Albertson Chris wrote: > eBay seems to be where older scopes are sold. Just be a little > careful. Look for a photo that shows a trace on the scope. If you > see a photo of a scope that is not powered up it may not power up. > But you have to figure that with a $100 scope the most you can loose > is $100. Yes you can buy one for $200 elsewhere but then you are "for > sure" loosing some money. > > There are enough scopes on eBay that you can choose who to buy from. > Just avoid the ones that say "I know nothing about these, sold as- > is." That is code words for "broken". Buy from someone who at least > claims to have used and owned the scope and who answers questions. If > you do this it is mostly safe. >
I mostly agree with that last statement. Although I bought a terminal server once on ebay that was listed as a 16 port ethernet switch, "I don't know anything about this, sold as is". I knew what it was from the picture and model number. Clearly the "I don't know anything..." part was true :) And the "as is" may have meant "my ethernet cables didnt' fit in those funny connectors" (DECserver 300's use MMJ connectors for the serial ports). Of course at $15, my total risk was known. I think what others have stated is true that you want to know your risk. I've purchased a number of items in the < $40 range where I figured I was willing to risk the $40 for the chance of getting what I wanted. If it were $2,000 I'd be way way more nervous. So far I've had 100% success in getting what I thought I was buying. -Dan _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user