From: "tom robison" <seatom@mac.com>

Date: February 3, 2007 7:18:11 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: What else do I need


Hi Tim,


Thanks for the update on Scopetronix.  Sorry about the credit card fraud.  We also had our 

credit card used fraudulently right before Christmas.  Here's what we learned:  It's very 

possible that when you hand your credit card to a restaurant server to pay a tab that they 

can then, while the card is in their posession, get your card number, name and security 

code on the back of the card.  They then just need a fake email address and, bingo, they're 

in!!


We noticed a charge for close to $200 made to our card a couple of days later and had to 

close out our card.  Pretty sure we know which place of business the breach took place. 

Since then, when we received our new cards, I took a black ink Sharpy and blacked out the 

security code on the back of the card.  It may not be totally secure, but every little bit 

helps.


Appreciate the help I've had on this forum from you and the others!


Tom




--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "Tim" <tjp314@...> wrote:


Jeff:


Really?  I just got a 1.25/c-mount adapter from them a couple months

ago.  Took a while to get it, too.  And, right after that, I had

credit card fraud charges, unrelated to scopetronix, to deal with.  I

have no idea whether the incidents are related, though.


Tom:


The Mogg website has these too.  I have one for my original Flea

camera.  It's nice, and it's threaded, but it's made of some kind of

black pvc plastic.  That's okay for lightweight cameras like we're

using, but the nikon lens adapter I have for the Meade DSI is too

"soft" not to distort a bit with the weight of the lens and camera

hanging on it.


-Tim.


--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Phillips <imjeffp@> wrote:


The report on a Cloudy Nights forum was that their building was  

deserted.


On Feb 2, 2007, at 7:32 PM, tom robison wrote:


Also, do you know if Scopetronix is still in business? I've emailed  

them about an eyepiece I

was interested in a few weeks ago and haven't heard back.


Jeff Phillips

imjeffp@

http://imjeffp.com