Hello Herb-
I've been an Annual Astromart supporter for many years.
Just to let you know...I was scammed out of $1475 when I thought I was buying a Televue 102 refractor and accessories posted for sale in the attached ad from a "Jim Celestino" who has no ratings and joined Astromart only a week or so ago. The ad was #449601
He instructed me to send my Paypal payment to a Janie Cundiff. After not receiving the scope despite him repeatedly postponing shipping it due to various excuses he came up with over several days I filed a dispute with Paypal. Luckily, Paypal reimbursed me. The ad has been deleted from Astromart after having been marked "SOLD"
I noticed the next day after being reimbursed by Paypal that he posted another ad, #450084. This time it was for the sale of two like new Pentax XW eyepieces for $150 each, well below their actual value. This time he used a name Mr Cundiff, again from Syosset, NY.
This morning the same Mr Cundiff has posted an FSQ -106 with Tak finder for $2500, also well below actual value. Ad number is #450459. Again, he's shown as being from Syosset, NY.
I wanted to alert you to this because chances are very high that the recent eyepiece ad and now the FSQ ad are also scams.
I've been an Annual Astromart supporter for many years.
Just to let you know...I was scammed out of $1475 when I thought I was buying a Televue 102 refractor and accessories posted for sale in the attached ad from a "Jim Celestino" who has no ratings and joined Astromart only a week or so ago. The ad was #449601
He instructed me to send my Paypal payment to a Janie Cundiff. After not receiving the scope despite him repeatedly postponing shipping it due to various excuses he came up with over several days I filed a dispute with Paypal. Luckily, Paypal reimbursed me. The ad has been deleted from Astromart after having been marked "SOLD"
I noticed the next day after being reimbursed by Paypal that he posted another ad, #450084. This time it was for the sale of two like new Pentax XW eyepieces for $150 each, well below their actual value. This time he used a name Mr Cundiff, again from Syosset, NY.
This morning the same Mr Cundiff has posted an FSQ -106 with Tak finder for $2500, also well below actual value. Ad number is #450459. Again, he's shown as being from Syosset, NY.
I wanted to alert you to this because chances are very high that the recent eyepiece ad and now the FSQ ad are also scams.
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