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Irishastronomy Survey of prices - guess what they found?

  • 04-11-2003 01:31AM
    #1
    ozmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,896 ✭✭✭


    Found this at http://www.irishastronomy.com/

    A specialised market yes - but the results of their survey
    match what I can see for just about any professional
    equipment in Ireland.

    Quote:

    Here are the results of our October 2003 telescope price review. This month we are looking at the popular telescopes made by Celestron. Coming soon we'll have reviews of Meade, Orion (US), Vixen and other telescope brands. We price check across a sample of UK and Irish suppliers.

    This is an independent review of current prices, a service to allow astronomers to make informed decisions regarding their equipment purchases.


    Advanced Telescopes
    SCS Astro(UK) A&S Astronomy(Ireland)
    Celestron NexStar 11 GPS € 4,325 € 6,728
    Celestron NexStar 8i € 1,873 € 4,107
    Celestron NexStar 5i € 1,441 € 2,533
    Celestron G8 Schmidt-Cassegrain € 1,369 € 1,999
    Celestron G5M Schmidt-Cassegrain € 1,008 € 1,580
    Celestron NexStar 4 € 699 € 1,263
    NexStar 60 GT € 332 € 698
    NexStar 80 GT € 469 € 952
    NexStar 114 GT € 555 € 1,014
    Celestron CR150-HD Refractor € 936 € 1,771
    Celestron C150-HD Newtonian Reflector € 503 € 926
    Celestron C102 HD Refractor € 474 € 926

    Celestron Firstscope Range
    David Hinds Ltd. (UK)
    A&S Astronomy Shop (Ireland)

    60mm AZ € 128 € 252
    70mm EQ € 186 € 449
    80mm EQ € 287 € 599
    114mm EQ (Newtonian) € 215 € 499

    ozmo

    “Roll it back”



Comments

  • #2
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Irishastronomy Survey of prices - guess what they found?
    Didn't even need to open the thread before guessing the answer:mad:

    Those price differences are staggering.

    One thing though: I assume the UK prices are including their VAT (17.5%) and the Irish ones our VAT (21%)?

    Price difference would still be scarily big but it makes for a more convincing case that Irish astronomer consumers are being ripped off by retailers if you can compare ex-VAT prices.


  • #3
    dudara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Celestron NexStar 8i € 1,873 € 4,107

    some difference in price there.


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