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eBay T & M Selling Prices ?
Chris56000:
Hi!
Why have people got such stupid over–inflated idea of T & M selling prices, particularly for oscilloscopes?
There's shitty old items keep being re–listed and re–listed countless times that nobody will entertain because of the stupid prices – does it never occur to these sellers why there's absolutely zero interest in their items?!
Also what's happened to all the spare parts these days?! I've being trying to get some for months?!
Chris Williams
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: Chris56000 on January 31, 2024, 09:23:34 pm ---Hi!
Why have people got such stupid over–inflated idea of T & M selling prices, particularly for oscilloscopes?
There's shitty old items keep being re–listed and re–listed countless times that nobody will entertain because of the stupid prices – does it never occur to these sellers why there's absolutely zero interest in their items?!
Also what's happened to all the spare parts these days?! I've being trying to get some for months?!
Chris Williams
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Perhaps your two observations are linked?
PlainName:
Maybe the problem is that not many people want the old stuff so if you put it on Ebay starting at £1 you might be lucky to sell it for £1.50 and then pay shipping. Or you could list it at a price just one or two people might pay, and then wait for them to see the listing - you might have to wait quite some time for their view to coincide with the Ebay listing, but if they do see and buy it it's worthwhile.
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: Chris56000 on January 31, 2024, 09:23:34 pm ---Hi!
Why have people got such stupid over–inflated idea of T & M selling prices, particularly for oscilloscopes?
There's shitty old items keep being re–listed and re–listed countless times that nobody will entertain because of the stupid prices – does it never occur to these sellers why there's absolutely zero interest in their items?!
Also what's happened to all the spare parts these days?! I've being trying to get some for months?!
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Examples? Some stuff is silly expensive, other times things are silly cheap and get snapped up. I recently got an email alert from eBay that there was a Tek TPS2024 for $450 but by the time I logged in it was gone. It looked OK and was described as working, but no power-on photos were shown and no accessories at all--power adaptor or battery--were mentioned.
Parts are a lot of work to sort and sell, I used to do a bit of it but it just isn't worth it unless you have absolutely nothing better to do with your time. A more frustrating issue for me is that there often isn't a very large difference between a fixed, working unit and some clapped-out turd with parts missing. That means that something I carefully restore and calibrate may bring me, at best, twice what a non-operational parts unit would cost. That's bad both ways--no cheap parts and no reward for fixing something up nicely.
tszaboo:
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on January 31, 2024, 09:58:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: Chris56000 on January 31, 2024, 09:23:34 pm ---Hi!
Why have people got such stupid over–inflated idea of T & M selling prices, particularly for oscilloscopes?
There's shitty old items keep being re–listed and re–listed countless times that nobody will entertain because of the stupid prices – does it never occur to these sellers why there's absolutely zero interest in their items?!
Also what's happened to all the spare parts these days?! I've being trying to get some for months?!
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Examples? Some stuff is silly expensive, other times things are silly cheap and get snapped up. I recently got an email alert from eBay that there was a Tek TPS2024 for $450 but by the time I logged in it was gone. It looked OK and was described as working, but no power-on photos were shown and no accessories at all--power adaptor or battery--were mentioned.
Parts are a lot of work to sort and sell, I used to do a bit of it but it just isn't worth it unless you have absolutely nothing better to do with your time. A more frustrating issue for me is that there often isn't a very large difference between a fixed, working unit and some clapped-out turd with parts missing. That means that something I carefully restore and calibrate may bring me, at best, twice what a non-operational parts unit would cost. That's bad both ways--no cheap parts and no reward for fixing something up nicely.
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Parts or not working, 2000 dollar, 1000 dollar shipping, import tax and vat not included, no accessories, no returns, photo made by a Nokia phone from 2002. That's how they list an oscilloscopes.
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