Spot the mistake.

[KeironKK]

Was looking on ye olde Fleabay for a cheap scope for parts and just to play around with so if I ottered it up it wouldn't matter that much. Then I came across this.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Skywatcher-Newtonian-Telescope-/271362592066

[JamesF]

That may be the most bizarre way I've yet seen a telescope fitted to a mount.  It says "Comes with all the instructions and nuts, bolts, etc that are required".  I wonder if that means (s)he hasn't worked out what to do with the counterweight and bar and the other slow-mo control yet?  Oh, and the eyepiece tray.

James

[Vicki Harrison]

Erm counter weight? Amd flimsy slow mo missing

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[emadmoussa]

Is it me or the mount is actually upside down?!

[JamesF]

It appears that the bolt that holds the mount to the tripod has been screwed in where the counterweight should go, so the mount is sort of sideways on, only allowing the OTA to be turned on the DEC axis, which is now vertical.

I'm actually slightly in awe of the level of mechanical ineptitude that would allow someone to put it together that way and not realise it was clearly completely wrong.

James

[Pig]

I'm sure this is the same guy that fixed my brakes

[Kirscovitch]

It's probably why they are selling it. They can't get it to work right.

[faulksy]

at least they didnt put something like this telescope is brilliant and you will see so and so

[faulksy]

I'm sure this is the same guy that fixed my brakes

or should fix your brakes only messing

[faulksy]

just thought, maybe he is selling it because he wants to buy another telescope so he can see another object . good find kirscovitch

[Mr Spock]

Awesome! Who would have thought it was even possible ***goes off to see if the EQ6 will do that

[Kirscovitch]

They might try to charge more for the extra parts that they have just laying around. 

[starman1969]

So many people flogging stuff on Fleabay that they no nothing about.

[Spoon]

Hahahaha that is pure astronomy gold!

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[cantab]

It took me a while to even figure out what was going on!

[Ally8446]

Absolutely priceless. Actually made me laugh out loud.

[Matthew]

I almost choked on my cough sweet  .We've all had to start somewhere and we've all made mistakes but i wonder if he was drunk when he put it together 

[Spoon]

I also love how there is an instruction booklet with it. This guy has to have as much common sense as Homer Simpson!

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[Kropster]

Yes.... but who reads instructions?! 

[Vicki Harrison]

Ive just looked at my scope and even with out instructions don't know how they have put it on wrong. Common sense tells me that the piece where the counter weight and bar sits is too small to support the whole scope. And also questions like how to move it up and down and side to side? And how to set to correctly to use the dials. Hmm some people r stoopid

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[1parsec]

   Eh, what, that does not compute !!  

It is a more stable way to store the scope when not in use which if intentional would be quite clever

[Ferox]

I wonder what they thought the mount was supposed to do???

[Ant]

If you don't know you don't know. You do what you think is best, if they have never used a scope before and couldn't get it to fit the other (correct) way.

I've seen all sorts of silly things (and done a few of them myself) over the years, but try and not be too judgemental when people make what I believe to be "school boy" errors.

Ant