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From: Winfield Hill on 23 May 2010 13:12 Archimedes' Lever wrote... > >On 23 May 2010 03:35:49 -0700, Winfield Hill ><Winfield_member(a)newsguy.com> wrote: > >>Glenn Gundlach wrote... >>> >>> Yesterday I missed out on a Metcal soldering iron by the bid increment >>> of $1. I eSniped it 6 seconds before the end but the winner came in 2 >>> seconds before. I don't know if he outbid me by $1.01 or $1000 because >>> the bid increment was $1 but I don't care. There are more and I'll get >>> one of them at my price. So will you. >> >> I've been outbid for the last six in a row. I only succeeded >> in winning a defective one, wow the prices are high right now! > > Buying a used metcal is a stupid move. > > They get problematic, especially if they came from a production > environment where they are left on all day, and get a lot of tip > insertions cycling through it. > > The $200 or so you would pay for a new one is well worth it, > considering the warranty given, and the fact that it is NEW! > > You guys pick some dumb things to try to find a bargain on. What! The MX-500P-11 we like goes for $455 new (if you can find it), $200 is my getting-outbid level at eBay! Sheesh! As for reliability, we've gotten six on eBay so far, only one had a problem when it arrived, the rest have worked year after year. They just develop legs and walk to other labs, and that's why we need a few replacements. http://www.okinternational.com/product_soldering/mxRework -- Thanks, - Win
From: krw on 23 May 2010 15:52 On 23 May 2010 10:12:55 -0700, Winfield Hill <Winfield_member(a)newsguy.com> wrote: >Archimedes' Lever wrote... >> >>On 23 May 2010 03:35:49 -0700, Winfield Hill >><Winfield_member(a)newsguy.com> wrote: >> >>>Glenn Gundlach wrote... >>>> >>>> Yesterday I missed out on a Metcal soldering iron by the bid increment >>>> of $1. I eSniped it 6 seconds before the end but the winner came in 2 >>>> seconds before. I don't know if he outbid me by $1.01 or $1000 because >>>> the bid increment was $1 but I don't care. There are more and I'll get >>>> one of them at my price. So will you. >>> >>> I've been outbid for the last six in a row. I only succeeded >>> in winning a defective one, wow the prices are high right now! >> >> Buying a used metcal is a stupid move. >> >> They get problematic, especially if they came from a production >> environment where they are left on all day, and get a lot of tip >> insertions cycling through it. >> >> The $200 or so you would pay for a new one is well worth it, >> considering the warranty given, and the fact that it is NEW! >> >> You guys pick some dumb things to try to find a bargain on. > > What! The MX-500P-11 we like goes for $455 new (if you can > find it), $200 is my getting-outbid level at eBay! Sheesh! > As for reliability, we've gotten six on eBay so far, only > one had a problem when it arrived, the rest have worked year > after year. They just develop legs and walk to other labs, > and that's why we need a few replacements. > http://www.okinternational.com/product_soldering/mxRework You are talking to AlwaysWrong.
From: Archimedes' Lever on 23 May 2010 19:33 On 23 May 2010 10:12:55 -0700, Winfield Hill <Winfield_member(a)newsguy.com> wrote: >Archimedes' Lever wrote... >> >>On 23 May 2010 03:35:49 -0700, Winfield Hill >><Winfield_member(a)newsguy.com> wrote: >> >>>Glenn Gundlach wrote... >>>> >>>> Yesterday I missed out on a Metcal soldering iron by the bid increment >>>> of $1. I eSniped it 6 seconds before the end but the winner came in 2 >>>> seconds before. I don't know if he outbid me by $1.01 or $1000 because >>>> the bid increment was $1 but I don't care. There are more and I'll get >>>> one of them at my price. So will you. >>> >>> I've been outbid for the last six in a row. I only succeeded >>> in winning a defective one, wow the prices are high right now! >> >> Buying a used metcal is a stupid move. >> >> They get problematic, especially if they came from a production >> environment where they are left on all day, and get a lot of tip >> insertions cycling through it. >> >> The $200 or so you would pay for a new one is well worth it, >> considering the warranty given, and the fact that it is NEW! >> >> You guys pick some dumb things to try to find a bargain on. > > What! The MX-500P-11 we like goes for $455 new (if you can > find it), $200 is my getting-outbid level at eBay! Sheesh! > As for reliability, we've gotten six on eBay so far, only > one had a problem when it arrived, the rest have worked year > after year. They just develop legs and walk to other labs, > and that's why we need a few replacements. > http://www.okinternational.com/product_soldering/mxRework I'd be attaching a Lo Jack inside them then. At least an active rfid or such. Certain assets are worth knowing where they are. PS The Lo Jack thing is not available for such small, untitled things. I was getting $1500 6.5 digit HP meters for $150 bucks, you should be able to find those items cheaper than that. Otherwise, one might as well buy the new item.
