Pretty much agreed. There are a few dealers who hold out for near-list prices and can afford to have stuff not move, because when they do make a sale the profit is very high. Some, like ElectroCraft, don't make it. Others, like Tucker, apparently do.
I frankly doubt that the "gotta have XYZ and only that" is very big any more because the US doesn't make all that much hardware any more. FWIW, -John ============ > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 12:25:22PM -0700, J. Forster wrote: >> Two comments: >> >> I have a lot of Tek 7xxx stuff and almost none of it cost anything like >> $0.50 on the dollar. Virtually everything cost well under $0.10 /dollar. > > I would agree... I have rarely seen 80s/90s used TE sell for > more than about 5 cents on the original MSRP dollar... lots is > advertised for more, but look on Terapeak and see how much of that > actually ever sells at those prices. One assumes the few items that do > sell at those exorbitant prices are either sold to naive newbies who > don't know better or some company or agency that has the gear written > into a test procedure or installed in a system with specific to the > device software and simply MUST have an exact replacement. And I darkly > suspect a few sales at high prices are money laundering... or conceal > other shenanigans... > > >> > Your worries about warrantee are quite valid. But if I can get a used >> > scope or bit of test equipment for less than $0.50 on the dollar of a >> > new one, it's a pretty good bargain for home use. If it is for work, >> > whole different story. That's where the 2236 came in. I was making a >> > living on the road doing field service. It couldn't break or I'd be in >> > deep sneakers. So it arrived new in a box. Of course that was many >> > many moons ago. >> > >> > >> > Bob >> > KI2L > > > -- > Dave Emery N1PRE/AE, [email protected] DIE Consulting, Weston, Mass > 02493 > "An empty zombie mind with a forlorn barely readable weatherbeaten > 'For Rent' sign still vainly flapping outside on the weed encrusted pole - > in > celebration of what could have been, but wasn't and is not to be now > either." > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
