This item is an Engineering Machine - Page 1
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author: ErikTheNorwegian
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2011, 11:07:07 pm
content: What

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 21, 2011, 01:19:54 am
content: It doesn't look that bad in my opinion. When searching on Ebay, I sometimes come across items likethis(and sometimes worse). I wonder if that seller gets some equipment from buildings that have sustained bomb damage (especially the items with severe mechanical damage). And I always love the 'AS-IS, unable to test' comments for severely damaged equipment.

author: lindworm
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2011, 11:54:35 am
content: This seller is really taking a shot at getting an award for his funny engrish:http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Image-Optical-fiber-CCD-Endoscopy-Flat-Camera-Head-See-Fit-you-/180752783724?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a15b4996cGo ahead, see if it fits you

author: FreeThinker
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2011, 01:01:21 pm
content: Always try to avoid items like this, you're never sure were they have been.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2011, 02:11:58 pm
content: Quote from: ErikTheNorwegian on December 21, 2011, 12:25:36 pmtranslated to: we tested it but... (1) we dont know how to fix it, (2) no spare part available for replacement, (3) this item is heavily damaged beyond repair.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2011, 02:50:56 pm
content: Quote from: Mechatrommer on December 21, 2011, 02:11:58 pm(4) We used it as a parts donor to repair another item.(5) A lot of smoke came out of it when we turned it on, so we didn't bother testing.(6) It is so dirty/contaminated, no one here dared to touch it.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 21, 2011, 03:13:25 pm
content: Quote from: BoredAtWork on December 21, 2011, 02:50:56 pmThat would have been described as 'power on tested', although the result of the test might have been omitted.

author: tekfan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2011, 03:28:25 pm
content: I wonder what fell on this one.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tektronix-2215-Oscilloscope-2-Channel-60MHz-/140501405355?pt=BI_Oscilloscopes&hash=item20b6894eab

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 21, 2011, 03:43:30 pm
content: Quote from: tekfan on December 21, 2011, 03:28:25 pmApparently it does not power up. Would replacing the fuse be sufficient to return it to working condition?

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2011, 04:02:35 pm
content: Quote from: tekfan on December 21, 2011, 03:28:25 pmOh dear. It looks like more than one thing has happened to that poor thing. My random guess is the poor thing was vandalized.Notice the damage on the BNC connectors? Either they have been rotated after the damage, or something else has happened to them. Or the deep cuts at the upper right of the remains of the bezel. They look as if they were cut upwards, not downwards.

author: Time
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2011, 05:14:24 pm
content: poor poor rittle meter, so so ronery

author: ejeffrey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2011, 07:20:36 pm
content: Quote from: ErikTheNorwegian on December 20, 2011, 11:07:07 pmAnd over $500 including shipping... Maybe it is just money laundering. I love the idea of opening up a banged up fluke and finding a bunch of $100 bills

author: elliott
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2011, 11:08:51 pm
content: Quote from: alm on December 21, 2011, 01:19:54 amI knew you had to be talking about the seller from Israel before I even clicked it, they are rough on stuff over there.

author: Hypernova
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 22, 2011, 04:33:36 am
content: Quote from: tekfan on December 21, 2011, 03:28:25 pmEither it decided to commit suicide by jumping off somewhere very, very high, or it was used as a shield and took a base ball bat head on. Damn