Yes, very sad.? The lack of any formal announcement after the closing of their U.S. offices and complete staff layoffs always implied they wanted to sell off as much stock as possible at full price, especially up to the Christmas holiday season.? With that done, sales likely have lessened to the point the only remaining option is to sell off the remaining stock via auction.? Until the layoffs, I was seriously comparing Meade's SCTs with Celestron's attempting to ascertain which way to go for something of much longer FL than my Esprit. So sorry to see them go.
