Rigol oscilloscope prices have sky-rocketed!
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From: PeterD on 1 Jan 2010 16:10 >On Jan 1, 12:38�am, "David L. Jones" <altz...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> After 12 months or so of steady decline on prices of the Rigol DS1052E scope >> on eBay (and other places), with them being around the US$400 mark or less >> for some time now from countless ebay sellers, the price has suddenly jumped >> up to US$550 or more from all sellers. There has also been a sudden and >> drastic reduction in the number of sellers for this scope. >> >> I've heard that one ebay seller has been acused of "dumping" the scope at >> low prices by another seller and has had their listings removed. 'Dumping' doesn't exist on eBay, and they don't remove listings just because someone lists for less than their competitors. >> >> and a quote from a cancelled ebay listing: >> "We'd like to let you know that eBay has ended an item you were bidding on >> for breaching of one or more of our policies. As it's important that eBay >> maintains member privacy, we can't tell you exactly why the listing was >> removed." The only way to find out, is to ask the seller then. But price was not the issue. It could have been almost anything, but since when eBay canceles a listing, the entire listing is deleted, there is no way for anyoneto go back and review it to see why. As to the slight jump in prices, that's likely just market effects.
From: David L. Jones on 1 Jan 2010 16:32 PeterD wrote: >> On Jan 1, 12:38 am, "David L. Jones" <altz...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> After 12 months or so of steady decline on prices of the Rigol >>> DS1052E scope on eBay (and other places), with them being around >>> the US$400 mark or less for some time now from countless ebay >>> sellers, the price has suddenly jumped up to US$550 or more from >>> all sellers. There has also been a sudden and drastic reduction in >>> the number of sellers for this scope. >>> >>> I've heard that one ebay seller has been acused of "dumping" the >>> scope at low prices by another seller and has had their listings >>> removed. > > 'Dumping' doesn't exist on eBay, and they don't remove listings just > because someone lists for less than their competitors. > >>> >>> and a quote from a cancelled ebay listing: >>> "We'd like to let you know that eBay has ended an item you were >>> bidding on for breaching of one or more of our policies. As it's >>> important that eBay maintains member privacy, we can't tell you >>> exactly why the listing was removed." > > The only way to find out, is to ask the seller then. But price was not > the issue. It could have been almost anything, but since when eBay > canceles a listing, the entire listing is deleted, there is no way for > anyoneto go back and review it to see why. Someone on my eevblog forum did ask a seller and the rely was: <quote> "Hello, Please don't worry, the problem is, an another seller has complaint by ebay that i'm selling the rigol oscilloscopes at a dumping price" He then offered to complete the original low price transaction outside of ebay. > As to the slight jump in prices, that's likely just market effects. With an almost 40% jump in price and drastic reduction in the number of low cost sellers, all of it practically overnight, that ain't just market forces at work. Something has happened. Dave. -- --------------------------------------------- Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com
From: Jon Kirwan on 1 Jan 2010 16:33 On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:24:02 -0500, Jamie <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote: >$362.90 here I see $411.96. Jon
From: Jon Kirwan on 1 Jan 2010 16:35 On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:33:34 -0800, Jon Kirwan <jonk(a)infinitefactors.org> wrote: >On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:24:02 -0500, Jamie ><jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote: > >>$362.90 here > >I see $411.96. > >Jon Oh, never mind. I didn't look to the right side. Jon
From: Hammy on 1 Jan 2010 19:33
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 08:32:57 +1100, "David L. Jones" <altzone(a)gmail.com> wrote: >With an almost 40% jump in price and drastic reduction in the number of low >cost sellers, all of it practically overnight, that ain't just market forces >at work. Something has happened. > >Dave. One of the primary reasons they are so attractive is the price. If they increase too much sales will plummet. There's always another cheap DSO Owen comes to mind. Fortunately for us the entry level DSO market is flooded and very competitive. They could just be seeing what the market will bear. That can backfire. This assumes its even coming from head office or maybe there's a large conspiracy of distributors to artificially inflate the price ;). A year ago some gas retailers in Ontario where caught price fixing so it may not be all that far fetched. |