Rigol oscilloscope prices have sky-rocketed!
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From: ehsjr on 3 Jan 2010 23:09 Jamie wrote: > David L. Jones 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. >> >> 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." >> >> Dealextreme still have them for US$400 though, better get in quick... >> http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.30573 >> >> Dave. >> > $362.90 here > http://www.getbetterlife.com/rigol-ds1052e-50mhz-oscilloscope-color-monitor-1gsa-usb-dso_p797.html?gclid=CKqsvaPjg58CFRh15QodZWM20w > > What do you know about them? Legit? A scam? What about shipping? The site seems to indicate $1.00 for shipping 5 kg or less, but I wonder if I'm misunderstanding. I say "seems to" because I clicked on shipping method. The $1.00 might be a charge that is in addition to whatever the actual shipping charge is. Shipping cost simply can't be just one dollar, but I suppose it's possible the company doesn't charge the customer the actual shipping cost. Anyway, it all seems too good to be true, so it makes me wonder. Ed
From: geoff on 4 Jan 2010 16:24 David L. Jones wrote: > "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. Why should 'dumping prices' be a problem ? geoff
From: Spehro Pefhany on 4 Jan 2010 16:55 On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:24:29 +1300, "geoff" <geoff(a)nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote: >David L. Jones wrote: > >> "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. > >Why should 'dumping prices' be a problem ? > >geoff > Undercutting the "sole agent" could be a problem for the sole agent.
From: Jamie on 4 Jan 2010 18:35 ehsjr wrote: > Jamie wrote: > >> David L. Jones 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. >>> >>> 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." >>> >>> Dealextreme still have them for US$400 though, better get in quick... >>> http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.30573 >>> >>> Dave. >>> >> $362.90 here >> http://www.getbetterlife.com/rigol-ds1052e-50mhz-oscilloscope-color-monitor-1gsa-usb-dso_p797.html?gclid=CKqsvaPjg58CFRh15QodZWM20w >> >> > > What do you know about them? Legit? A scam? > What about shipping? The site seems to indicate $1.00 for > shipping 5 kg or less, but I wonder if I'm misunderstanding. > I say "seems to" because I clicked on shipping method. The > $1.00 might be a charge that is in addition to whatever the > actual shipping charge is. Shipping cost simply can't be > just one dollar, but I suppose it's possible the company > doesn't charge the customer the actual shipping cost. > > Anyway, it all seems too good to be true, so it makes me > wonder. > > Ed I don't know what to tell you.
From: geoff on 4 Jan 2010 19:29
Spehro Pefhany wrote: > On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:24:29 +1300, "geoff" <geoff(a)nospam-paf.co.nz> > wrote: > >> David L. Jones wrote: >> >>> "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. >> >> Why should 'dumping prices' be a problem ? >> >> geoff >> > > Undercutting the "sole agent" could be a problem for the sole agent. Yep, but nothing to do with Ebay. geoff |