Author Topic: DER DE-5000 on eBay for cheap! (US only :( ) (Read 16564 times)

staze · « **Reply #25 on:** July 14, 2014, 04:01:10 pm »

Now the seller says local pickup only. Seems like someone is experimenting with eBay, or just got overwhelmed by our demand.

mjkuwp · « **Reply #26 on:** July 14, 2014, 05:13:17 pm »

I was wondering how this would be handled in USA Customs. It is why I did not order one.

staze · « **Reply #27 on:** July 14, 2014, 05:14:18 pm »

Quote from: mjkuwp on July 14, 2014, 05:13:17 pm

I was wondering how this would be handled in USA Customs. It is why I did not order one.

Mine cleared customs easily, and there was no charge for duty or anything. Guess we'll see if he changes back to shipping the items.

deth502 · « **Reply #28 on:** July 14, 2014, 08:31:55 pm »

ordered one last night. noticed the changing qty's and prices too. looked at the link and thought it said $82, but when i went back later, it said $87. then i checked it later in the night and it said $82 again, so i figured, wtf, you only live once.

searching similar items, i did find a few of them cheaper, but when you factor in all of the accy's this one came with, still looks like the best deal.

one question, what are the "tr-21" and "tr-23" that come with it? i was assuming they were ac and dc power adapters, but judging by the previous comments, i no longer assume that.

deth502 · « **Reply #29 on:** July 14, 2014, 08:35:02 pm »

ok, on second look (well, 5th or 6th, until i managed to notice it), i see the alligator clip adapter has a tl-21 on it, so im guessing those boxes are empty, with their contents shown, and not additional items.

staze · « **Reply #30 on:** July 14, 2014, 08:38:17 pm »

Quote from: deth502 on July 14, 2014, 08:35:02 pm

ok, on second look (well, 5th or 6th, until i managed to notice it), i see the alligator clip adapter has a tl-21 on it, so im guessing those boxes are empty, with their contents shown, and not additional items.

Correct. You get the (one of each) DE-5000, TL-21, TL-22, TL-23, and that's it.

PedroDaGr8 · « **Reply #31 on:** July 14, 2014, 10:41:15 pm »

Quote from: staze on July 14, 2014, 04:01:10 pm

Now the seller says local pickup only. Seems like someone is experimenting with eBay, or just got overwhelmed by our demand.

It's kinda funny. Oh well, luckily I impulse purchased. I received my tracking number this morning.

sorin · « **Reply #32 on:** July 15, 2014, 05:27:05 pm »

@ Japan this (DE-5000, TL-21, TL-22, TL-23) cost only 65$ (tax included)

staze · « **Reply #33 on:** July 15, 2014, 05:28:07 pm »

Quote from: sorin on July 15, 2014, 05:27:05 pm

@ Japan this (DE-5000, TL-21, TL-22, TL-23) cost only 65$ (tax included)

Yeah, think I saw that on an Akihabara listing onetime. Still...

PedroDaGr8 · « **Reply #34 on:** July 20, 2014, 01:44:24 am »

Received my device today, exactly as described. Thanks for the awesome deal mate!

Board says LCR Rev. 8.

all_repair · « **Reply #35 on:** July 20, 2014, 01:53:28 am »

Have already 2 portable and 1 bench LCR, alost pull the trigger few days back to ask someone to get from Japan, price was just too good....but IET site announces a DE 6000 now. More accurate.

staze · « **Reply #36 on:** July 20, 2014, 03:07:13 am »

Re de-6000 : http://www.ittsb.eu/forum/index.php?topic=862.0

Fraser · « **Reply #37 on:** July 20, 2014, 12:39:45 pm »

I had wondered where Kiriakos had gone....now I know

He used to be very active on this forum but disappeared a long time ago.

Interesting to read his comments on the DE-6000.

