found a DS2072A oscilloscope for $550 in china - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: Elmar
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 07:37:27 am
content: Hey everyone,I was looking into buying a ds2072a oscilloscope (the one that can be "upgraded"from 70mhz to 300mhz for free).Online I found prices as low as $839 in the US, and similar prices in europe. Currently I'm in Shenzhen, China, and when I looked at taobao (the chinese ebay), and I found it forI decided to look even further, when I walked down to the SEG electronics market, there was a shop that offered me this oscilloscope for 3650RM , which is around $550, I can pick is up there tomorrow. Now this market is known for their counterfeit products, however I haven't heard a single story of a "fake" rigol oscilloscope. As rigol is a chinese brand it could be that I'm just bypassing all the import costs by buying it here.So before I go ahead and buy it tomorrow I was wondering if you guys have any experience with counterfeit oscilloscopes, or buying oscilloscopes in china in general. Are there ways to check it's real when buying? I'm hoping it's just that they buy in bulk, or that it slipped through the backdoor of the factory, but is still the real dealI know it will always be a gamble but just looking for some experiences out hereThanks!

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 08:05:10 am
content: Seems like it would be very difficult/pointless to make fake Rigol oscilloscopes.More likely it's not really a Rigol DS2072A, it's some other brand which they'll tell you is "exactly the same" or something like that.Or ... maybe it's a broken/returned DS2072A and you'll find out one of the channels doesn't work when you get home.My advice: Don't take a closed box home with you. Take a good look at what's inside (take a photo of a real DS2072A along to compare...), power it on, connect the probes to the test signal on all channels, etc.If it's legit and he has a lot of them then buy them all. You can do a bit of business...

author: dav
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 09:56:52 am
content: What is the shop's name?

author: Elmar
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 10:16:24 am
content: thanks for the replies!name of the shop is Rek, website iswww.chinarek.com, they are located on the 2nd floor of the SEG building here in shenzhenso I got notified that I could already pick it up, I went through an unboxing video before I went there so I could check all box content etc.than I turned it on (menu was in chinese) but they changed it to english for me in no time.than I hooked it up to the test signals, workedI brought a little bluetooth module with a 26mhz oscillator in there, measuring that seemed to go well as wellso I bought it !!I also asked the price for 10pcs, it's higher .. guess I just had some luck with this onethey had like all major brands, tektronix as well

author: crazyguy
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 10:35:12 am
content: very good price

author: pascal_sweden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 10:45:09 am
content: There is also a Tektronix poster on the wall of the shop. Any interesting deals on Tektronix as well?

author: Elmar
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 10:52:46 am
content: they had like all major brands, tektronix as well

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 10:55:15 am
content: Nice one!

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 10:56:56 am
content: Quote from: Elmar on August 19, 2016, 10:16:24 am* Send all your friends down to buy one.* Stand near the shop and offer $10 to random people to go inside and buy one for you.

author: pascal_sweden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 11:13:55 am
content: I wish I was in that shop nowAre you there on a holiday or working as an expat in China?

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 11:25:43 am
content: Quote from: pascal_sweden on August 19, 2016, 11:13:55 amOr anyplace where there's shops like that. They simply don't exist around here.

author: Elmar
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 12:24:00 pm
content: Quote from: pascal_sweden on August 19, 2016, 11:13:55 amwe can do facetime or something lolhave been working on some of my own projects for the last 2 months herejust playing & learning and hope to turn a project into a business at some point.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 12:55:05 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on August 19, 2016, 08:05:10 amthats called cheat tax and cheat tax is smuggling... its considered bad by most "good" people in the agencies. btw, i walked around the park this afternoon... there is an undetected virus spreading like virus for few years now already... the ironic part is they dont call the sickness as sickness, the sickness lies in the eyes of beholder. its called 'cell-fee' virus...

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2016, 01:58:05 pm
content: Quote from: Mechatrommer on August 19, 2016, 12:55:05 pmImport duties for most countries are about 20%. There's plenty of margin forlegalprofit if you're buying somewhere for half price .Anyway: Thanks for letting us know how you view the world.

author: dav
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 20, 2016, 08:09:23 pm
content: Quote from: Elmar on August 19, 2016, 10:16:24 amRek?Is that the same company who cloned the Maynuo Electronic load?http://www.ebay.com/itm/161095143295

author: madeinoz67
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 30, 2016, 02:01:55 pm
content: Having just come back from Shenzhen Maker Faire and the HQB markets I picked up the same model for roughly the same price at the same store. I've been back and forward a couple of times this year and this time around I wanted get a replacement scope to my old fluke scope meter 97. I did have to haggle them down on the price as they were trying to sell it for similar price to the one shown on taobao listings, they even showed me taobao prices in attempt to sell it to me for that.But I showed them the price and the photo of the store from this thread and they agreed to sell it to me for the similar price, I think it was an extra 100rmb above your price and none in stock so they had to order it in and took 3 days. They were trying to sell me the DS1052 model which they had plenty in stock.I just got home today and now instead of sleeping I'm applying firmware hack etcIs definitely a legit Rigol Scope so am very happy with the purchase... nearly 1/2 price to same model in Australia.Also ended up purchasing some bench power supplies and an Electronic load from the same store so they did all right out of the deal...so did I to think of itI'm in love the HQB markets

author: R005T3r
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2016, 12:22:52 pm
content: Very interesting...The same model here is about 900 Eur.