From: Glenn Gundlach on 24 May 2010 23:39 On May 23, 10:12 am, Winfield Hill <Winfield_mem...(a)newsguy.com> wrote: > Archimedes' Lever wrote... > > >On 23 May 2010 03:35:49 -0700, Winfield Hill > ><Winfield_mem...(a)newsguy.com> wrote: > > >>Glenn Gundlach wrote... > > >>> Yesterday I missed out on a Metcal soldering iron by the bid increment > >>> of $1. I eSniped it 6 seconds before the end but the winner came in 2 > >>> seconds before. I don't know if he outbid me by $1.01 or $1000 because > >>> the bid increment was $1 but I don't care. There are more and I'll get > >>> one of them at my price. So will you. > > >> I've been outbid for the last six in a row. I only succeeded > >> in winning a defective one, wow the prices are high right now! > > > Buying a used metcal is a stupid move. Perhaps for you but not for all. But aren't you AlwaysWrong? > > They get problematic, especially if they came from a production > > environment where they are left on all day, and get a lot of tip > > insertions cycling through it. > > > The $200 or so you would pay for a new one is well worth it, > > considering the warranty given, and the fact that it is NEW! > > > You guys pick some dumb things to try to find a bargain on. > > What! The MX-500P-11 we like goes for $455 new (if you can > find it), $200 is my getting-outbid level at eBay! Sheesh! > As for reliability, we've gotten six on eBay so far, only > one had a problem when it arrived, the rest have worked year > after year. They just develop legs and walk to other labs, > and that's why we need a few replacements. > http://www.okinternational.com/product_soldering/mxRework > > -- > Thanks, > - Win I picked up the MX-500P power supply on eBay in January for $54 plus $15 shipping. Works fine. Of the 8 or 9 various Metcal power supplies I bought, one was bad but only needed an IRF130 to restore it. That unit cost $10 and was a local pickup so there was no shipping. G²
From: Michael A. Terrell on 25 May 2010 00:17 Glenn Gundlach wrote: > > On May 23, 10:12 am, Winfield Hill <Winfield_mem...(a)newsguy.com> > wrote: > > Archimedes' Lever wrote... > > > > >On 23 May 2010 03:35:49 -0700, Winfield Hill > > ><Winfield_mem...(a)newsguy.com> wrote: > > > > >>Glenn Gundlach wrote... > > > > >>> Yesterday I missed out on a Metcal soldering iron by the bid > increment > > >>> of $1. I eSniped it 6 seconds before the end but the winner > came in 2 > > >>> seconds before. I don't know if he outbid me by $1.01 or $1000 > because > > >>> the bid increment was $1 but I don't care. There are more and > I'll get > > >>> one of them at my price. So will you. > > > > >> I've been outbid for the last six in a row. I only succeeded > > >> in winning a defective one, wow the prices are high right now! > > > > > Buying a used metcal is a stupid move. > > Perhaps for you but not for all. But aren't you AlwaysWrong? No, he isn't. He is one of the authors of 'The Art of Electronics'. -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
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