Brymen BM869 - Australia Retail Price - $806 + GST - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: chainsaw
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 07:13:13 am
content: Hi there,Was curious regarding the retail price for this unit (lost bid for OZ ebay unit, computer developed problems at bid time), Called Cabac (wholesaler) who put me onto local outlet & this was the price given for a cash sale (maybe the guy got it wrong). I can't see Brymen doing too well in OZ if this is the case.

author: chainsaw
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 07:38:36 am
content: Just to make sure this was not a mistake I was put in contact with someone else who normally only sells to business, but the best he could do for me was $695 + GST.

author: chainsaw
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 07:41:10 am
content: Forgot to add but the Brymen BM 869 over here in OZ gets a lifetime warranty ( not sure of the fine print for that).

author: chainsaw
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 07:53:51 am
content: One more thing to add & hopefully that's the last your hear from me, the subject area should say "Wholesale", not retail (anyway to change that?)

author: Carrington
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 07:59:43 am
content: See this site:http://www.tme.eu/en/details/bm869/portable-digital-multimeters/brymen/$806 + GST is excessive, and $695 + GST too.Cheers

author: chainsaw
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 08:12:14 am
content: Agreed Carrington, did a cost price from there the other day & for the unit itself $245 OZ. So with shipping & insurance somewhere around the $300 OZ mark.I pointed this out to the people I spoke to.

author: Wytnucls
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 08:25:11 am
content: Australia Emona sells them too under a different brand name. Can't remember the price though. Have a look at their site.Here is the info: METREL323116-MET MD-9050 TRMS PROFESSIONAL INDUSTRIAL DMM 286.00 314.60

author: chainsaw
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 08:39:22 am
content: Good info. Wytnucls, it appear (only going by image) to be named the Metrel MD-9050, & its a blue holster/surround. Price given is $314.60 inc. GST, a much better price than the wholesaled Brymen.

author: 807
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 11:26:45 am
content: The Brymen BM869 & Metrel MD9050 are completely different meters.For a start, the MD9050 is only 6000 count.

author: Wytnucls
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 12:36:10 pm
content: The Metrel MD9060 is the one with a 500,000 count.

author: Carrington
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 12:47:26 pm
content: http://www.meter.hu/adatlap/multimeter/pdf/md_9060.pdf

author: chainsaw
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 12:57:45 pm
content: Quote from: 807 on July 04, 2013, 11:26:45 amQuote from: Wytnucls on July 04, 2013, 12:36:10 pmQuote from: Carrington on July 04, 2013, 12:47:26 pmApologies to all for leading you astray, thank you 807, Wytnucls & Carrington for correcting this.

author: madshaman
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 09:41:59 pm
content: Quote from: Carrington on July 04, 2013, 07:59:43 amI've ordered from tme to Canada, good people and cheap shipping. There was no direct payment web checkout for Canada, so I did have to muddle through using french and english to communicate, but they got my order out fast (iirc 2 dmms and 2 connections kits was $27 CAD for shipping)

author: Lightages
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 04, 2013, 10:50:50 pm
content: I purchased my BM869 from tme.eu but it took more than two months for the meter to arrive and they didn't answer my calls or emails when it went to the wrong address. So ordering from them can be a bit painful if something goes wrong but I would buy from them again.If you do not wish to deal with tme, then I know that you might be able to get one from Franky Tong, aka iloveeletronics here on the forums. He also runs an ebay storehttp://stores.ebay.com/99centHobbiesand he is probably the nicest and most responsible person I have had the pleasure to do business with. PM him to see.

author: Carrington
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2013, 07:02:43 am
content: I purchased my BM869 from tme.eu too, without any problems, excellent treatment. In my opinion highly recommended.