One needs to compare those prices to the other scopes that are readily
available to European consumers, not market price in northern California,
where every third garage has a partly finished dob in it. The pricing is in
pounds for a reason.
Andrew Pierce
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From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam [mailto:sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam]On
Behalf Of Mark Wagner
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 10:45 AM
To: tac
Subject: [TAC] Re: Teleport's new pricing!
Jeff Gortatowsky (indanapt@No-Spam) said:
You can buy my 14.5 for less than half that at $5000 and I'll deliver it
to CalStar! :)
nuff said.
Jeff
Well, not quite, Jeff. The pyrex mirror version of the new Teleports
comes in at a modest $8200. That's not a Zamboni mirror either. Now, the
zerodur primary and quartz secondary version of the 14.5 goes for $11500...
you're under 1/2 that price, but you ain't got the zerodur going for you.
For those who want to know the US dollar converted prices:
With pyrex With zerodur
7" $4499 $5726
10" $6135 $8180
14.5" $8180 $11452
Those prices certainly increase the amortized cost per photon!
Mark