Dear All, Luckily I haven't had anything to do with the "she" from Ebay. However, working on the university, sometimes with a low budget, we once bought a second hand spectrum analyzer. We didn't buy through Ebay, but from a well known professional second hand seller in Europe. When the unit arrived, one of the handles was bent in such a way that someone must have noticed before shipping. There was no shipping damage on the outside of the box, so it must have happened at the seller. When I contacted them, they said it was impossible an instrument would have left their shop with such damage.... I didn't want to start a big discussion and agreed on getting a "new" handle. The instrument itself worked perfect (luckily :-) ). My point: There is no warranty when buying second hand equipment. (Not even new equipment, which sometimes arrives working not at all (no it wasn't cheap "China-made" stuff)). Even professional sellers make "mistakes". So always be carefull, and check carefully what you get!
Regards, Jeroen Jason Rabel wrote: >Yeah I just realized after reading my post it was kind of missing a few key >details. > >It was actually an one of those 10811-60155's from the initial big batch on >eBay that I sent back (never tested) because one of the standoffs was bent >so it wouldn't mount properly. I didn't want to try re-bending the standoff >back for fear of damaging the unit. Also, the standoff was bent outwards, if >it was dropped or something it would have bent in. She who shall remain >nameless said it was okay and would mail a refund (since she didn't have >another to exchange it with at the time, and admitted wanting to keep one >for herself to tinker with), but today it shows back up on my doorstep after >nearly a month with a note. *sigh* > >Basically the note said she would have noticed the standoff being bent that >much and that it didn't happen in her shop (yet there is no way it could >have happened during shipping, and I certainly didn't do it). But then also >that she tested it out and well, the info I gave you before. > >If you want to see a pic of the bent standoff, here's what I'm talking >about. > >http://www.rabel.org/archives/Images/Misc/ > >I'm going to hook it up tomorrow when I get to the office and see what >happens. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't... I'll report back with some >more detailed findings either way. > >I have to admit, the evil side of me is hoping that it doesn't work, just so >I have an excuse to take it apart and see the inner workings. *grin* > >Side Note - Didn't get a chance to tinker with my shera board today with all >the suggestions everyone gave, it was just one thing after another at the >office and before I knew it the whole day was shot. > >Jason > > > >>The oscillator and oven run on separate power supplies. >>Your posting is ambiguous. I don't know whether you >>are talking about the oscillator or the oven. >> >>Rick >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list >[email protected] >https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > > > > -- Ing. Jeroen Bastemeijer Delft University of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory Mekelweg 4, Room 13.090 2628 CD Delft The Netherlands Phone: +31.15.27.86542 Fax: +31.15.27.85755 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
