The be very afraid review is spot on. The comments about the planted reviews are too (when someone makes up a pseudonym for a review with the word "honest" in it, you know it's a plant). Yes, it's cheap, and a lot of people seem happy to deal with all kinds of shuck and jive, and it is cheap (until anything decent works).
I mainly wanted to add my opinion motivated by the horrible thought that this might be a kid's "first telescope". This is not something I want my kid exposed to or values I want him to learn. The only word for the management is slimy. You never come away from an interaction without feeling dirty or cheapened. It is too bad that people like that had to take over and sink what was a good idea.
There used to be good people at SLOOH. Those folks, like Matt Bendaniel, and Tierney O'Dea will have nothing to do with it at all and are no longer members. Why would former officers not be members? Either it was just another job (contrary to the verbiage), or they no longer find there what they originally joined for.
I joined on advice of a friend, that has since regretted joining. She put it pretty simply. "In August of 2007, disgusted at another bright comet going to far south to observe, I joined SLOOH. They were advertising the Chile observatory, which would be perfect. It is now November, 2009. I have never once observed a comet that went too far south to observe. One still cannot make reservations on Chile or Australia. That's all I wanted. I've wasted two years and two memberships, and they have not changed their verbiage, not one word."
Recently these concerns were put to them but no less than the Royal Greenwich Observatory. According to their website royalgreenwichastro.co.uk, SLOOH canceled their membership, no refund given. The comment about "Jackass" was very much on the money!
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