Another Shameless Product Endorsement, Orion Padded Bag # 15170
How many vendors vend padded bags of a size and shape commodious to occupation by a 10" Newtonian telescope? Only Orion. That’s right, so far as I know, Orion is the only such vendor.
Yesterday, my new padded bag arrived. It arrived swiftly and in good condition. It arrived exactly as described by Orion. Even the finder easily fits inside the padded bag, just like the picture of the telescope and finder on the Orion website shows a finder also fitting.
So, if you need a padded bag for your Newtonian reflector, choose Orion. You have no choice. Yes. It’s a good thing Orion is the only vendor of padded bags for Newtonian reflectors. Because, if some other vendor had the monopoly, none of the above might apply. Correct. The product and service might be incredibly shitty. And it’s not like there is a huge market for giant padded bags exclusively designed for Newtonian telescopes. No. Without Orion in this market, average amateur astronomers might very well be stuck with either no giant padded bags, or, poor quality padded bags, or Oklahoma credit card type bags.
Ugh! How would I have felt yesterday when I tried out my new padded bag, if the dern zipper had snagged on the finder? What if the padded bag had ripped, soon as I put in the telescope? What if I pulled on a thread, and like ten feet of the bag unraveled? What if the zipper got stuck? Yes. These are just a few of the horrible eventualities possible with an alternative potential vendor.
The Orion padded bags for medium sized Newtonian reflectors monopoly is an example of why competition is over rated. Sure, if there was competition an average amateur astronomer might get a giant padded bag for less than Orion charges, $103.00. But then, the average amateur astronomer might fret over the price of the bag, eternally seeking that elusive lowest price bargain. Or, alternatively, the average amateur astronomer might seek out the most expensive possible bag, believing as many do, You get what you pay for. Yikes! And as those imaginary giant padded bags varied in price, they might most certainly also vary in quality and features. Mercy! Decisions, decisions!
No. The status quo is way better. The only small sweat is maybe the labor conditions at the Orion padded bag factory. Are the little child laborers chained to work benches or shackled to sewing machines? Are the overseers cruel and hopped up on generic Viagra? Mercy!
Yesterday, my new padded bag arrived. It arrived swiftly and in good condition. It arrived exactly as described by Orion. Even the finder easily fits inside the padded bag, just like the picture of the telescope and finder on the Orion website shows a finder also fitting. So, if you need a padded bag for your Newtonian reflector, choose Orion. You have no choice. Yes. It’s a good thing Orion is the only vendor of padded bags for Newtonian reflectors. Because, if some other vendor had the monopoly, none of the above might apply. Correct. The product and service might be incredibly shitty. And it’s not like there is a huge market for giant padded bags exclusively designed for Newtonian telescopes. No. Without Orion in this market, average amateur astronomers might very well be stuck with either no giant padded bags, or, poor quality padded bags, or Oklahoma credit card type bags.
Ugh! How would I have felt yesterday when I tried out my new padded bag, if the dern zipper had snagged on the finder? What if the padded bag had ripped, soon as I put in the telescope? What if I pulled on a thread, and like ten feet of the bag unraveled? What if the zipper got stuck? Yes. These are just a few of the horrible eventualities possible with an alternative potential vendor.
The Orion padded bags for medium sized Newtonian reflectors monopoly is an example of why competition is over rated. Sure, if there was competition an average amateur astronomer might get a giant padded bag for less than Orion charges, $103.00. But then, the average amateur astronomer might fret over the price of the bag, eternally seeking that elusive lowest price bargain. Or, alternatively, the average amateur astronomer might seek out the most expensive possible bag, believing as many do, You get what you pay for. Yikes! And as those imaginary giant padded bags varied in price, they might most certainly also vary in quality and features. Mercy! Decisions, decisions!
No. The status quo is way better. The only small sweat is maybe the labor conditions at the Orion padded bag factory. Are the little child laborers chained to work benches or shackled to sewing machines? Are the overseers cruel and hopped up on generic Viagra? Mercy!
posted by ray pistrum at Thursday, June 11, 2009
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