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| DiTBho:
--- Quote from: Black Phoenix on July 27, 2023, 06:23:32 am ---Taobao, Xian Yu, Carousell and Yahoo Auctions JP --- End quote --- ok, so these are the alternatives. very interesting. thanks :D |
| mendip_discovery:
Ebay was handy as you could buy random bits on it that you would spend days looking in shops for or for random bits that people wanted to clear so they could buy new toys. Then every side hustler got in on it and started buying cheap stuff up and then re-listing them at a premium price. Occasionally you see stuff there but lots of people selling stuff from job lot auctions but wanting good money for stuff that is a little unknown condition. As already said on another thread china isnt as strong on the bay at the moment as the cost of postage has gone up a bit. Plus I guess they do better selling on alliexpress etc. |
| Black Phoenix:
--- Quote from: DiTBho on July 27, 2023, 03:29:44 pm --- --- Quote from: Black Phoenix on July 27, 2023, 06:23:32 am ---Taobao, Xian Yu, Carousell and Yahoo Auctions JP --- End quote --- ok, so these are the alternatives. very interesting. thanks :D --- End quote --- At least where I am currently located. For Mainland China, Taobao and Xian Yu. Hong Kong and International Carousell and Yahoo Auctions JP. Xian Yu is currently a gold mine of equipments, old and new, overpriced and correctly priced, because of most companies closing down in China. They go from old CRT Oscilloscopes to the latest MXR from Keysight, some HP bench DMMs and tons of HP PSUs, some branded Agilent. Also Fluke, Flir, Tektronix, Lecory, etc... Reason being the 3 years of CoVID with lockdowns, economical downturn because of the US sanctions plus companies relocation to counties as Vietnam and India. |
| ebastler:
--- Quote from: DiTBho on July 25, 2023, 09:05:24 am --- --- Quote from: Buriedcode on July 25, 2023, 03:13:49 am ---I'm sure you realise that what you seem to consider insteresting is also old, and possibly rare, so the number of listings/available items to buy will only ever decrease. You can't expect there to be a constant steady supply of very specific vintage hardware - even if there were a few sellers their stock will run out or they will just close up. Perhaps if you believe there is demand - then start your own ebay store for vintage gear? edit: Forgot to mention, 10 years is a long time, especially regarding hardware. I don't know how any vintage electronics store would maintain a stock of the specific things you want for that long. --- End quote --- we are not talking about sellers with a warehouse, but rather private sellers who randomly sell stuff. 10 years ago it was not rare to see people passing evaluation-boards from home to home, today ... it's not what I see on eBay. --- End quote --- I think Buriedcode has a valid point there. Time has moved on, but you are apparently still interested in the same systems as 10+ years ago. What was "obsolete" back then, and got discarded by users who were more interested in the latest technology -- is now "vintage", and has either been tossed out or landed in the hands of people who will likely hold on to it. Until their heirs eventually toss the stuff out, that is... :( |
| peter-h:
--- Quote ---Reason being the 3 years of CoVID with lockdowns, economical downturn because of the US sanctions plus companies relocation to counties as Vietnam and India. --- End quote --- The bigger reason is that China is too unstable. Companies go bust after a short time and while it is still cheaper than the West there is a lot of indirect cost involved in the way they do business nowadays. Even little things like the 25 day sailing time for sea freight, together with having to pay up front... Only the biggest firms have the resources to move mfg to India or Vietnam. These need heavy on-location interaction and management because of a lack of setting up and yet another culture. India is even worse for making a fast buck than China. 10 years ago China was perhaps 1/4 the cost of the West. Today it is more like 1/2 and by the time you stack the "risk factors" into it... I used to make one product out there. After about the 4th time the company vanished (with mould tooling, test gear, the lot) I pulled it back to the UK. They went bang 2 weeks after the last £20k batch was loaded onto the ship! There was about another £2 cost, not insignificant on a £25 product, but I saved a sh1tload of money and worry. Most companies are not stupid. They will act to protect their business, even if it takes years to make the moves. Where is this Xian Yu site? --- Quote ---Between 2005 and 2015 eBay was the place for me to go when I needed a deal or something hard to come by. I sold tons of stuff on eBay, mostly computer and enterprise hardware and consumables. --- End quote --- You still can, and I still do. The biggest problem is that "junk" no longer sells. People need to do a nice description, nice photos, and then one attracts quality buyers, not the illiterate lot which makes up the bulk of "online society" these days. It is true that Ebay has been turning itself into a new product market. It is however useful because you find different stuff on it compared to say Amazon. Just the other day I bought some specialised stainless steel bolts. No chance on amazon, and a big hassle+cost to buy conventionally. I've picked up some amazing bargains - a $5000 ARINC429 data acquisition card for $300, etc. I sell on Amazon too for my business but their terms are really sh1t. You need to have loads of margin because they take a 1/3 cut (on amazon fulfilled items), they are useless at comms (just a monkey call centre), it is pain and more pain all the way, they charge you extra for every different country you want to sell to, so they are OK for a narrow range of gear which is overpriced yet people are happy. Ultimately both Ebay and Amazon sell mostly chinese crap. |
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