What's up with this? (DS1054Z on ebay)

[james_s]

I just happened to come across this shortly before it had ended. It was already bid up to $355 which is $16 more than Tequipment charges for a brand new one, and the seller's feedback rating of 90% positive is the worst I can recall seeing. Private listing too, is something fishy going on? I'm not in the market for a DS1054Z, I just thought this was strange.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rigol-DS1054Z-Digital-Oscilloscope-Bandwidth-50-MHz-Channels-4/264663976997

[aargee]

That's a typical auction bidding weirdness. This happens all the time, people spending more than RRP for second hand stuff at auctions.

[james_s]

I think the strangest thing is the private listing and the 90% feedback. Normally I'd say 90% positive sounds pretty good but the way ebay calculates their feedback that's abysmal.

[TK]

It seems to be a hacked DS1054Z, maybe people that don't know how to do the hacking themselves...

[nctnico]

I think the strangest thing is the private listing and the 90% feedback. Normally I'd say 90% positive sounds pretty good but the way ebay calculates their feedback that's abysmal.

Well it seems that Ebay calculates the feedback rating over the past year so 1 negative feedback on 10 transactions kicks the rating down pretty bad. I checked the rest of the feedback but it looks OK to me. Other than that it seems like a few bidders got into a bidding war over the item. Good for the seller.