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author: R_G_B_
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 07:27:15 pm
content: Just browsing ebay and came across this:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Keysight-Agilent-HP-N5227A-Network-Analyzer-10MHz-to-67GHz-2-ports-OPTIONS-/201410844686?hash=item2ee505980e:g:cUMAAOSwPcVV1K7QSecond hand Test equipment is becoming very expensive now that a lot of people buying it up.Test gear seems to be going up in price like the UK housing Market.R_G_B

author: TheSteve
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 07:38:04 pm
content: Still cheap compared to a house here...

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 07:57:14 pm
content: Not here, you could buy a pretty big house with that price, right on the seafront, and still have enough left over to pay for the staff to clean it for a year, plus fly here a few times from anywhere.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 09:08:51 pm
content: $1200 for shipping? Forget it.

author: LaurentR
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 09:17:25 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on April 05, 2016, 07:57:14 pmWhereas here in the Bay Area, you can't buy enough land for that price to put up a table to hold the analyzer.

author: continuo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 09:33:11 pm
content: Buy two and a half of these - or a tiny garage in Londonhttp://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/17/chelsea-garage-sells-auction-south-kensington

author: Koen
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 09:35:58 pm
content: Would any company really buy this with a 30-day warranty from a third party ? Anyone knows the MSRP ?

author: MadTux
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 09:50:00 pm
content: Nah, I rather take the house, it usually retains the value much better.That VNA will be sold cheaply on some online trading market (ebay is probabaly gone by then) in about 15-25 years, just like the HP-house-equivalents from 25-40 years ago

author: Vgkid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 09:54:50 pm
content: I specced it with those options.US $257.5k.

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 10:37:39 pm
content: Wow, exactly $1 less than I paid for my house. And my house isn't THAT small, I have 1800 sq ft. But my part of the country is MUCH less than the Bay Area.

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 09:54:08 am
content: I never understood why they whant to charge you with shipping costs in items sold at more that one grand. don't you have enough margin already?

author: Wuerstchenhund
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 10:47:07 am
content: Quote from: SeanB on April 05, 2016, 07:57:14 pm£135k for a large house right at the seafront in the UK? Where?Even in the North of England, £135k just buys you a standard three bed/1.5 bath house if you're lucky, with tiny rooms of a size which Americans and many Europeans would consider to be cupboards, some 'low maintenance' (i.e. tiny) garden and on-street parking. You know you hit jackpot if that includes a small garage (big enough to fit an original Mini comfortably, though). It won't be anywhere near the sea, though, but rest assured that at least mold and damp comes free with itGo further down South and prices start to increase even further.Even the CA Bay Area is cheap by comparison, at least outside the SF/SJC area.As to the VNA, it's not really that expensive if you know what these things cost new. But I certainly wouldn't trade something like that over ebay.

author: Wuerstchenhund
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 10:55:12 am
content: Quote from: JPortici on April 06, 2016, 09:54:08 amI guess you never tried to ship an item of very high value thenBecause shipping a $190k item will be very expensive. Insurance would probably be a few grand alone.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 12:39:55 pm
content: Quote from: Wuerstchenhund on April 06, 2016, 10:47:07 amI'm sure there'll be somewhere in the forsaken North of Scotland where it's a oain in the ass to live. Or maybe in the Hebrides, where it's a real pain in the ass to liveandeverything is twice as expensive.

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 12:49:13 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on April 06, 2016, 12:39:55 pmYou can get 1/2-bed houses for that near the M5 10-minute walk to the sea front. But you really wouldn't want to be too close to the sea due to the salty moisture which just corrodes everything anyway.

author: Kilrah
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 12:58:26 pm
content: Quote from: Wuerstchenhund on April 06, 2016, 10:47:07 amHis profile says "Country: South Africa". That's likely where "Here" is.

author: PedroDaGr8
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 01:51:45 pm
content: Quote from: Wuerstchenhund on April 06, 2016, 10:47:07 amCheck his flag, pretty sure Sean is in South Africa, not the UK.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 01:55:26 pm
content: Here itmightget you a studio apartment 20km (as the crow flies) from the Sydney CBD - but it will be just a 10 minute walk from the railway station.

author: Co6aka
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 02:28:24 pm
content: Quote from: R_G_B_ on April 05, 2016, 07:27:15 pmAn old Wall Street saying: When the herd stampedes in some particular direction that typically means there's a cliff just ahead.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 04:48:54 pm
content: Quote from: Co6aka on April 06, 2016, 02:28:24 pm....and the wolves are lining the way thinning the herd.http://kevinandkell.com/Worth looking back through the series, but you will dissapear down a maze.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 04:53:21 pm
content: What would be the manufacturing cost of an equipment like that? Is the high price is mainly due to NRE and small market?

author: Wuerstchenhund
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 05:08:30 pm
content: Quote from: PedroDaGr8 on April 06, 2016, 01:51:45 pmcrap, you're right! I don't know why I thought he's in the UK. Sorry for that!

author: LPaul
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 05:15:49 pm
content: Quote from: Wuerstchenhund on April 06, 2016, 05:08:30 pmWell you were only 106 years late.I guess that's the kind of equipment very few use but when you need it nothing will replace it? So you can charge hefty amounts for the work done with such equipment?

author: MrSlack
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2016, 09:22:04 am
content: 30 day warranty! PahahahahahaThat'll be £50 buy it now in ten years when it's still listed.As for houses, if you know how to play the housing market, you can make more than that agilent a year easy in London just by applying turd polish.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2016, 07:25:12 am
content: Quote from: JPortici on April 06, 2016, 09:54:08 amBecause if you tell ebay you want to use UPS, for example, then you enter the item weight and dimensions, and UPS calculates the price. If you're not a large volume shipper, UPS international rates are extremely high. And that's probably without insurance.The seller has actually configured it as free shipping to USA, UPS for everywhere else.