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New EEVblog BM786 Multimeter
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: ceut on May 31, 2021, 10:05:23 pm ---Hello,
I was about ordering the BM786, but when I saw the price difference with the BM789: I switched to the 789.
Also I use the Z-Low of my U1272A (very slowwww about 1read/s with low resolution, whereas all the other function are super fast with high resolution and I love that), and the "Auto" of my BM257s (full speed and resolution) for big capacitor discharge and other low-Z checking.
So here is my question: why EEVblog meter is not the 789 model ? :(
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It's because Brymen are incredibly loyal to their distributors, even if those distributors are crap.
If they already have an official distributor in a specific country and they have an agreement with them for a particular model, then they will not sell that model to any other distributor.
I sell orders of magnitude more meters than the other official Australian Brymen distributor, but they are loyal to them, so they won't let me sell any other meter they are selling.
So Brymen created the BM786 model specifically for me in order to get around this limitation, that was never supposed to be on the market otherwise.
For example, for more than 5 years I've wanted to sell the BM869 but they will not sell it to me.
Caliaxy:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on June 01, 2021, 01:01:40 am ---It's because Brymen are incredibly loyal to their distributors, even if those distributors are crap.
If they already have an official distributor in a specific country and they have an agreement with them for a particular model, then they will not sell that model to any other distributor.
I sell orders of magnitude more meters than the other official Australian Brymen distributor, but they are loyal to them, so they won't let me sell any other meter they are selling.
So Brymen created the BM786 model specifically for me in order to get around this limitation, that was never supposed to be on the market otherwise.
For example, for more than 5 years I've wanted to sell the BM869 but they will not sell it to me.
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Idea: would they let you sell blue holsters for the meters they don't let you sell? Then people would buy whatever meter they want (BM789, BM869 etc) from whoever sells it and the holster from you, to support eevblog. You could sell blue holsters for every meter you endorse ;D
Fungus:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on June 01, 2021, 01:01:40 am ---It's because Brymen are incredibly loyal to their distributors, even if those distributors are crap.
If they already have an official distributor in a specific country and they have an agreement with them for a particular model, then they will not sell that model to any other distributor.
I sell orders of magnitude more meters than the other official Australian Brymen distributor, but they are loyal to them, so they won't let me sell any other meter they are selling.
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Is that why they have such poor representation in the USA?
(ie. Greenlee have some sort of a licensing deal)
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Fungus on June 01, 2021, 01:30:05 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on June 01, 2021, 01:01:40 am ---It's because Brymen are incredibly loyal to their distributors, even if those distributors are crap.
If they already have an official distributor in a specific country and they have an agreement with them for a particular model, then they will not sell that model to any other distributor.
I sell orders of magnitude more meters than the other official Australian Brymen distributor, but they are loyal to them, so they won't let me sell any other meter they are selling.
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Is that why they have such poor representation in the USA?
(ie. Greenlee have some sort of a licensing deal)
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Almost certainly.
If you are in the US, contact Brymen and try to order 500 meters to resell and see what they say.
Back when I originally wanted to resell a Brymen I wanted the BM257, but I was told I couldn't have it because another dealer already sells it. Then they told me about the BM235 which had just started development, and hadn't been offered to them yet, so I had to wait more than a year for that model to be released before I could sell anything Brymen.
totalnoob:
--- Quote from: Fungus on June 01, 2021, 01:30:05 am ---Is that why they have such poor representation in the USA?
(ie. Greenlee have some sort of a licensing deal)
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And Greenlee has a hell of a mark up on their meters, too, which doesn't help any.
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