I just found out that Meade Instruments (which made telescopes etc...) went bankrupt in 2019
My first telescope was a little Meade refractor that I got as a present in 1998. I was glued to that thing for hours on end while we lived in a house with a clear view of the sky. Sadly, after we moved a bunch of times, the telescope didn't fare well in the boxes
@mathlover Yeah, it's a shame. Their website still seems active, but I don't know if they're just selling remaining inventory or if the Chinese company that bought them earlier is doing it
They went bankrupt in December 2019