Telescope issues

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So, sorry. First off, yes, still a cough.
Um, almost gone. Clearing up a lot.
triggers it. I went outside for 5 minutes in the cold, triggered it. Ihave doctor's appointment 16th. I will, if it's still going, talk to them. So, panic nod.
However, today's rant is about a telescope.
So, my well, one of my granddaughters has expressed an interest in the night sky, stars, telescopes, and the like.
And I thought, well, let's help get her a beginner telescope. And I Googled a bit and I probably fell foul of some AI because what I found was um a review of a Sonara telescope that was apparentlyquite good as a starter kids telescope.
And so I went to their website and there it was and it's 169 quid.
And I'm thinking, well, firstly, obviously, my granddaughter is worth this.
Duh. Um, but, you know, it's it's not cheap. Claims to have, you know, really advanced optics and whatever.
Anyway, based on the review, which in hindsight I think the review was just but anyway, based on the review, I ordered one and it's from a site that has UK in the domain name and charges in poundsand then ships from Hong Kong for sake. And I hate this. The website does not have on it who the legal entity you're buying from is.
And this is actually I think a legal requirement. Uh and they don't.
Anyway, let's see what I got.
It's a telescope. Okay.
F370.
I think the 70 is the aperture and the 300 is the focal length. Okay. Let's just go around the sides the end. Now, I'm not going to open it up because there's no more information in there. Okay.
Okay, fine. Um, it's a telescope and it kind of meets the spec of the ...
It has no manufacturer name, no country of origin, a CE mark, but the suppliers seem unwilling or unable to provide a declaration of conformity which is a requirement as part of a C mark.
So essentially this is a scammy illegal fake CE toy telescope.
I'm not saying it doesn't work. I'm not saying it doesn't even have the aperture aperture and focal length it claims.
What can I say?
But it's a scam.
If I go on Amazon, I can find this for as little as 20 for the same telescope. So I quered and they said, "Oh, no, no, it's not toytelescope. The optics are way better." Blah, blah, blah. I said, "Fine.
Declaration of conformity." Oh, no. We can assure you it meets all the standards, etc. No, declaration of conformity. Requirement for a C mark.
No, no. I mean, I went around the whole we can't read your emails. Your email seems to have the weird attachment. It's just a signature. Um, uh, they replied to me saying, "Your email seems to be blank." But I heard this before. The reply quotes my email which is not blank saying your email seems to be blank.
This is not an uncommon thing etc etc.
We're going around circles and I'm basically saying if you cannot provide a declaration of conformity then your C mark is fake. Therefore you cannot legally sell your product. You can't do that because you've got no manufacturer ID or country of origin anyway.
Therefore, I need to report it to the authorities and my bank and get a claw back.
Sad.
I was ripped off. I fell for it. I'm an idiot. I'm sorry.
Now, what I've got, Alice, now and have a look at this. What I've got Alice now is 260 quid. Okay, this is clearly an actual telescope.
Just the very fact it comes in a box labeled 14 and a half kilograms is is a clue.
And we put it together and she is so excited to go out in the night sky with this. I've got her some books on specially aimed at kids looking at the night sky.
So, I've got those. I hope she likes it.
If she doesn't, she doesn't. But this is a real telescope I've now gother. So, I now need to sort out this that I fell for, which is clearly a toy telescope that's worth 20 quid, charged 169 quid, and an absolute ripoff with I mad.
So, that's my latest rant.
I hope to follow up with her exploration of space.
I I really hope she loves it. I hope she gets pictures of Jupiter's moons and Saturn's rings and nebula and whatever.
There there's a lot she can look at.
and they're planning a a sort of camping trip to take her onto the moors um with her telescope and it's got a whole clip thing for a mobile phone so she should be able to get lots of pictures straight off it. It's good.
Yeah, but the toy telescope is either going back or getting clawed back or something.
Don't fall for that crap, please.