WTB/LFS: Best and cheapest place to get a JBC in EU - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ElectronicsNewbie
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2015, 04:02:42 pm
content: Hello Members,I have been reading the forums for a quite a bit, but this time I need some advice from You, so here I'm reigsteredI would like to buy brand new with warrantyJBC CD-2BDmodel. It seems like the cheapest place to buy is ebay.de (http://www.ebay.de/itm/JBC-Lotstation-CD-2BD-digital-mit-Lotkolben-T245-und-Zubehor-/231598100920?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item35ec5291b8) with a price of EUR390 including VATI guess...There is printtec.nl which has for sale JBC for EUR345 and that is without VAT. I don't know whats the VAT rate in The Netherlands...Believe me or not, I would like to getDDSE-2Bwhich in new condition is out of my wallet, but maybe someone is going to sell used one? Nah... I don't think soThought of getting the DIT-2D and later completing it with the desoldering gun, vaccum module and extra stand etc... but looking at the MSRP it's not worth it... as I remember correctly thats about EUR 90 difference compared to buying straight the DDSE-2B, and with DIT-2D you can't run two tools at the same timeSorry for the long postbut I'd love to get your opinion on thisThanksCharles

author: 0xdeadbeef
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2015, 04:28:18 pm
content: Before I decided to take the Metcal/OKi route, I was also very interested in the JBC and wasted a lot of time searching for a dealer who would sell to private customers and had reasonable prices.As far as I recall, I ended up here:http://www.chiemtronic.de/produkte/jbc-loetstationen-loettechnik/jbc-digitale-loetstation-cd-2bc/Then again, as I said I then decided against JBC for a couple of reasons and therefore can't tell anything about that dealer.

author: Polossatik
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2015, 08:30:40 pm
content: nice overview of VAT in Eu country's:http://www.vatlive.com/vat-rates/european-vat-rates/eu-vat-rates/

author: mr.os
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2015, 05:43:23 am
content: I bought my station at SmartTec in Germany some years ago. You have to ask them, if they will ship to you. When I bought my station, there was no ebay offer and no online shop for JBC gear. The guys at smarttec were so nice to send me a station for free to try it out.Sometimes they have used stations that will be much cheaper. I even got a student discount back then.

author: gmb42
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2015, 06:57:02 am
content: I didn't buy my station from them (an ebay deal), but I have bought a number of cartridges fromVTech, and been happy with the service. I don't know what they would charge for delivery to DE, but don't think it would be too expensive. VAT in the UK is 20%.

author: onesixright
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2015, 07:37:06 am
content: Quote from: ElectronicsNewbie on July 06, 2015, 04:02:42 pmSo am i, although im not in a rush and "used" will hard i guess...http://www.printtec.nl/contents/nl/d398_JBC_Desoldeerstations.htmlThey are a bit cheaper. Sometimes TME does a 20% off (on all)... so may that will pop's up, still it will be expensive. Waiting...:-)