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From: Didi on 3 Jan 2010 10:21 On Jan 2, 6:07 pm, John Devereux <j...(a)devereux.me.uk> wrote: > "m...(a)sushi.com" <m...(a)sushi.com> writes: > > .... > > Ebay exists to collect fees. They don't care who is selling the item > > as long as they get their cut. I suspect Rigol stopped supplying these > > dealers. They have a right not to sell to any dealer they don't like. > > Manufacturers *are* able to excert pressure on them somehow. A friend of > mine came home from the USA with 3 new PS3's just after they were > released there. He put them up on ebay, but the listing was removed > since it was "illegal" to sell them. I also had something similar. I was unable to see a product listed on ebay a guy sent me a link to with my original IP address (located in Bulgaria); had to hide behind some proxy to be able to see it (the guy just wanted me to comment on the thing, was some sort of power supply). To believe all the "just market forces" cliche we are bombarded with every day (anything else being branded "conspiracy theory") is just naive nowadays. It is more like "just Darwinian forces", which is not the same. Dimiter ------------------------------------------------------ Dimiter Popoff Transgalactic Instruments http://www.tgi-sci.com http://tgi-sci.com/tgi/nmcatb.htm <---- new ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.flickr.com/photos/didi_tgi/sets/72157600228621276/ Original message: http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.design/msg/c9668797d9771905?dmode=source
From: Jon Kirwan on 3 Jan 2010 17:21 On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:11:39 -0800, Joerg wrote: ><snip> >That's the one I was thinking about. I wouldn't pay a huge fee for any >credit card. I pay zero dollars for my American Express card(s). No _direct_ fees, at least, annual or otherwise. I'm sure businesses I buy from make certain they make a profit, though. So I'm probably paying for it when I buy anything at all from a sales outlet that so much as accepts the card. I'm probably paying for other cards, too, whether or not I care to use them. It all comes out in the wash. (Speaking of which, what is the German equivalent for that last idiom?) Jon
From: Joerg on 3 Jan 2010 17:42 Jon Kirwan wrote: > On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:11:39 -0800, Joerg wrote: > >> <snip> >> That's the one I was thinking about. I wouldn't pay a huge fee for any >> credit card. > > I pay zero dollars for my American Express card(s). No > _direct_ fees, at least, annual or otherwise. I'm sure > businesses I buy from make certain they make a profit, > though. So I'm probably paying for it when I buy anything at > all from a sales outlet that so much as accepts the card. I'm > probably paying for other cards, too, whether or not I care > to use them. It all comes out in the wash. (Speaking of > which, what is the German equivalent for that last idiom?) > Mostly they use a slang expression: "Es ist Pott wie Deckel". Pretty much not-translateable :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Mr.T on 3 Jan 2010 19:01 "Jamie" <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote in message news:DN10n.5400$_H7.3388(a)newsfe24.iad... > Just use a 1:1 transformer between the inverter and device that > has issues. You'll get a clean enough wave form on the other side to > correct for the issue. > > I don't think the cost of a 1:1 transformer for the troubled unit > would cost as much or more as a sine wave inverter, as long as the > device is lightly loaded. But then again, I you had a lot of devices > that has problems with this, then maybe a sine wave unit is practical, > price wise. But a 1:1 transformer will probably cost more than the modified square wave inverter. (Modified sine wave is a misnomer) MrT.
From: krw on 3 Jan 2010 20:55
On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:21:15 -0800, Jon Kirwan <jonk(a)infinitefactors.org> wrote: >On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:11:39 -0800, Joerg wrote: > >><snip> >>That's the one I was thinking about. I wouldn't pay a huge fee for any >>credit card. > >I pay zero dollars for my American Express card(s). No >_direct_ fees, at least, annual or otherwise. I'm sure My AmEx is a "Clear" card (really dumb idea, it can't be read). There is no annual fee for it, either. >businesses I buy from make certain they make a profit, >though. So I'm probably paying for it when I buy anything at >all from a sales outlet that so much as accepts the card. I'm >probably paying for other cards, too, whether or not I care >to use them. It all comes out in the wash. (Speaking of >which, what is the German equivalent for that last idiom?) Yes, it does. Either you take the kickback or you don't. |