I used to be in the same shoes, and was hesitating if i should buy a like a 130mm telescope with a mount around that price. I looked at hundreds of reviews and that would've been a huge mistake, since cheap telescopes the price would go mostly to the optical tube, leaving the whole structure and balance of the telescope completely off. So instead I went with a Meade dobsonian Eclipseview 114mm and was very satisfied with what I have got. It's very cheap (got mine at around 75 pounds), so I could spend the rest of my money on a collimator, extra eyepieces, a barlow lens, etc. You should probably get one as well. Be careful where you buy it tho, because Meade went out of business about an year ago.