Cheap is very relative... - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 06:33:04 am
content: If you search "cheap oscilloscope" on ebay, this is what comes up.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Agilent-HP-E8346B-8346-PNA-Microwave-Vector-Network-Analyzer-10MHz-50GHz-CHEAP-/171058790000?pt=BI_Oscilloscopes&hash=item27d3e5fe70$50,000?!

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 06:36:03 am
content: The $50K is no problem but the shipping is kinda high.Actually, I'm only half kidding on that one - you'd think for $50K they'd throw in the shipping.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 06:43:02 am
content: Maybe we should all take turns making offers..

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 06:43:48 am
content: "$200 and my cat."

author: Jon Chandler
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 08:02:40 am
content: Oops....I thought you were talking about *MY* cheap relatives

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 08:10:23 am
content: $0.99 + $500 shipping.Don't know if I'd buy a $50,000 item from a guy with 4 recent feedback, one negative...

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 08:59:15 am
content: Where does someone in oz get that sort of kit to sell on ebay?There would not be many in the entire country.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 09:29:30 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on June 23, 2013, 08:59:15 amMaybe your fingers would get burned if you touched it...

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 09:50:51 am
content: Closed down speciality assembler/service centre that got outsourced to another country, and they have all the needed equipment already.

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 10:44:32 am
content: I was offered a few very high end Network analyzers a few months ago, not sure if this was amongst them but there was certainly a 50GHz PNA in the lot. $50k isn't a bad price if it works ok, however I'd rather have a 20GHz version, less to go wrong, I very very rarely work above 20GHz, or even much above 12GHz and the connectors and cables to work at 50GHz are incredibly expensive and very delicate.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 11:31:25 am
content: Quote from: SeanB on June 23, 2013, 09:50:51 amOr they don't & the beancounters don't give a stuff!

author: jpb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 12:06:26 pm
content: My first job after graduating was at GEC research working on microwave integrated circuits.I remember the labs budgeting for a new VNA, an 8510, which only went to 26.5GHz but still cost something like $500,000 (this may have even been £500,000).As a comparison my starting salary was £5,000 per year. The flat I bought was £23,000 (in Harrow). So half a million was equivalent to something like £2.5 million at least.In the light of that a mere $50,000 for a system going to 50GHz does seem cheap!Though maybe it is worrying that the support contract runs from April 1st

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 01:25:50 pm
content: With only 75% Positive feedback I wouldn't buy anything from him!

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 01:47:54 pm
content: People, I have to announce that in the following months you won't see me being active here in the forum. I have a kidney extraction surgery scheduled for tomorrow. My question is:Does anyone knows of a good organ dealer? PM me. My starting price is 50k, US.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2013, 02:55:43 pm
content: Quote from: dr.diesel on June 23, 2013, 01:25:50 pmIf you look closer then you see the guy isn't selling much on Ebay and Ebay only looks at the last 12 months so 1 negative feedback on 4 sales in a year amounts to 25% negative feedback. Just one negative on 25 transactions isn't the end of the world. Maybe the buyer didn't read the description or the discription was incomplete. We'll never know...