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author: peterthenovice
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2013, 04:05:37 am
content: dave found this bit of kit on ebay in Aus can you do a teardown of this system. It is a microprocessor multimeter. it auto calibrates itself.it's 40 us,but about 400 bucks to ship to us.Racal-Dana 6000 Microprocessing Digital Multimeterhttp://www.ebay.com/itm/Racal-Dana-6000-Microprocessing-Digital-Multimeter-Parts-only-/221210278758?pt=AU_B_I_Electrical_Test_Equipment&hash=item338128fb66#shId

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 12, 2013, 04:12:58 am
content: Not terribly interesting without the input module and connectors

author: peterthenovice
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2013, 04:20:13 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 12, 2013, 04:12:58 amgood sense! i have very little to my knowledge or do I.

author: Mr Smiley
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2013, 06:07:10 pm
content: $350 shippingDoe's this guy deliver in person

author: Excavatoree
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2013, 06:40:59 pm
content: Seems he's avoiding E-bay fees.

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 10:18:08 pm
content: Quote from: Excavatoree on April 12, 2013, 06:40:59 pmNo, i'm pretty sure that is a genuine $350 shipping, i mean, it is on the high side, but well within the margin of error; if they were avoiding ebay fees the shipping would also be high within australia too.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 10:25:46 pm
content: Quote from: peter.mitchell on April 13, 2013, 10:18:08 pmIt's on the ridiculously high side.Even a 50cm x 50cm x 25cm package weighing the maximum 20kg is only $67 for regular parcel post worst case across the country.

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 10:27:57 pm
content: But he said $350 to the US, its only $40 across australia.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 10:32:53 pm
content: Quote from: peter.mitchell on April 13, 2013, 10:27:57 pmOops, I was looking at the .com link, not .au so it assumed I was from the US and showed that price.In that case, yes, that price is very reasonable. It's heavy, and halfway around the planet.

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 10:37:44 pm
content: all good mate, it's 8:30 on a sunday, should be having a sleep in!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 10:49:30 pm
content: Quote from: peter.mitchell on April 13, 2013, 10:37:44 pmI wish.Daddy Day Care Sunday mornings.

author: metalphreak
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 02:33:37 pm
content: Ebay charges their fees on shipping costs now too by the way. no more hiding the item price in the shipping to avoid fees

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 03:26:29 pm
content: QuoteI'm not sure whether they've started that in the UK yet (though if they haven't I suspect it won't be long) but I have to say that really pisses me off - I mean why on earth (apart from greed) should ebay get a slice of postage and packing. Is the USD 3.4billionthat they rake off the top of sales through ebay not enough (and I don't think that counts PayPal profits).Unfortunately this is a case where dishonesty from (probably) a small number of sellers has soured things for everyone. It's possible ebay would have done it anyway but they have a cast iron excuse in "well, you can see lots of people just avoid our fees by hiking up the postage so we justhaveto do this".Bah!

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 04:50:42 pm
content: Exactly as you stated. Sellers were selling products for $1 with $30 shipping to avoid eBay fees. A while ago eBay introduced rules against excessive shipping costs, but apparently this was not effective. So charging fees over both the auction price and shipping makes perfect sense and removes any incentive for sellers to cheat with shipping costs.

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 07:44:54 pm
content: AFAIK, ebay uk hasn't started charging on shipping fees yet

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 07:58:59 pm
content: QuoteAt present I think this is still the case, however AFAIK they do in the 'states and it looks as though they have started in Australia so it may well be merely a matter of time before they decide to in the UK.

author: metalphreak
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2013, 01:33:46 pm
content: Sorry, I forgot ebay has a different set of rules depending on country. They definitely take fees from shipping costs in Australia. They also remove any listings that they deem to be duplicates (annoyingly they've removed some of mine that were in fact different). Yet sellers from overseas have 100 listings for the same piece of crap item making it impossible to find anything.