250PX Dob as new - £250 AB&S

[Dodge]

This is well priced for someone: http://www.astrobuysell.com/uk/propview.php?view=57395

[Damo636]

A lot of bang for buck at that price!

[sunshine185]

will hopefully be mine by10am Thursday! seller has agreed to deliver ,was too good a price to refuse ,i should get back around 200 when i sell the 8"

[rory]

nice one sunshine , woo hoo ! . as new and fully flocked. great bargain. hope it all works out for you

[Mike73]

Yep well worth paying an extra £50 for!

[Dodge]

Congrats - that's a steal at the price.

[sunshine185]

Knowing my past record with buying SH, I will be keeping everything crossed until its here and safe in one piece.

[rory]

Knowing my past record with buying SH, I will be keeping everything crossed until its here and safe in one piece.

most astro peeps look after their gear, so i recon you'll be fine . i was in the same boat when i bagged my 8" for a ton . kept wondering whay it was cheap ! turned out fine. so i'll keep my fingers crossed for ya .

[sunshine185]

Spoke with him on the phone, he's taking up AP. He is a member on here but hasn't been on in a while. Touch wood all should be ok.

[knobby]

Nice one Sunshine !

flocked as well, result

[sunshine185]

Can't wait for Thursday! I bought some flocking material on Saturday but it hasn't been delivered yet, so today I took out the spider/secondary and the focusser just to get some practice in, looks like I won't need to do it again. Thnx for the encouragement guys!

[Naemeth]

What a great deal Sunshine! Hope you enjoy it!

[Dunkster]

Nice on sunshine, sounds a beaut!

[Damo636]

Congratulations Sunshine, thats a nice upgrade

[sunshine185]

Its arrived!

[Naemeth]

Its arrived!

It's really not that much bigger than your 200P! :D.

[Paulus17]

WOW nice one Sunshine

I bought my SH 200p Dob yesterday and like yours is as good as new,just can't wait now to use it.

Looking at that piccy i think the 8" was the right choice to keep all happy

Can i ask though,what is flocked

[sunshine185]

Its a special lining you put in the tube/focusser draw tube to minimalise light scatter.

[sunshine185]

See here, http://www.firstlightoptics.com/telescope-flocking-material/black-velour-telescope-flocking-material.html

[Paulus17]

Oh right thanks,i bet thats awkward to do??

[knobby]

Oh right thanks,i bet thats awkward to do??

Not for a gynaecologist

[sunshine185]

I bet it is! Big thanks to Neil from Wrexham, told me he'd had countless e mails telling him £250 was far too low, but he'd agreed a price with me and wouldn't go back on his word, he had got rid of the standard ep's that came with the scope, but gave me a WO 20mm 66 degree ep to go with the dob. Top fella! P.s. It didn't come in a box so I'm blameless for any cloud.

[knobby]

I bet it is! Big thanks to Neil from Wrexham, told me he'd had countless e mails telling him £250 was far too low, but he'd agreed a price with me and wouldn't go back on his word, he had got rid of the standard ep's that came with the scope, but gave me a WO 20mm 66 degree ep to go with the dob. Top fella! P.s. It didn't come in a box so I'm blameless for any cloud.

Top geezer!

[FarSide]

I recently bought a 250px myself as you know, Sunshine and i can hardly keep the blumming thing in the livingroom; i might as well of put a three piece suite in there instead!

[sunshine185]

bet the dob looks small next to the eq6, its amazing how small a footprint these huge lightbuckets actually take up. got the 8" and 10" both under the stairs no problem, a neighbour has agreed to buy the 8" so all in all its been a great day.