Rigol oscilloscope prices have sky-rocketed!
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From: David L. Jones on 1 Jan 2010 03:38 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. -- --------------------------------------------- Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com
From: miso on 1 Jan 2010 08:57 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. > > 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. > > -- > --------------------------------------------- > Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast:http://www.eevblog.com My Tek DSO, which granted is a boat anchor, was a bit more than half the price of that Rigol. I think for a bench scope, I'd just get a used Tek. If the Rigol offered 12V operation, I'd consider it. I've been looking at PC "pod" scopes. I'm not convinced a Chinese HP clone (OK, ODM) is really going to be much better than a Chinese PC scope. I was thinking of the Bitscope 100u, mostly because it is isolated from the PC (less hash) and they support Linux. I have a great distrust of Windows and USB due to driver issues.
From: Jan Panteltje on 1 Jan 2010 10:01 On a sunny day (Fri, 1 Jan 2010 05:57:24 -0800 (PST)) it happened "miso(a)sushi.com" <miso(a)sushi.com> wrote in <b1b6edcc-fbeb-439e-bd13-7a2f3b8f8665(a)a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>: >I was thinking of the Bitscope 100u, mostly because it is isolated >from the PC (less hash) and they support Linux. I have a great >distrust of Windows and USB due to driver issues. That seems to be only 40 meg samples / second.
From: Phil Hobbs on 1 Jan 2010 10:29 On 1/1/2010 3:38 AM, 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. > Well, you've been praising them to the skies on your wildly successful blog, so what do you expect? It's sort of like Oprah's Book Club. ;) Happy New Year Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal ElectroOptical Innovations 55 Orchard Rd Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 845-480-2058 hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net
From: Jamie on 1 Jan 2010 13:24
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 -- "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy" "Daily Thought: SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES. NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS. http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5" |