oh yeah meade scopes have their problems i even wonderd if i should return mine at times but still they aren`t that bad as alot of people make them out to be as i have seen people say that befor they thought DS was deperment store or whatever tell they used one and saw how good they can be even for those unlucky few (or probably in more cases alot) theres people and places on the interner that are willing to help and show you how to fix some of the problems of these scopes and from what i hear meade is willing to send out replacement parts if needed.. to put in there what that scope has they had to cut alot of corners... some aren`t that bad but others.... i hope someone got fired - edk