last time I looked I could get the S2 for about 1700 ish with a couple phone calls.
With the eyepiece, or body alone ?
Cumminscowboy, you make a very good point with regard to re-sale value, something I like to keep in the back of my head as well on large purchases.
I did do some calling around today, and will likely make the trip to Eagle Optics on Sat to do some side x side comparisons. When I called them to see if they had the various models in stock, I was told they did not have the Meopro, but did have the S2 angled, the Swaro ATS HD 80, and all of the Swaro ATX/STX variants.
In another call, I located a ANIB Swaro ATS 80 HD w/20-60x eyepiece that can be had for about same as what I've seen new S2s w/eyepiece going for. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to look at/thru it before someone else decides it's a good deal. From a re-sale standpoint, I don't think one can go wrong with the Swaro, but at this point that is not foremost in my mind.
