LXD75 Mount and Tripod ETC.

Hello people,Anyone that may have been comsidering getting the Lxd75 mount and tripod without the autostar better act fast.Any dealer that has any in stock can still sell them this way.After their stock runs dry and they have to reorder it will be forced upon you to buy the autostar with it also.The 497 autostar is $200 from Meade and Meade dealers,so I bought the 497 autostar from telescope warehouse from William Vorce for $99.95.Then I ordered my LXD75 mount and tripod for $499.00 and sent my money via debit card.I recieved an email from the dealer I was buying from and he told me that Meade will not sell it with the EC any longer that you are now forced to also buy the autostar for a total of $599.00 which is half the normal price but I had already bought one.So now I have an extra autostar,I now have $700.00 invested in my new mount and tripod.That took some of the money I was saving back to buy the 16" Meade lightbridge.I should be able to get it by February-PATIENCE,I was going to go ahead and buy me a 8" dob from DBA and thought if I could hold off a couple more months so I could get a 16" dob new with warrany.Also if anyone wants the LXD75 N6-EC for the advertised price of $599.00 they have been discontinued or upgraded to the SN6-AT,gotta buy the autostar.Its starting to look like Meade is needing money to pay their legal fee's so they're letting us foot the bill.So if you find a dealer that has any of these in stock and you're in the market for them you better get busy and buy'em now.If I had'nt thought it would be handy to have an extra autostar I would have gotten my money back but the mount will undoubtedly outlast the autostar and I'll have one already.Just a quick heads-up.Sincerely,Darrell