Advice on buying Multimeter in India

[rsjsouza]

Well my 2c worth.. purchased the BM235 because wanted a little quality compaired to the cheap and nasty meters i use without autorange etc.. less that 2yr later with only a few dozen times used if now failed.... all my cheap junk meters still work for my voltage and other basic testing... i wanted a quality rubber case meter with good leads. So quite annoyed. Anyway will look on here if anyone has an idea. Emailed Dave no response guess 2 busy
 Wonder how my other people have problems with these meters. Shame shame shame.

Sorry to hear that; perhaps it would be a good idea to open a new thread in the repair section with a thorough description of the problem and the steps you performed to try and validate what may be going on. People around here tend to be quite helpful.

[iMo]

Multimeters in India

http://www.cem-instruments.in/product.php?pname=DT-9929

[djnz]

Keysight, Fluke, Tektronix, Teledyne LeCroy, Rohde & Schwarz all have distributors and / or sales offices in India. I am surprised the OP seems to have had some difficulty finding Keysight distributors - there are more than 15 of them in India, and they can be found using the 'Find a Partner' link on the Keysight homepage, near the bottom of the page.

[Fungus]

Keysight, Fluke, Tektronix, Teledyne LeCroy, Rohde & Schwarz all have distributors and / or sales offices in India. I am surprised the OP seems to have had some difficulty finding Keysight distributors

It's a BIG country. Having an office 500 miles away isn't necessarily helpful.

[bhishmar]

Hi karkoon
Regarding DSO  "RIGOL 1054Z" purchase from AliExpress into India.
Your post Jun 22, 7pm implies a cost (including all duties) = Rs 22K  (27K-5K).

But when I check it is now $349 + EMS shipping $43, totalling $392,
which comes to ~ Rs 27.5K, without any duties itself.

Has the cost gone up recently, Or where am I wrong. Please point out.
Does this item invite any custom duties to India normally?
rgds

[Raj]

Well.Rupee has lost it's value. Did you keep that in check?

[karkoon]

Hi karkoon
Regarding DSO  "RIGOL 1054Z" purchase from AliExpress into India.
Your post Jun 22, 7pm implies a cost (including all duties) = Rs 22K  (27K-5K).

But when I check it is now $349 + EMS shipping $43, totalling $392,
which comes to ~ Rs 27.5K, without any duties itself.

Has the cost gone up recently, Or where am I wrong. Please point out.
Does this item invite any custom duties to India normally?
rgds

I didn’t buy Rigol. I bought Siglent 1202xe

It was $379 with free shipping.


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[bhishmar]

I didn’t buy Rigol. I bought Siglent 1202xe
It was $379 with free shipping.

Thanks karkoon.   So the free shipping accounted for your Rs 27K.

It implies you have escaped customs duty.  I was apprehensive that this may invite duty almost always due to parcel size & weight ~ 3Kg.

[Par3689]

I am ready to buy the EEVBlog Brymen BM235. I love it. But my country hates me and quality products.
We have ridiculous custom duty and GST.
Custom duty for electronics : 21-23% for products costing less than $30(USD)
                                           41% for products costing greater than $30(USD)
Yes freaking 41%, or at least that is what I am destined to incur because of DHL delivery.
And that's not all. They enlist additional custom duty for no apparent reason.

State Government GST : 18%
Central Government GST : 18%

I don't think this is correct as per my purchases so far. Custom duty + tax is around 25-26%.

And courier company will also charge you for clearing your package from customs

You don't have to pay CGST & SGST if you are purchasing directly. Only IGST needs to be paid.