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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WJC" data-source="post: 3529290" data-attributes="member: 25191">Jan,I can’t say I understood your exact meaning, but I will try to respond.It should be understood that I only made a small return on those sales. Captain’s made the investment in the brass, the tripods, the proprietary Schmidt prisms, the eyepieces, and the crates. Thus, they got the lion’s share of the reward.The thing that kept Captain’s from doing as well as could be expected was the antiquated thinking behind the effort—usually a failure to seize the moment. When the company’s second owner passed away, and left the business to his son, the damage had been done. I’m just glad I was there to help take it to the peak of its business. The company sold a few years back and the new owner is doing things his way. He, of course, has that right. But, let’s just say that from my standpoint mistakes are being made that will kill the company too slowly to be seen.I wish them well; they were all salt of the earth people.</blockquote>