I suspect a lot of the ebay sellers are buying stuff from Taobao and just reselling it. For example, this appears to be the original source of the FE-5680As which were supplied with the OCXO and socket (although he seems to have run out of OCXOs now) http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=12204039399 - the price is interesting, too - 90 RMB (about $15). Of course, they generally won't ship to addresses outside China.
The bit of his website dealing with oscillators is interesting, too (in Chinese, but lots of photos) - I suspect some of the other stuff being sold on ebay is being sourced from him: http://www.dz98.com/an.htm Regards, Pete Bell On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Collins, Graham <coll...@navcanada.ca> wrote: > It might even be simpler than that. > > Same pictures, same location, same business; different ebay stores for each > "sales" rep - paid on commission or by the piece. > > Perhaps the next time I buy something from overseas I will ask. > > Sometimes there is a bit of struggle with language but for the most part I > have found everyone one I have dealt with to be pleasant and enjoys > exchanging pleasantries. > > Cheers, Graham ve3gtc > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On > Behalf Of Chris Albertson > Sent: February 22, 2012 13:13 > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] ebay warning > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Bob Camp <li...@rtty.us> wrote: >> Hi >> >> I've often wondered if there are actually more than two people selling all >> of the FE's being auctioned. There's not much of a way to tell. > > The only way I can figure is to look at the location they ship from. > > If the photos and descriptions and the city they ship from are the > same I assume it's the same person. I think they run multiple eBay > stores as a hedge again someone leaving negative feedback for a > package getting lost in the mail. > > I doubt the same seller ships from multiple locations that are far apart. > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.