On 15 Sep 2017 10:45, "Scott McGrath" <scmcgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Precisely my point, But when purchasing i expect to pay for a calibration at a minimum.
I have on occasions requested sellers to send an item to the manufacturer (Agilent or Keysight) for calibration *before* shipping it to me, offering to pay the calibration cost, but stating that I expect a full refund if the item fails the calibration. If a test equipment dealer is confident that something is working well, they should not object to sending it to the manufacturer for calibration, as long as the buyer is willing to pay. Of course if a seller knows little about something, they are not going to do this, but the item should be appropriately priced. One UK seller (grace1403) declined to send an Agilent N9912A FieldFox to Agilent, because "Agilent were too fussy"., failing items for trivual issues. But he did agree to send it to one of the cal labs he uses. I thought it was a waste of time going to one of the less fussy outfits, but bought it anyway. It was then clear on receipt that it was faulty. (The spectrum analyser functionality was ok, but it didn't work as a network analyzer). He took it back, but then advertised it on eBay 6 months later. When asked, he said nothing had been done to it. eBay rules about who pays the return shipping charge for an item that is "not as described' keep changing, and may be different on different sites. But on a heavy item shipped internationally, the postage cost can be comparable or exceed the calibration cost. 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.
