Bitching about UK suppliers - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: StephF
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 11, 2015, 11:25:52 am
content: I've been trying to find a decent UK supplier of budget level scopes for a while now.I'm looking for something like a Siglent or a Rigol 1054Z but so far I haven't found anyone who holds stock.A company up in Teeside took my money for a Siglent scope and told me later there was a 5 week wait on new stock despite their website saying they had stock !I've been visiting the UK Rigol supplier website for a number of weeks now and it seems that whenever I have visited they never have any stock.Google hasn't shown me any other viable suppliers that actually physically have the item on the shelfCan anyone offer any advice to me ?Apologies mods if I posted this in the wrong forum.StephF

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2015, 11:31:05 am
content: Nobody has stock of the DS1054Z, they can't keep up.Try Batronix, they're EU based and offer free shipping.

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2015, 11:35:35 am
content: Phone them up, I found that sometimes their online inventory doesn't match what they really have.I've used both Lambda Photo and Telonic (Rigol-uk), both good on the phone for sales.

author: StephF
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 11, 2015, 12:01:45 pm
content: I've seen Batronix but at first I was reluctant to order from them being abroad. I'm guessing then they are reliable ?

author: DaveW
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2015, 01:54:18 pm
content: Quote from: StephF on January 11, 2015, 12:01:45 pmHave used them several times and they've been great. Also had some knobs fall off a couple of 1052's I bought from there and they sent replacements in the post

author: Solder_Junkie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2015, 04:17:55 pm
content: I recently got a 1054Z after a 4 week delay from Telonic (Rigol UK importer). They are cheaper than importing from Germany.Give them a phone call as stock appears to be arriving every couple of weeks, so the wait might not be too long.

author: Yago
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2015, 04:32:15 pm
content: Rigol UK told me that they expect stock in February.If you place order they don't take the money until shipped.So, I joined the 1054z club too

author: StephF
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 11, 2015, 08:01:28 pm
content: Ok thats great, thanks guys.

author: gmb42
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2015, 08:21:10 pm
content: Yep, I ordered a DS1054Z from Telonic (Rigol UK) mid-Nov, it was delivered mid Dec 2014.The only slight niggle was that when I ordered they couldn't tell me when they would be getting stock in, but I was happy to wait.

author: jimon
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2015, 09:08:31 pm
content: I've ordered 1054z athttp://www.meilhaus.de/at 13 Dec, UPS told me that they gonna deliver it on Jan 14. It was the shortest queue from tons of EU shops, and more important - free EU shipping

author: Andycap
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 12, 2015, 12:42:43 pm
content: Mine came Thursday from Rigol UK (Telonic) has been on order since 30 November 2014.So far I love it.

author: Evo Elec
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 27, 2015, 06:06:54 pm
content: Just called Telonic and they told me they had a few left on their next batch due in a few weeks, they also said they would make sure the firmware was up to date before they shipped it. Sounds good to me..

author: picandmix
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 27, 2015, 06:35:58 pm
content: Always worthwhile to check whichever scope you are getting that the seller is a manufacturers authorised seller otherwise you will not get a Uk warranty.Many Ebay scopes are from China based sellers and so any warranty work means you have to return it to China.Genuine UK and Eu agents will not look at those units if faulty.Rigols list -http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.rigol.eu/sales/&usg=ALkJrhgo1XqV0Hpbia2MEcECjirw8E5ZIg