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Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

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Zucca:
spotted two UPS 5000W pure sine with network management cards in the company dumpster...

sooo temping... but alone it is impossible, they are heavy as fuuuuuuuuu

mnementh:

--- Quote from: Kosmic on June 30, 2022, 06:29:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: mnementh on June 30, 2022, 05:31:49 pm ---   Is it this bit of eBay feedback that has you uneasy? Yeah; that is a bit worrisome, and of course it weren't there when I ordered.

I'm not sure if all the shitposting is reasonable though. This store is part of an international corporation, and they are required to follow very specific regulations regarding where any of their technology gets shipped; in large part because of Homeland Security regulations this guy is whingeing about. I do suspect he's full of shit about them asking him to lie, but rather simply does not meet the export END USE criteria that LeCroy/Teledyne has to apply, and is having a shit-fit about it.

If he's telling the truth about them marking it shipped when it wasn't, I am concerned... I def intend to watch and see how it all plays out.

Another possibility is it was shipped with the paperwork the buyer filled out and they turned it back at the border as paperwork was wrong or somesuch. :-//   mnem  :popcorn:
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Haha got this message today:
--- Quote ---Hello, your EUS was rejected for reasons they are not at liberty to discuss.
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Damn, feel like I'm buying something from the CIA  :-DD
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So, they won't help you fix the form so it passes their criteria...? That is not good customer service to leave you to figure it all out on your own unless you are so big a corporation you have lawyers to do your purchasing... in which case, you're not buying from this branch of the company.  :palm:

Did they at least give you the specific document numbers of the criteria you are allegedly supposed to meet? Failure to provide that leaves them in breach of contract.

mnem
Still... the assache factor is good at weeding out the numpties... :palm:

mnementh:

--- Quote from: Zucca on June 30, 2022, 06:35:07 pm ---spotted two UPS 5000W pure sine with network management cards in the company dumpster...

sooo temping... but alone it is impossible, they are heavy as fuuuuuuuuu
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Go to Harbor Freight, spend $40 on a hand-truck. Problem solved.

Oh yeahhh... dumpster. Bring hand tools. Remove the battery cartridge(s) and handle separately.

mnem
Been dere, dunnat, aching back tomorrow. ;)

Kosmic:

--- Quote from: mnementh on June 30, 2022, 06:42:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kosmic on June 30, 2022, 06:29:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: mnementh on June 30, 2022, 05:31:49 pm ---   Is it this bit of eBay feedback that has you uneasy? Yeah; that is a bit worrisome, and of course it weren't there when I ordered.

I'm not sure if all the shitposting is reasonable though. This store is part of an international corporation, and they are required to follow very specific regulations regarding where any of their technology gets shipped; in large part because of Homeland Security regulations this guy is whingeing about. I do suspect he's full of shit about them asking him to lie, but rather simply does not meet the export END USE criteria that LeCroy/Teledyne has to apply, and is having a shit-fit about it.

If he's telling the truth about them marking it shipped when it wasn't, I am concerned... I def intend to watch and see how it all plays out.

Another possibility is it was shipped with the paperwork the buyer filled out and they turned it back at the border as paperwork was wrong or somesuch. :-//   mnem  :popcorn:
--- End quote ---

Haha got this message today:
--- Quote ---Hello, your EUS was rejected for reasons they are not at liberty to discuss.
--- End quote ---

Damn, feel like I'm buying something from the CIA  :-DD
--- End quote ---
So, they won't help you fix the form so it passes their criteria...? That is not good customer service to leave you to figure it all out on your own unless you are so big a corporation you have lawyers to do your purchasing... in which case, you're not buying from this branch of the company.  :palm:

Did they at least give you the specific document numbers of the criteria you are allegedly supposed to meet? Failure to provide that leaves them in breach of contract.

mnem
Still... the assache factor is good at weeding out the numpties... :palm:

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No nothing. They initially said they would not sell to an individual outside the USA. So now I have a registered company  :-DD but it's not enough apparently. I still have no idea what are their requirements.

Now I need to find a way to recuperate the 37$ I spent to create a company. I'm thinking of passing all the TEA purchases on the company for tax purpose ;D

factory:

--- Quote from: Ice-Tea on June 30, 2022, 09:59:30 am ---
--- Quote from: mnementh on June 29, 2022, 08:49:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ice-Tea on June 29, 2022, 01:18:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: mnementh on June 29, 2022, 11:37:29 am ---
--- Quote from: Ice-Tea on June 29, 2022, 08:52:13 am ---    Free. Just pay for shipping.
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So... is this a BUSTED scenario, or YAGI gone wrong? Or are you trying to mitigate JENGA reaching critical mass by applying a little BAIT THEORY to the TEA thread...?  :-DD

mnem


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I... I don't even undertand half of what you just said but it's pretty simply. I don't have the gear to test these, they don't seem to be worth all that much, I can't be arsed to put them on eBay so I figured one of you lot might want to have them for free  ;D
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Oh dear, dear, Iced-TEA... as long as you've been among us, you still haven't availed yourself of the TEA GLOSSARY on page 1...?

For shame!!!  :-DD

BUSTED: Bought Unnecessary Shitload of Test Equipment Devices

YAGI: Yet Another Gain for Inventory - A term used to rationalise the typical consequences of GAS - especially when there is no immediate or prospective need for an item.

JENGA: (a constellation of related disorders)

(1) Junk Engulfing Nearby Garage Areas - wherein all garage space is subject to a constantly moving and contested scrimmage line;
(2) Junk Encroaching Nonpermissible General Areas - usually defined by other household members and their "need" to use nonessential spaces like living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms;
(3) Junk Engulfing Nonvertical Geometric Areas - the inevitable spontaneous accumulation of all manner of tools and junk on any available table-like horizontal surface;
(4) Junk Emigrating Non-Garage Areas - the inexplicable migration of entire stacks to other rooms, often discovered by other household members with a hand truck still underneath;
(5) Junk Engulfing Nonhorizontal Growth Areas - the accumulation of box-shaped objects stacked from floor to ceiling, and the inevitable need to remove one object from the middle of the stack without all of it falling down on your head.

Bait Theory: The bait theory of equipment acquisition states that if you want something but can't find it, start collecting all of the parts, documents, etc., that you will need to repair and/or operate it. Somewhere out there, there is a broken device that "knows" that you have the parts to fix it and it will find its way to you.

Thanks for frequenting this space, and of course I'm sure someone will liberate those bits from you. ;)

mnem
*toddles off to straighten out some garage*

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AaaaahhhAAhhh! That makes more sense. To address a few points: it's a bussiness. Obviously all purchases are well thought out. Honnest. And since moving to a new office I kinda have enough space but I want to keep it like that. So I'm trying to keep the "Bait Theory" at bay a bit.


--- Quote from: factory on June 29, 2022, 09:40:35 pm ---I thought you won one of the 180 series SA mainframes, in the last PP auction, it should work in the SA mainframe, just some of the later ones haven't got the scope cal outputs, as they were made long after the scope modules became obsolete.
I'm I the only one on here with some 180 scopes in my collection?

David

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Errhh, not that I know of?  :-//

Also, did I mention the FREE part?

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I guess some else outbid you on the 181T with 8557A too, maybe the reverse not met (random name) bidder they use each time.  :palm:


If no-one else wants the 1801A/1821A scope plug-ins, then I would be interested.

They seem to be flogging some of the same stuff for at least the third time, in the current (July) sale, we'll need to play guess the new reverse bidder name.

David

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