Is it true about premium telescope?

Jingguo · Post by **Jingguo** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:22 pm

i read that premium telescope company like Astro Physic and TMB actually make the telescope for their customer only went they receive an offer from the customer. they even put customer on waiting list. how true isit?

gwenyi · Post by **gwenyi** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:29 pm

indeed true. read a post about vinsnr having to wait a very long time and they eventually forgot about him. i think that was the astrophysics list. mmmm.. read in other forums that ppl have waited for a couple of years now. anyway , i suppose that's part of their quality control .

mrngbss · Post by **mrngbss** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:42 pm

TEC too. Also a long waiting list. If you read about the waiting list on the Astro Physics website, you will be surprised by the instructions given to potential customers.

Their quality is something which makes people 'die' for.

anat · Post by **anat** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:55 pm

Among AP, TMB, TEC, Tak, TV, and SV,
only TMB and Tak have scopes in stock or have a short waiting list.

The AP waiting list is about 6 years long

Anat

Post by **VinSnr** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:56 pm

I think it is plain silly for AP to continue making people wait long. It is already the 21st century and there are many alternatives now. Anyway I think their business model is just to make a few scopes a year and then laze around other times.

In the 90s, their quality is the best. Today, I don't see TMB, TEC or even Tak lose out to the AP in terms of quality. It is only those Americans that must buy Americans goods that keep AP in business. If AP is in Asia, I think they will be long gone.

mrngbss · Post by **mrngbss** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:17 pm

That's an interesting point to note.

It seems like having lunch. We join a long queue at a food centre and then wait for 30 mins for the finest food before our turn. By then, we would have wasted 30 mins in the queue, while many would have finished lunch (eating other food) and resting their legs..

For a scope, I don't feel comfortable having to wait for a few years, after making payment. I'll go for a Tak instead.

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:20 pm

I'm in the AP waiting list for one of their scopes. Meanwhile, an opportunity came up for another quality scope which I am very interested in. If it materializes beforethe AP scope, which I think it probably would, I would cancel the AP scope order. After all, I do not have unlimited patience!

mrngbss · Post by **mrngbss** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:22 pm

Which other quality scope are you interested in?

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:40 pm

I have enjoyed and appreciated the quality of the AP apos but I won't want to wait 6 years for one. You can always get one from Astromart now and then, and also, now there are quite a few other competitive brands that produce apos of comparable quality.

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:44 pm

mrngbss wrote:Which other quality scope are you interested in?

GPU. A new start-up company in Budapest.