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Squarewave:
Can anyone help with this one? RS are selling the T48, under SEEIT, for a lot more money?

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ebastler:

--- Quote from: Squarewave on September 12, 2024, 04:35:57 pm ---Can anyone help with this one? RS are selling the T48, under SEEIT, for a lot more money?

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Umm -- what kind of help were you looking for?

Squarewave:

--- Quote from: ebastler on September 12, 2024, 05:40:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: Squarewave on September 12, 2024, 04:35:57 pm ---Can anyone help with this one? RS are selling the T48, under SEEIT, for a lot more money?

--- End quote ---

Umm -- what kind of help were you looking for?

--- End quote ---


So really, like, people's thoughts on why there's kind of two of what appears to be the same at different prices?

ebastler:

--- Quote from: Squarewave on September 12, 2024, 07:43:32 pm ---So really, like, people's thoughts on why there's kind of two of what appears to be the same at different prices?

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Same thing, but different vendor, that's what drives the different price. RS ships locally and provides proper warranty, so some markup is justified. And on top of that RS know that their customers are lazy, buy where they have always bought, buy from a vendor who is already set up in their purchasing system etc. -- so they add more markup, less justified.

I am pretty sure you will find the same with other test and measurement equipment, tools, and workshop equipment they sell. And with electronic components too, I guess. Last time I bought from RS was many years ago, when they still offered free shipping on small orders (but expensive prices for the actual goods.)

Squarewave:

--- Quote from: ebastler on September 12, 2024, 09:34:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: Squarewave on September 12, 2024, 07:43:32 pm ---So really, like, people's thoughts on why there's kind of two of what appears to be the same at different prices?

--- End quote ---

Same thing, but different vendor, that's what drives the different price. RS ships locally and provides proper warranty, so some markup is justified. And on top of that RS know that their customers are lazy, buy where they have always bought, buy from a vendor who is already set up in their purchasing system etc. -- so they add more markup, less justified.

I am pretty sure you will find the same with other test and measurement equipment, tools, and workshop equipment they sell. And with electronic components too, I guess. Last time I bought from RS was many years ago, when they still offered free shipping on small orders (but expensive prices for the actual goods.)

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Ok that's quite interesting, so it's not just some 'chinese knock off' product, it is a trusted product then to be in the RS inventory. We use RS at work, for most of what we buy, the prices are ok, about average, but there are indeed products which have a significant mark up!

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