[AstroNet] Galileoscope - not cheap

[Daniel Minnaar]

I just added 20 of these for friends and family to my basket, and once I
filled in 'South Africa', the shipping came up to $300, making my order of
20 scopes @ R160 each = R6,000. Incredible.

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Maciej Soltynski <Maciej at telkomsa.net>wrote:

>  *Galileoscopes now available
> *The Galileoscope — a high quality, easy-to-assemble and easy-to-use
> telescope at an unprecedentedly low price — is now available to order.
> https://www.galileoscope.org/
> **
> *R500 is not exactly an unprecedentedly low price for a 50mm 'telescope'
> (Cost = $15, shipping to SA =$24) And you will probably have to add VAT and
> other Customs charges as well.*
> *
> Regards,
> Maciej Soltynski*
>
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If you have any additional queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards,

Daniel Minnaar
daniel.minnaar at gmail.com
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