UK auction, lots of RF test gear - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2016, 10:24:07 am
content: http://www.ppauctions.com/_assets/auctions/185/flysheet/Flysheet.pdf

author: Flump
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2016, 02:28:34 pm
content: thanks mike

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2016, 07:48:12 pm
content: Catalog is now available, albeit without pics yet.http://www.ppauctions.com/_assets/auctions/185/catalogue/Catalogue.pdfIf I weren't so busy with design work I could easily spend a great deal of money there.

author: PartialDischarge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2016, 08:11:09 pm
content: Anyone here lives near Baldock and willing to send crap to members?

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 25, 2016, 07:28:37 pm
content: Quote from: MasterTech on October 25, 2016, 07:03:14 pmI asked PPAuctions w.r.t. a previous sale at Aunby, and they replied with a list of shippers:QuoteThat is for information only. I have no comments on any shippers, since in the end I didn't use a shipper.

author: TAMHAN
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 25, 2016, 07:39:48 pm
content: Hello,attention: this one was about Aunby. The new one is somewhere else:Hi Tam,Thank you for the email.Items will need to be collected from the auction site (Baldock) by prior arrangement only within the auction clearance period.The items are now on the website to view and bid on.Please let us know if you need anything further.Kind Regards,OliverPEAKER PATTINSON (Auctioneers) Ltd.Tel: XXX

author: PartialDischarge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 25, 2016, 08:22:59 pm
content: Thanks tggzzz, that is an option but Id prefer to have someone from the forum handle it, and if he has to pick up something for himself the better, two birds with one stone

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 25, 2016, 08:35:04 pm
content: Quote from: MasterTech on October 25, 2016, 08:22:59 pmUnderstood. A consideration is who bears the responsibility if something arrives and is damaged, allegedly due to poor packing. I don't need to know the answer:)

author: julianhigginson
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 04:00:36 am
content: daaamn... I could really do with one of those R&S HE200 antenna kits at a nice auction price...is there a pack&send style service around there that would be able to get in and get an antenna posted off internationally? Or do I just have to wait till they all hit ebay at a huge markup??

author: julianhigginson
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2016, 12:01:59 pm
content: hmmm...someone called kees0015 is buying all the he200 antenna kits for 500+ pounds.I guess they have a lot of signal measurements to make....

author: PartialDischarge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2016, 01:37:38 pm
content: And the 89410A vector analyzer went for 1700 pounds, a bit high as it can be purchased in the US for a bit less.

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2016, 06:20:25 pm
content: Expensive it was,Buy, I did not.

author: PartialDischarge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2016, 07:55:26 pm
content: Quote from: KJDS on November 03, 2016, 06:20:25 pmI saw a crappy 20mhz analog scope for around 60gbp, I wouldn't pay 30 for it. To add 15.5% and 20%vat.tggzzz, for future reference, out of sheer curiosity I did contact those 'shipping' companies asking for a quote of their services, never heard of them

author: TAMHAN
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2016, 08:00:12 pm
content: Hello,afaik, the shipping companys work only with the Aunby site.The stuff I bought in the last auction is currently in storage in the Vienna office. But what I retreived so far, worked well!Tam

author: PartialDischarge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2016, 08:06:59 pm
content: I wrote PP again, asked them for this kind of service at this location, and got the same copy-paste reply

author: artag
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2016, 11:26:42 pm
content: Apparently, the HE200s were purchased for use at the 2012 olympics.So they're probably off to some other oppressive regime that doesn't approve of personal comms.

author: julianhigginson
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2016, 12:18:39 am
content: Quote from: artag on November 03, 2016, 11:26:42 pmYou'd think oppressive regiemes could afford to buy new...

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2016, 04:57:31 am
content: I have a completely unsubstantiated theory that some higher-spec gear from this sort of auction ends up in countries that aren't normally allowed to buy it, as it's a near-untraceable way to buy stuff that's typically only available from the manufacturer or specialist distributors.

author: kees0015
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 15, 2016, 11:06:57 pm
content: Mike and Artag are talking nonsense.

author: kaz911
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2016, 07:40:36 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on November 15, 2016, 11:11:25 pmThe buyer of the gear at the high prices was using the Kees as his auction id - so he might know where the tings are going

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2016, 07:54:08 am
content: Quote from: kees0015 on November 15, 2016, 11:06:57 pmApparently you'd know so:Quote from: julianhigginson on November 03, 2016, 12:01:59 pmCare to enlighten us ?

author: julianhigginson
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2016, 09:45:02 am
content: Quote from: kees0015 on November 15, 2016, 11:06:57 pmyeah... so. what does someone do with 40 antenna kits, anyway?