It is not only happening in Israel - Page 1
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author: Sbampato12
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 06, 2014, 02:04:10 pm
content: I've found these in mercadolivre (free market, a kind of ebay focused only in Brazil market):http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-547625580-multimetro-ecb-mdm-220-liga-visor-no-sem-cabos-_JMokay, it is 'just' about 20~25 US Dollars, but, really...If you put the shipping, it is more 10 dollars.Looking the vendor itens there is more 'cool' things:http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-549277713-regulador-de-tenso-mr-mc-20-alemo-usado-_JM#D[S:VIP,L:SELLER_ITEMS,V:27]this one have this description: 'I haven't tested, but it seens pretty and made in Germany'....http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-549120469-medidor-de-ruido-hp-3552a-60-khz-ligando-sem-cabos-_JM#D[S:VIP,L:SELLER_ITEMS,V:33]about 60 dollarsor thesehttp://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-549073022-acelerometro-bruelkjaer-type-4434-preco-2-pecas-usado-_JM#D[S:VIP,L:SELLER_ITEMS,V:46]for just 50 dollars (pair)Just for fun....

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 06, 2014, 02:10:44 pm
content: You should use a period, not a comma in those prices, I first saw that and thought

author: Sbampato12
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 06, 2014, 02:12:41 pm
content: Yeah, my mistake. We use coma instead of periods here....I've just rounded that....Now this will look better. But I think this continues to be a bad score....

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 06, 2014, 02:24:49 pm
content: Quote from: XOIIO on May 06, 2014, 02:10:44 pmFYI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 06, 2014, 02:30:56 pm
content: Quote from: IanB on May 06, 2014, 02:24:49 pmah that's a neat little map of what is used where, that will probably come in handy.

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2014, 12:21:31 am
content: Quote from: XOIIO on May 06, 2014, 02:30:56 pmFunny thing is, that in that link it shows Canada using the period when using English, but using a comma when written in French.That will be way confusing!I recall when one day my dad told me about when he first was stationed in Spain (before I was born), he saw an article about a record weighting eatable wild mushroom at 3,500 KilogramsDoesn't help that in order to display the full grams you need 3 digits so it's easy to get confused thinking (if you are not native) it it meant thousands instead of thousandths of Kilos.

author: Sbampato12
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2014, 03:00:20 am
content: About period and comas, on my prior job we used a software to control an stepper motor that went crazy, and I spent about half a day to realize that the problem was that the computer was configured in US sistem, and the software stored the 'program' using periods for the decimals. One day, the operator decided that he doesn't liked the US date format (here we swap the days and month positions) and changed the windows configuration to BR. Since that the program just went crazy, and no one understood why (the guy that changed the computer doesn't said anything) the software did that.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2014, 04:30:36 am
content: Quote from: miguelvp on May 07, 2014, 12:21:31 amEven more confusing, the use different words when writing in English and French;-)