Cloudy Nights Subscription Service

Post by **Airconvent** » Mon May 31, 2004 2:07 am

Hi
I was interested in this lab report on a 4 way fight between my Orion ED80 APO with the TV85, TMB80 and Nextstar80 but to my dismay, all their lab reports can only be accessed by subscribing to their service.
Does this mean that eventually, most reviews on cloudynights will no longer be freely accessible ? Sigh...

rich

kayheem · Post by **kayheem** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:34 am

Airconvent wrote:Hi
I was interested in this lab report on a 4 way fight between my Orion ED80 APO with the TV85, TMB80 and Nextstar80 but to my dismay, all their lab reports can only be accessed by subscribing to their service.
Does this mean that eventually, most reviews on cloudynights will no longer be freely accessible ? Sigh...

rich

I noticed their paid subscription too. Do you know how much it is? If it is not too much, perhaps someone can subscribe under 'singastro' and let everyone access it under the 'corporate' account.

Kay Hem

Post by **VinSnr** » Mon May 31, 2004 10:51 am

Airconvent wrote:Hi
I was interested in this lab report on a 4 way fight between my Orion ED80 APO with the TV85, TMB80 and Nextstar80 but to my dismay, all their lab reports can only be accessed by subscribing to their service.
Does this mean that eventually, most reviews on cloudynights will no longer be freely accessible ? Sigh...

rich

tink in future most good reviews will have to pay....

Just pay la..US$20 a year....not very expensive la. Consider it as a support for them to come out with better reviews.

By the way, pass me your email for some goodies.

Post by **Airconvent** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:35 am

VinSnr wrote: By the way, pass me your email for some goodies.

hi VinSnr
ok..thanks...have PM you my email.
cheers

rich

bodoh · Post by **bodoh** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 1:23 am

Good news or bad news... astronomics has bought over cloudynights in order to compete with anacortes. As such the reports are free again.

Post by **weixing** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 1:42 am

Hi,
This good news for me... hope they don't change their mind...

Have a nice day.

Post by **VinSnr** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 3:00 am

actually I feel very cheated by cloudynights site.

When they first started, it was clearly emphasised that the site is not for profit. They even said that there will be no banner advertising. Many reviews poured in because of the good heart of many amateurs. I even contributed my Portaball review there because I thought it was a community for sharing

Then suddenly they started to accept banners. Then donations and stuff. And now, they sell off to astronomics for a profit.

They earned money through the good-will of the amateurs who were told that the site was not for profit in the first place. I even paid that $20 for the reports and now it's free.

BTW, where did they say that it was sold to astronomics??

QuantumGravity · Post by **QuantumGravity** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 11:54 am

VinSnr wrote:BTW, where did they say that it was sold to astronomics??

I believe it's this: http://www.cloudynights.com/reviews5/sale.htm

Post by **Airconvent** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 11:54 pm

VinSnr wrote:actually I feel very cheated by cloudynights site.
I even paid that $20 for the reports and now it's free.

Hi Vince,
It says that those who paid the $20 subscription will be credited back to you in any purchase you make from them..they're just not refunding direct...

rich

kayheem · Post by **kayheem** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:31 pm

Airconvent wrote:
Hi Vince,
It says that those who paid the $20 subscription will be credited back to you in any purchase you make from them..they're just not refunding direct...

rich

Unfortunately, Astronomics does not ship out of the US...unless they have changed the policy or make an exception here.

Kay Heem

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