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Date: 12 Aug 2006 04:53:50
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Subject: Astro tour company gone silent
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Anybody know what's happened to
AstronomicalTours LLC? Their e-mail
server is broken, they don't answer
the phone, and their Web site
http://www.astronomicaltours.net
hasn't been updated in months.
Their last expedition was supposed
to have ended on July 31.
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Charles Packer
mailboxATcpacker.org
http://cpacker.org/whatnews
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Date: 12 Aug 2006 06:09:23
From: Ed
Subject: Re: Astro tour company gone silent
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Sounds like they are out of business, what with the rise in gas prices
I'm not
surprised and that's sad. Stellafane had a drop in attendance this
year from what
I've heard and I don't doub't that there will be many other Star
Parties that have the same
problem.
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Date: 13 Aug 2006 00:15:49
From: Candian Lurker
Subject: Re: Astro tour company gone silent
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I work in the area of consumer affairs - astronomy related companies
and organisations seem to the target of far more complaints that you
would expect given the economic size of the sector.
mailbox@cpacker.org wrote:
> Anybody know what's happened to
> AstronomicalTours LLC? Their e-mail
> server is broken, they don't answer
> the phone, and their Web site
> http://www.astronomicaltours.net
> hasn't been updated in months.
> Their last expedition was supposed
> to have ended on July 31.
>
> --
> Charles Packer
> mailboxATcpacker.org
> http://cpacker.org/whatnews
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Date: 13 Aug 2006 15:18:16
From: Greg Crinklaw
Subject: Re: Astro tour company gone silent
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Candian Lurker wrote:
> I work in the area of consumer affairs - astronomy related companies
> and organisations seem to the target of far more complaints that you
> would expect given the economic size of the sector.
You've said that twice now on separate threads, but I find it very
difficult to believe.
--
Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)
SkyTools: http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html
Observing: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html
Comets: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html
To reply take out your eye
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Date: 14 Aug 2006 08:26:35
From:
Subject: Re: Astro tour company gone silent
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Eric wrote:
> I have the data to hand - astronomy related companies and organisations
> rate in the top 15th percentile when the total number of complaints and
> the economic size of the sector are taken into account.
Interesting...but the company in question, Astronomical Tours LLC,
seemed to be pretty solid. You can find mention of them in eclipse
newsletters, etc. We were planning to go on their Africa eclipse tour
this year, but my wife got sick. Until that happened I had been
exchanging e-mail with them and talked to Jen Winter on the phone. I
couldn't help but wonder how an informal mom-and-pop organization
located in Missouri could produce profitably all those far-flung tours,
but I never doubted the company's legitimacy. I'm more inclined at this
point to think that they were struck by some non-financial disaster.
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Charles Packer
mailboxATcpacker.org
http://cpacker.org/whatnews
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Date: 14 Aug 2006 19:37:59
From: Anthony Ayiomamitis
Subject: Re: Astro tour company gone silent
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mailbox@cpacker.org wrote:
> Eric wrote:
>
>>I have the data to hand - astronomy related companies and organisations
>>rate in the top 15th percentile when the total number of complaints and
>>the economic size of the sector are taken into account.
>
>
>
> Interesting...but the company in question, Astronomical Tours LLC,
> seemed to be pretty solid. You can find mention of them in eclipse
> newsletters, etc. We were planning to go on their Africa eclipse tour
> this year, but my wife got sick. Until that happened I had been
> exchanging e-mail with them and talked to Jen Winter on the phone. I
> couldn't help but wonder how an informal mom-and-pop organization
> located in Missouri could produce profitably all those far-flung tours,
> but I never doubted the company's legitimacy. I'm more inclined at this
> point to think that they were struck by some non-financial disaster.
It may also explain the lack of a reply to an email I sent them a few
weeks ago in relation to the total solar eclipse for 2008.
Anthony.
>
> --
> Charles Packer
> mailboxATcpacker.org
> http://cpacker.org/whatnews
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Date: 14 Aug 2006 03:32:54
From: Eric
Subject: Re: Astro tour company gone silent
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I have the data to hand - astronomy related companies and organisations
rate in the top 15th percentile when the total number of complaints and
the economic size of the sector are taken into account.
Greg Crinklaw wrote:
> Candian Lurker wrote:
> > I work in the area of consumer affairs - astronomy related companies
> > and organisations seem to the target of far more complaints that you
> > would expect given the economic size of the sector.
>
> You've said that twice now on separate threads, but I find it very
> difficult to believe.
>
> --
> Greg Crinklaw
> Astronomical Software Developer
> Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)
>
> SkyTools: http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html
> Observing: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html
> Comets: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html
>
> To reply take out your eye
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Date: 14 Aug 2006 09:29:03
From: Greg Crinklaw
Subject: Re: Astro tour company gone silent
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Eric wrote:
> I have the data to hand - astronomy related companies and organisations
> rate in the top 15th percentile when the total number of complaints and
> the economic size of the sector are taken into account.
In Canada? Sorry, but I'd have to actually see the data.
--
Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)
SkyTools: http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html
Observing: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html
Comets: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html
To reply take out your eye
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Date: 14 Aug 2006 10:20:25
From: G.T.
Subject: Re: Astro tour company gone silent
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Eric wrote:
> I have the data to hand -
Sure you do.
> Greg Crinklaw wrote:
>
>
>>Candian Lurker wrote:
>>
>>>I work in the area of consumer affairs - astronomy related companies
>>>and organisations seem to the target of far more complaints that you
>>>would expect given the economic size of the sector.
>>
>>You've said that twice now on separate threads, but I find it very
>>difficult to believe.
>>
--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons
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