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From: Tim Shoppa on 11 Apr 2006 14:32 Richard Kanarek wrote: > If your keen on investigating your meter choices, you might want to > look around the eclectic collection offered (mostly exclusively) on > line at Electronix Express/RSR Electronics > (http://elexp.com/on_web.htm). Not only do they have what may be the > worst FET-VOM ever built, but they also offer a Triplett Model 3250 > DMM with a Head-up-display. (You wear a transparent monocle upon which > your test results are displayed.) Anyone ever try it? Wow, the test leads run right to your temples when you wear that thing! I'm not sure if it's for real or a Trek/Borg-inspired joke! Tim.
From: Keith Williams on 11 Apr 2006 15:04 In article <123nrotnqhthj56(a)corp.supernews.com>, JKolstad71HatesSpam(a)yahoo.com says... > "Keith" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message > news:pan.2006.04.11.01.50.23.215901(a)att.bizzzz... > > How is that different than a Mazda pickup truck or IBM Personal > > Computer, or any number of a thousand different every day items? Sheesh, > > indeed! > > It's not, and that's the problem: When you have company A that simply slaps > their name on company B's product, obtaining service & support for that > product is typically much more difficult than if you simply bought the product > from company B to begin with. Additionally, the purchase price from company A > is often higher than going the direct route! If you bought company B's product, you go to company B for support. If that company is a fly-by-nighter, you shouldn't have bought it. Because it is the same widget as Company A's is meaningless. You didn't buy company A's, even if they're the same hunk-o-hardware. If company A's was cheaper, you're a fool for buying the same thing with company B's sticker on it. There is no fraud going on here at all. It's all aboveboard. The problem is not with re-badging but with your perception. TANSTAAFL. -- Keith
From: GregS on 11 Apr 2006 15:12 In article <1144780360.029686.273390(a)v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>, "Tim Shoppa" <shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com> wrote: >Richard Kanarek wrote: >> If your keen on investigating your meter choices, you might want to >> look around the eclectic collection offered (mostly exclusively) on >> line at Electronix Express/RSR Electronics >> (http://elexp.com/on_web.htm). Not only do they have what may be the >> worst FET-VOM ever built, but they also offer a Triplett Model 3250 >> DMM with a Head-up-display. (You wear a transparent monocle upon which >> your test results are displayed.) Anyone ever try it? > >Wow, the test leads run right to your temples when you wear that thing! >I'm not sure if it's for real or a Trek/Borg-inspired joke! > This site is a bit hard to maneuver, but an interesting one, and I bought a Vellman portable oscilloscope last month for $125, the cheapest price I could find, and I also got a free Vellman DMM to boot.. Gee a Tripplet analog for $260. I have the old 630 right here. greg
From: Joel Kolstad on 11 Apr 2006 15:59 Hi Keith, "Keith Williams" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message news:MPG.1ea5c7c4a688fad69899a7(a)News.Individual.NET... > If you bought company B's product, you go to company B for support. > If that company is a fly-by-nighter, you shouldn't have bought it. You're illustrating exactly the problem with Tektronix (and other companies such as IBM) here: They have a reputation for a certain level of quality & support, so you can't blame the customer when the company starts re-labeling someone else's product, sells them, and then can no longer provide their traditional level of service. > If company A's was cheaper, you're a fool for buying the same thing > with company B's sticker on it. There is no fraud going on here at > all. It's all aboveboard. Sure, it's above board and not fradulent -- it's just disappointing. I don't think anyone here *is* claiming something truly evil is going on, just that it's sad to see traditionally excellent companies go down this path in a manner somewhat akin to "selling out." ---Joel
From: Joel Kolstad on 11 Apr 2006 16:03
> Richard Kanarek wrote: >> Not only do they have what may be the >> worst FET-VOM ever built, but they also offer a Triplett Model 3250 >> DMM with a Head-up-display. (You wear a transparent monocle upon which >> your test results are displayed.) Anyone ever try it? No, but I can just see someone using that in combination with the voice recognition software/hardware that Tektronix sells for their TDS series oscilloscopes (http://www.tektronix.com/Measurement/cgi-bin/framed.pl?Document=/Measurement/Products/press/vocallink/factsheets/index.html&FrameSet=oscilloscopes)! :-) |