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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WJC" data-source="post: 3143839" data-attributes="member: 25191">When a certain big name telescope (largely importing) company launched their 3.5-inch, mostly plastic, Maksutov telescope, many folks said it was just as good as a Questar (They should stop drinking the cheap stuff). Aside from the fact that some of those claimants had NEVER LOOKED THROUGH a Questar, I knew intuitively that something was wrong with that picture.In my research, I came across one who said that the first 100 optics set came from Cumberland Optics, oddly enough that's the company that produced the optics for the . . . QUESTAR! True or not, the word was being scatter from cost to coast and those who believed everything they saw and heard--and lacked critical thinking--bought into it. They could have a Questar at 1/6th the price. Whoopee!And, a legend was born. Deserved? Well . . . . I just wonder who made the thousands of other sets.BillPS Arthur: that wasn't an ellipsis; it was an ellipsis followed by a period. |<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />|</blockquote>