On 1 September 2012 00:00, Kevin Rosenberg <ke...@rosenberg.net> wrote: > On Aug 31, 2012, at 4:05 PM, David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: >> I don't have it yet, but bought it on eBay today from the seller >> "agilentused" which is Agilent, and sells used/ex-demo units which >> have been reconditioned, and have a fully warranty. Since I have not >> [...] > > I bought my MSO7104B oscilloscope from the same seller and was overall very > pleased. It did take a long time to get the scope with the software options > that I requested (6 weeks). But, they apologized and offered to include > another $3K of options of my choice to compensate for the delay. The 3-year > Agilent warranty was also important to me. > > Kevin
Hi Kevin, A friend of mine done really well too when he bought from Agilent via eBay. He had one of their first items they listed, but they did not list the options - just the capabilities. As such, they agreed to provide all the options so it met all the capabilites that were listed. Agilent don't make that mistake any more, and make it clear what options are present. They listed two of the VNAs I bought - one with just the 6 GHz extension and one with all the options. But the one with all the options was listed at more than twice the price of the one with just the 6 GHz extension. I'd suffer a 6 week delay, if they chucked in the TDR option. The only two options I did not get is the TDR (which is $3774 ) and the ability to connect an external USB power meter ($511), for which I personally have no use for. Taking prices from the Agilent site, bought new, the VNA I have would cost $22639, so to get it for $12000, I've "saved" $10639 and paid just 53% of the new price. I put "saved" in quotes, as there is no way I would have paid over $22k for this! Dave Dave _______________________________________________ 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.
