Good price on Pentax ED's (1 Viewer)

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PlayFreeBird

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• Feb 26, 2020

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Opticsplanet (I've never bought anything from them before, I know there are pros and cons on the net) is having a sale on the Pentax ED spotters. In particular, the price on the 80 ED-a with SMC zoom is

Not sure what the protocol on mentioning vendors is, so I will leave it at that.

JG

 

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PlayFreeBird

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• Mar 3, 2020

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Well mine arrived today! My first real scope. My it's pretty!-)

 

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JerryLogan

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• Mar 3, 2020

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That’s a really good scope - particularly at that price. Enjoy your purchase! Try it with a good fixed length astro eyepiece for an extra treat.

Best,
Jerry

 

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gcole

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• Mar 5, 2020

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PlayFreeBird said:

Opticsplanet (I've never bought anything from them before, I know there are pros and cons on the net) is having a sale on the Pentax ED spotters. In particular, the price on the 80 ED-a with SMC zoom is

Not sure what the protocol on mentioning vendors is, so I will leave it at that.

JG

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Yes, at $799 it is the lowest I have seen. If you are unhappy with the supplied zoom you could easily sell it and get $200-250. Bringing the body price down to the low $600 plus range and use the eyepiece zoom money to purchase one of the fixed power Pentax XW eyepieces which might still be on sale now at OpticsPlanet.