The most expensive multimeter on the planet! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Lightages
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 06:33:01 am
content: http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/ideal/multimeters/61-312.htm

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 06:44:43 am
content: Yeah, but does come with a free Battery..................

author: iloveelectronics
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 06:49:14 am
content: $100 milion dollar for a 3999 count meter...that's $25k per count!!

author: ablacon64
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 10:08:02 am
content: hummmm.... At that price it must be good. Thinking about buying one...

author: daveshah
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 10:11:11 am
content: Presumably it is targeted at government departments

author: mtdoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 10:15:04 am
content: But if you use the discount code "EEVBLOG5" at checkout you can save like 5 million dollars!

author: Wytnucls
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 10:44:18 am
content: Looks like some clerk in the TE office fell asleep on his keyboard, smashing the '0' key in the process.You do get a set of 'Premium' test leads though...

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 10:48:15 am
content: At that price I would expect solid gold case studded with diamonds and a Tiffany's logo on it.

author: Fryguy
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 12:01:44 pm
content: You forgot to mention free shipping above 75 bucks

author: metalphreak
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 02:08:26 pm
content: You can't even buy itIdeal 61-312 Resi-Pro Multimeter, AC/DC Voltage & Current, Resistance Discontinuedwas successfully added to your shopping cart.You have no items in your shopping cart.

author: nitro2k01
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 02:18:46 pm
content: QuoteNote the last word. It's probably just their way of making sure no one orders a discontinued project by mistake.Either that or, this company is selling from Zimbabwe.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwean_dollar#Hyperinflation(You know your country's inflation problem is bad when you can plot the exchange rate on a log scale and still have it look like an exponential function.)

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 04:26:38 pm
content: At one point Zimbabwe dollars were printed amount to be determined, as the inflation rate went up faster than they could print the notes.

author: olsenn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 04:30:21 pm
content: They don't have the item in stock or it is discontinued. The way their computer system is set-up, they can't have a product listing no no price, so they enter a rediculous price to ensure nobody buys that item.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 04:57:52 pm
content: Zimbabwe changed to a different method to count money, they changed to the centimeter. Street vendors would have a table with piles of bundled notes lying next to it in the open, otherwise known as small change. Sent a few trillion dollar bills to the States and other places, it was actually hard to get this currency, as the Zimbabweans could not figure out that people though the notes were actually worth anything, they regarded them as poor quality toilet paper.The present currency is either the US dollar ( plenty of fakes there of course) or the South African Rand. Still have some multi thousand Zimdollar bills.

author: Wytnucls
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 05:39:20 pm
content: Plenty more Zim dollars coming your way soon Sean, with Bob fully in charge of the central bank again. O0

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 06:40:25 pm
content: How will he afford the paper to print them? Even the SARB wants payment for the paper and ink.

author: Wytnucls
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 08:45:52 pm
content: He is not stupid, he kept the old ones!