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I just wanted to mention that I will never buy a meade product again. I bought a Meade etx-90, and it's actually a decent scope. What I was told, was that I was essentially screwed, and that I could just go and order a new model at full price and sell the old one to someone at a huge loss. I even sent a letter to the president of Meade, mailed it, faxed it, etc never got a response. Meade makes some good equipment, too bad they have such a lousy customer satisfaction dept.