Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

Mark Lancaster said:

Had something strange happen today on Astromart. I twice responded to the seller's ad for this classified:

http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=674239

I never heard from him, and when I checked my "unused ratings," he was nowhere to be found, as if I had never attempted to contact him. I just used the mail system to see if I get a response, although it's too late now, since the camera has been sold.

Anyone else ever had this happen?

Cheers,
Mark

Thomas Morrow said:

I just noticed that my ad is no longer posted. Do they get dropped after a number of days? Can I re list the ad?

paul hart said:

I placed an ad for a Telekit plus mirror for sale. There were many inquiries (for which I am grateful)and also an offer which I accepted. I've had no additional or further response from the buyer. My question is; is there some way to let other people be made aware of this individual. I am going to recontact the others who express an interest in my kit, but I would like the other members of this community not to have the same situation from this individual.

George Feliz said:

My friend, Milton Wilcox, passed on recently after a decade-long battle with cancer. I know he was a contributor to this forum and dedicated refractor guy, and I wished to let his friends know that he was active in astronomy to the end.

Attached is a picture of Milt from this month with Magia, his 160mm TEC Flourite APO. The plaque is from his club in recognition of observing 2500 DSO's.

He will be missed.

Red Eyes and Clear Skies,
George Feliz

Rod Kaufman said:

Seem to show up on the astromart classifieds...almost all the time?
I mean I see this frequently: "I've owned several of these SCs and this one has the best star test, not to mention the least focus shift, of the three I've owned..." Or words to that effect.
So why sell it?
Or, this generic brand name newt, dob or whatever, "has the best star test I've ever seen..."
Er, ah, how many have you seen?
If it seems to good to be true...
OTH, I recall an amateur posting some actual images of his star tests from a C11 and they were pretty good but...
I suppose I'd have to see some posted images with the ad in order to believe it...

Chris Brown said:

I first found out about Astromart from Ed Ting, who wrote, "Don't get addicted to it!",LOL!!
At the time, I had two Telescopes, an XT8, and an ETX-90 M, plus a few eyepieces...
It's been about ten years, now, and I still have the same two telescopes, but thanks to Amart, I got to try many great OTAs, including an Orion 130st, an ETX 125, which I traded straight across for a completely NIB Starblast EQ with tripod(Great trade?), then a few 114 reflectors, followed by a nice Celestron / Vixen 80mm refractor with tripod...
They are all gone, now. Returned from where they came, on Astromart.
I also scored some great eyepieces (celestron/vixen 16mm erfle, anything with an Or. brand), and a few wide fields...I left some good ones to Amart (4, 10.5, and 7mm Meade RG!) and I found out that if an eyepiece was in a tobacco enviornment, it smells like it forever.
I got to use an early GO-TO mount, and I kept the Meade AC powered EQ for my XT8 OTA.
I also donated eyepieces and diagonals to needy parties, and I bought so many barlows, that I would give them to my friends, along with thier first telescopes, which I also found on Astromart!
The people here are great! I made many new friends, was convinced to give up prized possessions to deserving patrons, and never regretted it!
Of all my countless transactions, I was almost scammed just once, but I caught it in time...
Through the forums, I found countless fantastic backdrops for my computer, showed friends the wonders of the night sky, and found out that I have a LOOOOOOOONG way to go in this fantastic and subtly intricate hobby.
I'd like to continue, and the modest price to continue, a fantastic bargain, but In this strange new world, I found that Im running out of time and money to spend on equipment, for now...
It's a good time for me to take a break, I don't need the distraction of great deals on cool astronomy stuff, and I really don't need to hear my wife ask me why I spent $50.00 on something called an "ortho", when the girls need cabinets in thier room!
Im going to go down a different road now, which is to use my equipment to it's full potential, and hone my own skills along the way.
Astromart has been a godsend to me, but I am easily distracted by it.
It is all too easy to upgrade, downgrade, sidegrade, etc...while all the while, I should be looking at the stars.
Thanks to all I have encountered, a great bunch for sure...
When I finally get my $#!t together, I will return...
Kindest regards,
Chris Brown

Chris Provost said:

So how long do we typically have to wait for our t-shrt, coffee mugs? I've been waiting about 2 years if I recall correctly for my t-shirt, and since March for my coffeee mug. I gave up on the T-shirt after a few e-mails were never responded to. Maybe i should just support for a month next time like most others as of late? I need a new coffee mug though...

Chris

Alex McConahay said:

Astromart LLC has posted a message. It runs as follows except for an editing I did to remove personal contact information--Alex

~ AstroMart LLC~ said:

Read from the bottom up please:


Alex, please see below.

I'm very sorry to not be able to keep my word on this, I feel terrible.

The Fee below just doesn't feel right to me for many reasons. So I'm sorry to say I'm not a member of astromart any more.

You might wish to post our correspondence on an AM forum, to show what the decision to make this a paying site will have on those such as yourself? And such as myself for that matter. I don't tend to sell equipment, just buy it from those like you. And big things, too! All over $1200. So I can go elsewhere to do this, for better or worse.

I'm otherwise happy to serve as a reference for you should you wish to sell something else and need a good word.

Again, my sincere apologies. Chris

Begin forwarded message:

From: astromart
Date: April 12, 2010 9:43:18 AM MST
To: Christopher Biggs Personal Email address EDITED OUT by moderator
Subject: Re: last chance to leave a rating

Only members can leave ratings
If you are no longer a member then this will not be able to happen
Thanks
AstroMart LLC
[email protected]





On Apr 12, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Christopher Biggs wrote:

Dear Support,

I recently purchased a mount from an Astromart member.

I promised him I would leave a good review on his profile, and he definitely deserves it.

However, I tried to log on to do this, and got the below message.

Would you be willing to provide a membership extension for a week or so to allow me to give him a good review. He is a member in good standing and should be able to benefit from his effort and care.

If not, I could provide you with the rating and review and perhaps you could post it for me?

Sorry, I will not be paying the $12, but that is a separate issue.

Thanks, Chris Biggs

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