binoculars and cameras at pawn shops for pennies on the dollar. On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Brent Watson via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
The ring in binos? Hmmm. I have been successful buying used telescopes at pawn shops. I got a 10" meade dob for $95.00. Perhaps someone who knows telescopes could watch a couple of pawn shops.
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