Audacious rip off oscilloscope sale at ebay - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: WackyGerman
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2014, 09:48:54 pm
content: Some people at ebay think they could sell the worst crap for heaps of money at ebay . I found an announcement where somebody wants to sell a crappy old and unsafe ITT Metrix OX 7530 for 149 € . He wrote that it failed the BGV A3 check ( it s the safety check for proper isolation of the unit , function test etc. ) but the engineer said that it still works perhaps( I bet my ass that this fucking heap of shit will explode when switching on ) . Well this guy played with the life of other people who don t know what the BGV A3 check means and want to make a good deal with selling dangerous crap .http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s-anzeige/oszilloskop-itt-systems-metrix-ox-7530/226576903-168-2057?ref=search

author: davorin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 28, 2014, 10:49:09 pm
content: Price differences are sometimes really high.....but can only speak for ebay.de....nor .com...Well...I just received a LeCroy 9414 for EUR 114...described as some channels having gain/offset errors....and self calibration couldn't fix it...After playing around I found out that the self calibration is different when doing on the DSO or remotely via GPIB....And now I have a fully working 9414...well...keep fingers crossed ;-)What puzzles me most is the fact when googling for a specific instruments you get shitloads of results from used equipment resellers...But their price range is way out of scope of anyone...not sure where they got their prices from...at least not from this world (o;

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2014, 11:36:05 pm
content: Quote from: davorin on July 28, 2014, 10:49:09 pmThey pull the number straight out their arse end. That's why their prices are so shitty.

author: camallison
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 29, 2014, 01:19:37 pm
content: The ad has gone, no doubt removed since it was stated that it wasn't safe.camallison

author: WackyGerman
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 29, 2014, 03:59:56 pm
content: Yes the add is gone now . I wrote him a nice mail that it s better to remove the add because he knows that the scope is unsafe and however he sells it and an electrical accident happens he will bear the responsibility for that and will be jailed for a couple of time . This morning I got an email from him that he quit the announcement from ebay and will put the scope to the trash box . I hope he will really do that

author: camallison
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2014, 09:34:53 am
content: Ich gratuliere! (Congratulations!) Best thing in the circumstances - he was a bit naive I think.camallison

author: davorin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 31, 2014, 10:43:02 pm
content: Well..speaking of general prices of instruments....Besides of having most of the instruments with a brand of either HP or Agilent....Before I acquired sentimentally a few old calculators from HP, namely HP67, HP97 and some others....but there was an unofficial website with a list of the current prices of those models...And...and I just love my HP-97 desktop calculator with built in printer....love the retro style (o;Is there a similar price list how much used measurement equipment is worth?