Johnmon88
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Let me start by saying that I am well aware of the recent scandalous activities here in the forum, and because of that, if you are interested in making the trade and have a good reputation on the boards, I will gladly ship first and allow you to approve or reject the deal. My name is Chris Coffee and I know at least two people personally from the forum (Bandman444 and majordude) and possibly more, and have no intention of doing anything shady. I volunteer and fly at Lucerne Valley Dry Lake with ROC and know several of the Board members. I will also provide all potential buyers with my cell number and address. I am also on Facebook as Christopher Coffee. Whatever makes the buyer comfortable I will do as long as it is within reason.
Here is the background: Several months ago I had to sell all of my family's rocket equipment to pay for braces for my daughter (I believe I may have posted the rockets and cases here on the forum, but I don't remember for sure). A gentleman from ROC was kind enough to pick up 99% of my items (all of the rockets but not the CTI hardware) and those dealings were done in person and went very well. My daughter showed some interest at the time for Astronomy and the gentleman was kind enough to give us a Meade DS90 telescope for her. I had to replace a few parts on it and then it worked fine. But, as we all know how kids are, she has changed her mind and wants to get into arts & entertainment (she's killing me, here). Now that I have paid the $5,400 off to the orthodontist, and she wants to go back to flying rockets again, we can get back into the hobby. The kind gentleman who bought my rockets has agreed to sell them back to me (which my Super DX3 I posted a pic of yesterday is one of them) but the gentleman that bought the hardware has not, and I am completely okay with that.
So now I am looking to trade the telescope for a new or used CTI 54mm starter set, preferably new in order to keep the deal fair since shipping will be around $40-$50 on my end, for the telescope so we can get back to flying. If the set is used I would kindly ask for either a 2gr or 4gr case to be included to offset the shipping cost. The telescope is a Meade DS90 and comes with many extras, including; 3 eyepieces, a 45° diagonal eyepiece, a 90° diagonal eyepiece, a 3x Barlow lens, a tripod, accessory tray, new battery tray, new 1.25" eyepiece adapter, .96" eyepiece adapter (missing one nylon retaining screw but still works fine), a Meade electronic focuser, new Meade 494 AutoStar Controller, and a new Orion soft-sided carry bag! If interested, please send me a PM and I will respond with my contact information. Here are some photos of the telescope:
Here is the background: Several months ago I had to sell all of my family's rocket equipment to pay for braces for my daughter (I believe I may have posted the rockets and cases here on the forum, but I don't remember for sure). A gentleman from ROC was kind enough to pick up 99% of my items (all of the rockets but not the CTI hardware) and those dealings were done in person and went very well. My daughter showed some interest at the time for Astronomy and the gentleman was kind enough to give us a Meade DS90 telescope for her. I had to replace a few parts on it and then it worked fine. But, as we all know how kids are, she has changed her mind and wants to get into arts & entertainment (she's killing me, here). Now that I have paid the $5,400 off to the orthodontist, and she wants to go back to flying rockets again, we can get back into the hobby. The kind gentleman who bought my rockets has agreed to sell them back to me (which my Super DX3 I posted a pic of yesterday is one of them) but the gentleman that bought the hardware has not, and I am completely okay with that.
So now I am looking to trade the telescope for a new or used CTI 54mm starter set, preferably new in order to keep the deal fair since shipping will be around $40-$50 on my end, for the telescope so we can get back to flying. If the set is used I would kindly ask for either a 2gr or 4gr case to be included to offset the shipping cost. The telescope is a Meade DS90 and comes with many extras, including; 3 eyepieces, a 45° diagonal eyepiece, a 90° diagonal eyepiece, a 3x Barlow lens, a tripod, accessory tray, new battery tray, new 1.25" eyepiece adapter, .96" eyepiece adapter (missing one nylon retaining screw but still works fine), a Meade electronic focuser, new Meade 494 AutoStar Controller, and a new Orion soft-sided carry bag! If interested, please send me a PM and I will respond with my contact information. Here are some photos of the telescope: