Orrin wrote:
Well, lets discuss the 3456A I got from goldenrubi, calibrated. They send a calibration certificate which claims that their standards are traceable to NIST. I have no reason to doubt that.
I happened upon one of the seller's auctions, so I checked that one and several others. In the boilerplate of each one I found this:
WE WILL RE-CALIBRATED THE UNIT BEFORE SHIPPING AND A NIST TRACEABLE CALIBRATION CERTIFICATE, WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER ITEM IS RECEIVED AND IS ACCEPTED AS WORKING WITH IN SPECS. WE WILL MAIL OUT THE CERTIFICATE.
If I understand this correctly, I buy an instrument, the seller "calibrates" it before shipment, but doesn't send the calibration certificate with the item. He mails it to me after I "accept[] [the instrument] as working within specs."
So, I have to verify the calibration myself, and then this seller will send me a "NIST traceable calibration certificate"??? Words cannot express how irregular that sounds to me. I'd be interested to hear about any other NIST traceable calibration facility that works this way.
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