To Good to be True ?

[Saturn%5]

Title says it all, I wish these prices were real :lol:

http://www.telescopegoods.com/

[asimov]

No comment..:lol:

[leon]

That is just plain ridiculous, wouldn't touch them with a 40ft pole, so to speak.

Leon

[JB80]

:ship1:

Wow, seems legit.

[cybereye]

I don't know, A Celestron 11 Inch CPC Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope Ultimate Bundle for $136.00 seems reasonable!!! :lol:

Geez, it's almost worth paying the $136 just to see if you actually get it.... life's a gamble you know...

Cheers,
Mario

[mozzie]

you may as well go and burn your money in the yard...:lol:
you wouldn't see these products at those prices..

[AndrewJ]

I like the fact that they have a "specials" page :rofl:

Andrew

[JB80]

Contact email is the vacuumcupshop via hotmail, maybe they are off setting the price of scope with the extortionate price on coffee cups.

http://www.vacuumcupshop.com/travel-mugsauto-mugs-c-6.html



:lol:

[bojan]

Specials for April 1st.

[blink138]

did anybody see the fine print?
"actual size shown"
pat

[04Stefan07]

Would not go near this at all!

There is another website a mate showed me where they have really cheap computers. You can get a brand new MacBook Pro Retina for under 1k. So dodgy!

[mithrandir]

Looks dodgy all round, although I've never had as much trouble with Softlayer as some others like The Planet.

whois telescopegoods.com extract:

Registrars.Domain Name ..................... telescopegoods.com
Sponsoring Registrar ............ HICHINA ZHICHENG TECHNOLOGY LTD.
Name Server ..................... dns19.hichina.com dns20.hichina.com
Registrant ID ................... hc024628634-cn
Registrant Name ................. Arnold Joann
Registrant Organization ......... Lebanon Junction
Registrant Address .............. 681 W 63th St
Registrant City ................. YU
Registrant Province/State ....... IL
Registrant Postal Code .......... 60462
Registrant Country Code ......... KH
Registrant Email ................ admin@telescopegoods.com
Administrative ID ............... hichina001-cn
Administrative Name ............. hichina
Administrative Organization ..... HiChina Web Solutions Limited
Administrative Address .......... 3/F., HiChina Mansion No.27 Gulouwai Avenue Dongcheng District
Administrative City ............. Beijing
Administrative Province/State ... Beijing
Administrative Postal Code ...... 100011
Administrative Country Code ..... CN
Administrative Email ............ domainadm@hichina.com

whois 208.43.176.153 (www.telescopegoods.com (http://www.telescopegoods.com)) extract:

network: Class-Name:network
network: ID:NETBLK-SOFTLAYER.208.43.160.0/19
network: Auth-Area:208.43.160.0/19
network: Network-Name:SOFTLAYER-208.43.160.0
network: IP-Network:208.43.176.152/30
network: IP-Network-Block:208.43.176.152-208.43.176.155
network: Organization;I:Mazentop
network: Street-Address:A4 19 Xinrui Road Baoan Xixiang Hourui
network: City:Shenzhen
network: Postal-Code:518102
network: Country-Code:CN
network: Tech-Contact;I:sysadmins@softlayer.com
network: Abuse-Contact;I:jack@mazentop.com
network: Admin-Contact;I:IPADM258-ARIN
network: Created:2009-11-24 18:06:30
network: Updated:2011-06-05 19:47:19
network: Updated-By:ipadmin@softlayer.com

[mithrandir]

FSQ-106ED for $420 ?
They claim a shipping weight of 5712g. Tak Europe say the OTA is 7kg. I wonder what bits they leave out. Do they just ship the box?
A bit much of a gamble for me.

[Astro_Bot]

Everything about the products looks wrong: weight, price, model number. The only thing they seem to have got right is matching photo to name (at least for the ones I checked). Maybe they've been taking lessons from the Nigerians?

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[niko]

I so want this to be true!

Though I love how the Meade 5000 series scopes get cheaper the larger the aperture.

The 80mm is $423 but the 127mm is a total bargain at only $273.

[Ric]

I just signed up with a bogus name, address etc. :P

I then ordered 20 Tak's and they accepted COD. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

It looks like Mr Dopy Boofhead of Silly Street, Antartica is going to get a surprise in 1 to 5 days time.

[FlashDrive]

:D....Why don't we all chip in and buy in ' bulk ' ....then demand a ' discount ' for doing so.:P

Flash ...!!

[multiweb]

The Planet IS Softlayer. Used to be EV1 before Rackshack in the 90s. The Planet bought EV1, Softlayer bought The Planet. Worst ISP ever IMHO. I used them all in the past. Boxes hacking each other from within the same network even racks. :rolleyes:

[Jen]

Buahahaha :rofl::rofl: you crack me up Mr Dopy Boofhead :lol::lol::lol:

Dam that 10" Meade bundle what a bargin lol

[leon]

I reckon I would be tempted to waste a few dollars and just see what happens,
I would love a couple of Taks.

Leon

[mozzie]

the meade 16" lightbridge is only 6000g..must be the boxs only....

[mithrandir]

I hadn't seen that takeover Marc. Another vaguely dodgy ISP vanishes down the backside of the universe called The Planet.

Another dodginess hint:

$ host www.telescopegoods.com
www.telescopegoods.com has address 208.43.176.153

$ host 208.43.176.153
153.176.43.208.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer 208.43.176.153-static.reverse.softlayer.com.

[Baddad]

I wonder if they sell Hubbles as well.

Maybe someone will just have to place an enquiry:lol:

Cheers

[JB80]

You have to get that from the UK instead, I think they have an arrangement with the manufacturer. :P
http://www.firstlightoptics.com/clearance/hubble-cassegrain-reflector-telescope.html

Shipping will be the killer though.

[OICURMT]

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/5782297/Main/5779737

[MrB]

Hahaha. That is gold! :lol:
Love the "Customer Reviews"

[Astro_Bot]

... this one in particular:

:lol:

[mithrandir]

and that was before AP put the prices up.

[AstroFlyer]

Seems legit...:rofl:
Just ordered COD 1 x Takahashi TOA-130 Refractor OTA (3032) = $217.00
Plus $5 delivery fee.
Did I pay too much?;)

[Baddad]

Re: Hubble Telescopes

It seems my friend has sparked some interest. They have replied.

Heh heh.

Cheers:)