I'd counter with the price of one of the best EMC standards, mil std 461.. I like the price of that even better
Copying .pdfs does not cost in excess of a few dollars. Sent from my iPhone On May 8, 2012, at 12:08 PM, "McInturff, Gary" <gary.mcintu...@esterline.com> wrote: > Reasonable is a subjective word. If I’m comparing standard prices from one > source or the other the legitimate site is reasonable compared to other > legitimate sites, but when I compare them to other printed matter including > my daughter medical texts, math texts, or worse e-books the costs are huge. I > can even get an actor to read me the book and still magnitudes of order > difference. So I always suffer sticker shock when I hunting for standards. > > As I understand the price supports the standards activities – which is the > reason I buy from legitimate sources. > > Gary > > From: Derek Walton [mailto:lfresea...@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 9:38 AM > To: McInturff, Gary > Cc: don.g...@alcatel-lucent.com; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: Re: [PSES] e-standard.org "The cheapest standards in the world" > > Always one to buck the trend, I think these are reasonable prices > > We are ripped off by standards bodies left right and centre > > MHO > > Derek > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 8, 2012, at 10:05 AM, "McInturff, Gary" <gary.mcintu...@esterline.com> > wrote: > > Would appear the real pirates are at UL and BSI > > Gary > > From: Don Gies [mailto:don.g...@alcatel-lucent.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 6:25 AM > To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: Re: [PSES] e-standard.org "The cheapest standards in the world" > > Ahoy, me hearties! > > My view is that there are too many standards that are too cheap at this site, > and if ANSI were really powering it, they would be doing so from their own > site. This site might as well hoist high the Jolly Roger, because it’s > occupied by pirates. > > Ex.: UL 60950-1 for $20 instead of $422? > BS EN 60950-1 for $20 instead of £161 to BSI Members, £322 to > non-members? > > > DON GIES > ALCATEL-LUCENT > SENIOR PRODUCT COMPLIANCE ENGINEER > BELL LABS - GLOBAL PRODUCT COMPLIANCE LABORATORY > 600-700 Mountain Avenue > Room 5B-104 > Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636 USA > Phone: +1 908 582 5978 > Fax: +1 908 582 0582 > don.g...@alcatel-lucent.com > MEMBER, ALCATEL-LUCENT TECHNICAL ACADEMY > > From: Crane, Lauren [mailto:lauren.cr...@kla-tencor.com] > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 5:29 PM > To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: e-standard.org "The cheapest standards in the world" > > Does anyone have experience with the subject standards vendor. > > Their prices are so low (NFPA 70-2011 for $25!?) it has activated all my “if > it’s too good to be true” warning systems. > > Regards, > Lauren Crane > KLA-Tencor > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. 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