Keysight Scope Giveaway

[miguelvp]

I didn't enter the scope month giveaway because it seems more oriented towards actual companies and not really for a hobbyist like myself.

With the taxes on top of that it kind of sealed my decision not to enter and let the bigger fish go for it and take my chances only with the dumpster scope offered by Dave.

I think it's a great thing what Keysight is doing, at 80% off, is an awesome deal for someone looking for a scope of that caliber. I would feel bad if I won and took a cheaper offering instead because in my mind it takes a great deal away for others.

[rx8pilot]

I didn't enter the scope month giveaway because it seems more oriented towards actual companies and not really for a hobbyist like myself.

With the taxes on top of that it kind of sealed my decision not to enter and let the bigger fish go for it and take my chances only with the dumpster scope offered by Dave.

I think it's a great thing what Keysight is doing, at 80% off, is an awesome deal for someone looking for a scope of that caliber. I would feel bad if I won and took a cheaper offering instead because in my mind it takes a great deal away for others.

As a small biz owner, I appreciate that. While I am not counting on luck for growth - winning a contest like this would really help me move to a pond with bigger fish. In general, I try to be in a position to take advantage of luck when it does come and rely on my skills when I am down on my luck.

I have submitted a video for the 6000X 6Ghz in hopes that I can make a move into a new realm in high-speed FPGA based DSP. I have been studying day and night, but in the end I have to be able to analyze the real circuits and behavior to use my theoretical knowledge. It would be a huge risk for a small outfit like mine to finance the $70k scope. The scope is only part of the expense, other test equipment and an R&D money to support the design cycle is needed as well. Hope the voting process leans my way.

At the moment, I have my eBay bench of old/used everything and have worked my way through some challenging power electronics designs. Next up - high-speed digital and a new chapter in my career. Fingers crossed.

[ela_ela]

5 winners I'm aware of.

Did you count me?

[kayvee]

5 winners I'm aware of.

Yeah but it looks like the bulk of them joined after they had won.

[continuo]

Did you count me?

Wow, another winner? Congratulations! Did they tell you how much (if anything) you will have to pay for your prize?

Yeah but it looks like the bulk of them joined after they had won.

This seems to be the case. But just look at the "guest : members" ratio at the bottom of the page (1272 : 287 at this very moment), there are obviously a lot more lurkers than active members on the forum, so this isn't really that surprising.

[ela_ela]

Wow, another winner? Congratulations! Did they tell you how much (if anything) you will have to pay for your prize?

Thank you.
After I sent the completed pdf back I got nothing in return. Besides I asked about a "solution" not to pay import VAT.

[Ice-Tea]

Thank you.
Besides I asked about a "solution" not to pay import VAT.

Here's a solution: sign it over to me. I'll give you a T-Shirt!  O0

[raupi]

@ela_ela: please check your pn, there might be some good news for you 

[chickenHeadKnob]

How come there are so many winners von Deutschland  ?  I am's call shenanigans on this racket.

[ericloewe]

How come there are so many winners von Deutschland  ?  I am's call shenanigans on this racket.

Probably the country with the second highest KSC factor: market size * percentage of interested people aware of the contest (EEVblog being popular there helps, I guess).

[shplatt]

Just curious...  Have any scope winners actually received their scopes or confirmation that one has been shipped?  I've been in contact with the channel manager for almost three weeks - still no scope.  She doesn't seem to be in a hurry.  No worries... I'm sure I'm not her highest priority.  Though the little cynical voice in my head has been telling me this giveaway is just one elaborate April Fools joke.     So far, cooler heads have prevailed.

Cheers.

[kaz911]

Just curious...  Have any scope winners actually received their scopes or confirmation that one has been shipped?  I've been in contact with the channel manager for almost three weeks - still no scope.  She doesn't seem to be in a hurry.  No worries... I'm sure I'm not her highest priority.  Though the little cynical voice in my head has been telling me this giveaway is just one elaborate April Fools joke.     So far, cooler heads have prevailed.

Cheers.

I think for efficiency purposes they will probably try and ship all scopes at around the same time.

[nihtila]

I think for efficiency purposes they will probably try and ship all scopes at around the same time.

That may be true. I was contacted by the local distributor a week ago, they confirmed my contact details and address and said will let me know about the schedule later. I will probably drop them an email next week if I don't hear anything by that.

[continuo]

[ela_ela]

@ela_ela: please check your pn, there might be some good news for you 

Thanks... that are really good news!

Here is the official way to receive your prize if you are from Germany, as told to me by Keysight Germany.
Order your prize from your distributor and point to the winners list at keysight.com and/or forward them the email from Julie.
The distributor will order it from Malaysia and Keysight Germany will pay all costs. You have to pay nothing. Hello to @ProBang2!

We will remember Sebastian the troll who rejected his price.

Cheers,
Manuela

PS: @Ice-Tea: Take your T-Shirt and put it in your ...  O0

[Ice-Tea]

PS: @Ice-Tea: Take your T-Shirt and put it in your ...  O0

Closet? 

[PeterEE]

... You have to pay nothing.

If only Americans were so lucky.

[continuo]

I think it really boils down to cultural differences between the US and the EU. Having to pay something on a "free" prize is absolutely uncommon over here, no one has ever heard of such a case, whereas it seems to be the accepted norm in the US (as I've learned). On the other hand, try to fill up your gas guzzling pickup-truck on a German gas-station, paying German gas prices, you would be broke within a month or two 


Anyway: Kudos to Keysight to sort it out for the lucky winners, what a great and unexpected move by them. Great company, great gear, great people, weird name 

[bitseeker]

The distributor will order it from Malaysia and Keysight Germany will pay all costs. You have to pay nothing.

We will remember Sebastian the troll who rejected his price.

Sometimes life is fair.

[Macbeth]

We will remember Sebastian the troll who rejected his pri[z]e.

He is still listed as a winner of a $x0,000 scope. I sincerely hope that the very least Keysight do with these giveaways is demand proof of identity. I mean any script kiddy in a German basement could generate thousands of entries that only allowed 1 chinese person to win, yet loads of Germans? ... and loads of Kraut tears too 
 

[nihtila]

We will remember Sebastian the troll who rejected his pri[z]e.

He is still listed as a winner of a $x0,000 scope. I sincerely hope that the very least Keysight do with these giveaways is demand proof of identity. I mean any script kiddy in a German basement could generate thousands of entries that only allowed 1 chinese person to win, yet loads of Germans? ... and loads of Kraut tears too 

But there seems to be two 4000X winners on 25th so one is maybe due to Sebastian declining his prize.

Btw, why did they suddenly start to show the last names as well

[continuo]

Loads? I've counted 3 

SebW
ela_ela
raupi

[broz]

Btw, why did they suddenly start to show the last names as well

They started showing the last names after they were contacted by someone who saw their first name and last initial thinking they had won a brand spankin' new scope only to find out that it was someone else who had won.

[Keysight DanielBogdanoff]

Btw, why did they suddenly start to show the last names as well

They started showing the last names after they were contacted by someone who saw their first name and last initial thinking they had won a brand spankin' new scope only to find out that it was someone else who had won.

Happened a couple times, actually.  Even with the full names we had to break the heart of one poor soul.

[AF6LJ]

I looked for my name twice and never saw it Darn.....