Seeing was not very good today and transparency was poor. Note the SEB is very pale. Note the wake feature at the SEBn. The NEB is really very red. The NEB...
Hi everyone. I've heard from "insiders" within Celestron that "they" believe that Meade may not make it to 2009. Is this old news, or something of which no one...
Yes and no. Meade has been having problems for a while, and Real Bad Problems for about 8 months. Their stock was well below a dollar last time I checked. ...
... problem with ... There is a historical problem of Meade not supplying parts outside of warranty (sometimes they do, most times they don't). They don't even...
Hi I think there's no question that Meade is in critical condition and on life support, but is someone going to come along with a "heart transplant" and get...
Have to speak from experience and Celestron have been great to me for parts. Ordered two new clutches for a NX11GPS with no problems what so ever. Other stuff...
To Everyone but particularly to Rod, I think we should have a database describing how to get Parts and Service from various companies. I am not thinking of a...
I agree re Celestron. I never asked for a new primary mirror but I have lost/broken knobs, clutches, caps over the years and Celestron does supply parts pretty...
... Meade recently sold off much of their non-astro business parts (the riflescopes, for one), so I'm not sure how much non-astro is left (I see they still...
Too bad for Meade. While I prefer Celestron products, I believe that the competition from Meade over the years drove innovation that has given us some...
Yeah! I've got a spare $100. :) Seriously though, I wish someone would buy it and turn it into the kind of company they should be. Doug ... -- A good day to...
... company? Let's wait until the stock drops to $0.01. Then we can get it for... oh... a bit over $200,000. One, or two, or ten of us can raise that, or our...
so what are they trading at? You don't know how many times I wondered about that. I would move the whole damn works to Tennessee and put some of our skilled...
82 cents about 18 million for the whole the whole thing Herb York www.BuyTelescopes.com www.AstroMart.com www.Binocs.com ... [Non-text portions of this message...
I'd move it to TEXAS. Then I'd have a reason to get there quicker! Doug ... -- A good day to Golf is a better day to Fish [Non-text portions of this message...
I know where I can get a 200,000 sq ft building for cheap, in an Industrial Park. Hell, the state of Tennessee would probably kick in some moving money and...
Ten mill gets you a hostile take over. ... -- "Quality is not an add on, it's an intrinsic value built in through sound engineering and flawless execution" -...
Be careful what you wish for... As Mr. Spock once said: "After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not...
I am not sure how many investors that are left at this point, would sell. See, in a sense, meade in its present incarnation is still profitable. And it'll be...
You can call your broker and get as many as you want today for 80-90 cents Herb York www.BuyTelescopes.com www.AstroMart.com www.Binocs.com ... [Non-text...
a week ago you could have paid 62 cents Herb York www.BuyTelescopes.com www.AstroMart.com www.Binocs.com ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
... True. But 20 mil (or 18 mil, or lots less Real Soon Now) means you get to throw out the people (all four of 'em) on the board who own 40% of it and have...
... At least one knowledgeable person posed the rhetorical question, "Why would anyone in their right mind move production to Mexico -- when all the locals...
No, I would have to show them the door. I have a sign in the shop that says "If you're here to sell me something I don't need or want, then close the door on...