Meade EP set on fleabay!....any good??

[Bluenosebatty]

Im in the seach of some new eps and come across these....

eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace

Are these a good set of EPs? I mailed him to ask if this was the 4000 series and he said its only written on one of them..... Is that rite as it is a set???

Any advice is much appriciated!!

Mark.

[milkyjoe]

Have a read of this... Various Eyepieces and Accessory Reviews Page1

[Pete Presland]

the series 4000 are nice eyepieces,but whats the postage going to be from the usa?

[John]

Th early 4000's were Japanese made, the later ones Chinese. I've owned a few in the past and I seem to recall mine had Meade Super Plossl on them - 4000 was not mentioned. It's a decent set but it's in the USA so bear in mind that you could pay import duty plus handling fees which will add 25% to the cost.

These come up quite often over here so, personally, I would not make a great effort to buy this particular set.

[great_bear]

Yeah but - it does include the Orion Shorty Plus Barlow. That's the same Barlow as the Celestron Ultima which on its own sells for £90 at FLO!

I think that changes matters slightly...

[John]

Yeah but - it does include the Orion Shorty Plus Barlow. That's the same Barlow as the Celestron Ultima which on its own sells for £90 at FLO!

I think that changes matters slightly...

Somehow I suspect the other bidders will have spotted it as well and the end price will reflect that

[Revs]

It's a good range of reasonable quality EP's and even if you end up selling them, that excellent Barlow is a keeper (they really are very good). I wouldn't bid much past $100 though, leaving a bit room for import tax and a reasonable delivery charge. Just be wary

[Dave-Ryan]

I have a full set of the 4000 series and the ones for sale do look like them. looks like a bargin at the going price but, as others have said, be careful not to pay over the odds for them.

[Bluenosebatty]

Hi lads

cheers for all the advice! Il keep

A watch on them see how they price up, im sure he said £30 postage or it might of been $,

Mark.

[chunky]

Hello i am bidding on these maybe my fault why its shot up. the barlow is the £45 version. how much would the set be worth in english pounds to buy? dont wanna pay new prices for it

[great_bear]

New they're £200 in the UK when sold as a complete set <here, scroll down>, but that includes a set of filters, and has the Meade Barlow rather than the Orion Shorty.

As you'd expect then, they sell for ~£100 second hand, although the cheapest set I saw was £50 at SGL earlier this year (don't know if it included a Barlow though)

Individually, the eyepieces typically sell for £20-£25 on average (second hand)...

(I've sold a few myself )

[chunky]

theyre £64 now pls £23 postage might have to give a miss

[John]

The Orion Shorty Plus (as in the picture on the ad) is £83 new. The Meade 4000's are £30 / £40 each new. The filter is around £15 I guess plus the case at say £15 so thats £300 plus for all of it if bought new.

Used it's around 60% of that I suppose. You have to factor delivery and possibly import duty / handling fee in to the final price you pay as well.

[chunky]

Barlow Lenses - Telescopes UK: Telescopes & Telescope Accessories in your only London shop

i checked the picture with that i match it to the 45 one? i only want to pay around 80 with postage so i dont think i could afford it now anyway

would of been nice tho

[John]

This is the one that seems to me to match the photo on the e.bay advert:

Shorty-Plus 2x 3-Element Barlow - Telescopes UK: Telescopes & Telescope Accessories in your only London shop

[chunky]

damn i was going by the black cap at the bottom i see it now

[Revs]

Barlow Lenses - Telescopes UK: Telescopes & Telescope Accessories in your only London shop

i checked the picture with that i match it to the 45 one? i only want to pay around 80 with postage so i dont think i could afford it now anyway

would of been nice tho

wow, they've shot up! Last time I looked at TH they were £64. They must have increased the price to be more inline with the Ultima, which has been about £94 for ages.

[chunky]

yehh i hada 64 bid went to 69 and couldnt afford anymore. bought the sky atlas pocket book instead. proberly be more useful at this early stage