On 10/2/11, Josh <mountaindrifter@gmail.com> wrote:
Sounds great! Thought so, but figured it couldn't hurt to offer. I look forward to using it. You taking advanced payment?
Nope, all "sales" are strictly COD. And if you're not happy with it when you get it, I'll take it back with no hard feelings. I do appreciate the offer, however! I've made a little money from astro sales in the past, but it's not a business. I honestly wish I could afford to make scopes and give them away, just to get people looking at the sky. Maybe when I hit the Idaho lottery, lol. For now I just want to keep this hobby somewhat self-supporting, is all. When the "Woodshop Telescope" article was published in S&T, I got a couple of offers from manufacturers to mass-market the design, but they all wanted to cut corners to hit a price point. What they wanted to make would have been a step backwards, and I declined. My wallet cried, but I got to keep my personal integrity. See those curvy rocker boxes on Orion Dobs? Those were inspired by my design.