Aurora

PedroDaGr8 · « **Reply #38 on:** July 20, 2014, 08:00:58 pm »

Quote from: all_repair on July 20, 2014, 01:53:28 am

Have already 2 portable and 1 bench LCR, alost pull the trigger few days back to ask someone to get from Japan, price was just too good....but IET site announces a DE 6000 now. More accurate.

THanks to Kirakos post I looked into it more. The new model number is almost COMPLETE marketing BULLSHIT. The only specs that have changed at all are Resistance at 1kHz ( 200, 2k and 20k ohms ranges are now 0.2%+2 instead of 0.3%+2), Capacitance at 1kHz ( 20, 200 and 2000nF ranges are now 0.2%+2 instead of 0.3%+2). It also lists DCR as improved but if you compare the specs in the Der EE DE-5000 datasheet to the DE-6000 specs, there is NO difference.

I have a feeling IET Labs was tired of getting its lunch eaten. They realized that since they calibrate their meters they could tighten the specs from 0.3% to 0.2%. Give it a new part number (higher of course so people think its dramatically better) and hope that people think that its some dramatic improvement and buy theirs instead of the DER EE one.

staze · « **Reply #39 on:** July 20, 2014, 08:05:22 pm »

Yup. Especially since it looks the same (save color).

Sad they're doing this. Especially since DER could just calibrate a bit more strictly and do the exact same thing.

PedroDaGr8 · « **Reply #40 on:** July 20, 2014, 08:14:11 pm »

Quote from: staze on July 20, 2014, 08:05:22 pm

Yup. Especially since it looks the same (save color).

Sad they're doing this. Especially since DER could just calibrate a bit more strictly and do the exact same thing.

I think more telling is the fact that they could only barely tighten a few limited parameters. It says a lot about how well Der EE is doing on their own their own calibrations. Der EE seems to really know their meter well.

staze · « **Reply #41 on:** July 20, 2014, 08:35:59 pm »

Yeah. And passing that off as a 33% improvement, while true, is a bit... Crappy?

all_repair · « **Reply #42 on:** July 21, 2014, 06:09:22 am »

Now you all start my itch again. I would not be so hard on IET. In Asia(non China), we are paying 200-300% of US price on test equipment and soldering gears and the sellers do not even need to rebrand or value-add the product.

AnarchNark · « **Reply #43 on:** July 21, 2014, 05:43:23 pm »

I just received my unit from this seller, and it shipped EXTREMELY fast for coming from Japan. I love the cool asian packaging styles that their packages have. Good deal.

staze · « **Reply #44 on:** July 21, 2014, 05:45:57 pm »

Quote from: AnarchNark on July 21, 2014, 05:43:23 pm

I just received my unit from this seller, and it shipped EXTREMELY fast for coming from Japan. I love the cool asian packaging styles that their packages have. Good deal.

Yeah, I was pretty impressed. Shipping label on my indicated he spent about 1850¥ on shipping (or about $18.25 USD). Brings the "price" down to really cheap.

deth502 · « **Reply #45 on:** July 21, 2014, 08:36:06 pm »

got mine today too. didnt expect it until at least thursday (according to ebays shipping estimate time window)

deth502 · « **Reply #46 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:53:56 am »

fyi, they are back up with free shipping to the us again for $85

TerminalJack505 · « **Reply #47 on:** July 22, 2014, 02:28:08 am »

Quote from: deth502 on July 22, 2014, 01:53:56 am

fyi, they are back up with free shipping to the us again for $85

Thanks for the heads-up. I was kicking myself for not ordering one before they went up to $125.

PedroDaGr8 · « **Reply #48 on:** July 22, 2014, 03:08:17 am »

Quote from: deth502 on July 22, 2014, 01:53:56 am

fyi, they are back up with free shipping to the us again for $85

Awesome news! I'll throw a quick link in my teardown thread to give anyone who didn't know a headsup. Thanks for letting us know deth.

staze · « **Reply #49 on:** July 22, 2014, 11:27:50 pm »

Curious, did anyone else get the "Err" message on the first couple power ups?


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