Regretfully sold...

[nightfisher]

I wonder who has my ED80 now...? <looks for "obsessive" smiley...>

I can't imagine many old scopes have fatal accidents or just disintegrate away...

Ant

sounds like your starting a quest, keep humming "blue jean blues" by ZZtop but swap jeans for scope lol

[A McEwan]

LOL - yrs! Actually I do try to keep tabs on where my scops end up. I snet an email out to the buyer of my TV85 a few years after the event but never got a reply. I know where my ED100 is and what it's being used for, and I still have the contact details for the buyer of the TS 90/600 - but haven't emailed yet... <looks for "Scope-Stalker" smiley...>

[Stu]

I seem to remember selling a 12.5mm BGO to a certain Mr Moonshane a while back. Probably wasn't my smartest move, needed the money at the time but at least it has a good home. Now replaced with a Hutech. Very nice ep but doesn't look anywhere near as good, what is it about black and green?

Stu

[Stargazer_00]

I bought a 150p, sold it for a 10" reflector and then went through an ST80 and an ST120 as my grab an go only to come right back to the same 150p again bought back from the person i sold it to only this time keeping it as my grab and go. its much better than i ever gave it credit for and ill never let it go again.

[A McEwan]

Those 150P OTA's are great performers. Had one of them too but I don't miss it so much as I found the "Newt on an EQ" thing a bit faffy. Great optics though!

Ant

[nightfisher]

Those 150P OTA's are great performers. Had one of them too but I don't miss it so much as I found the "Newt on an EQ" thing a bit faffy. Great optics though!

Ant

i have just got a 150p ds, still waiting for first light, this will be my first reflector in 15 years

[twotter]

I've still got all of my astro gear, including the much maligned Skywatcher supplied 10mm eyepiece Makes for a crowded spare room but I once made the mistake of selling all of my electric guitars and I still regret that.

[A McEwan]

I once made the mistake of selling all of my electric guitars and I still regret that.

Let's not talk about guitars. Reminds me of the cherryburst 50's tribute studio Les Paul P90 I owned. And sold...

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[F15Rules]

I have too many sold scopes regrets to mention, but here are a few...

• Prinz 440 bought new by my dad when I was 13 in 1971..first "proper" astro scope and great Towa optics (didn't know that then)7
  
• Polarex Unitron 4" F15 folded refractor, bought as new "discontinued stock" in 1991 with a bequest from my late father...sold c 1994 when I had 3 young kids, a big mortgage and no money..the scope had all it's original parts, 5 eyepieces including a 2" 40mm and a rotating ep turret...have heard it would have fetched c £2500 in the USA now... :eek:
  
• Tal 100R complete with Coffin crate and uber-short-focuser-but-magical-purple-objective
  
• Several Tal 100RSs (another incoming soon though I hope!)
  
• Tal 125R achromat..rare as hen's teeth in the UK and such a versatile 5" refractor - have a certificate signed in blood from the current owner that I will get first refusal if he is ever stupid enough to sell it
  

Oh, and talking of guitars, I once sold a really nice white Ibanez Les Paul in the late 70s and a blue speaker Vox AC30 for £60 ( you could add at least a nought to that today!)

Well, we live, but do we learn???

Nice thread Ant, as ever

Dave

[A McEwan]

It's frightening isn't it!

As Rod Stewart once said, I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger...

Congrats on the potential new 100Rs, Dave. If it's the one I'm thinking of, it looks a beaut! Need I say, "don't part with it"?

Ant

[Stu]

This thread is not helping me! I have too many scopes and need to sell a couple but now I feel like I must hang to them all just in case I do something I regret! Help!! :-)

Stu

[A McEwan]

Stu,

If it helps, I've sold scopes that I don't miss too. The problem is, realising which ones are going to break your heart when they go - BEFORE they go!

There - simples!

Ant

[Stu]

Thanks Ant. That does help, a little!!

I just need some decent weather to get enough scope time to work it out!

Stu

[nightfisher]

One scope i will never part with.........yes you guessed it, my lovely TAL 100rs, if i had to sell most of my astro gear, i would keep this sweet 4" f10! it still surprises me most times i use it

[sloz1664]

The one scope I could never ever sell is my precious Tal 200K. f8.5 (rare in the UK)

Always amazes me every time I observe through it.

I'm also in the process of using it for imaging, just manufacturing a housing for a lens to bring

the fr down to a respectable f5.6. Hope it works.

Steve

[planet15]

I sold my first scope Celestron Powerseeker 80EQ, and bought a used TAL-1. I was blown away by the TAL-1, and soon carried away to go for a Skywatcher 200p. I don't regret parting with the PowerSeekr 80EQ even a bit, as it was OK, but the view was rather too dark and small.

TAL-1 is just joy to use with its rock solid mount and pin sharp optics.

The SW200p arrived today, and it was assembled in an hour - looks and feels a great scope. However, alas, the sky is full of cloud tonight.

Both TAL-1 and SW200p seem keepers. Next one I am saving for is a SW400p.

[WebSentinel]

Selling my C11 to Rosco72! LOL

[luminova11]

Not so much sold as lent. I lent my Prinz Astro 60mm varipower to my Dad and he doesn't know what he's done with it. Not the best of 'scopes I know but it was my first proper 'scope and has such has sentimental value.

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[Caldwell14]

My TAL100RS, I am going to buy another for camping. I recently sold a Vixen SP, no regrets however, the TAL was better, less CA for sure.

[vlebo]

Sold my 12" Flextube a couple of years ago and am now looking to buy a 12" dob. All that achieved is not having a decent scope for the last 2 years