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dorkshoei:

--- Quote from: BillyO on December 27, 2022, 02:44:51 am ---I expected there would be but I found teh exercise entertaining.  Thanks to all that participated and have a great holiday season!  :-+ :-+

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You realize you can't kill this thread that easily ;-)
ataradov:

--- Quote from: tautech on December 27, 2022, 02:45:12 am ---Sometime bady wrong with your browser settings....there's dozens of them !  :scared:

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Example?

Note that I don't mean "sold on amazon.com" or even "fulfilled by amazon". "Sold by amazon" means that Amazon actually owns the device, and does not just hold it for the seller. This is extremely rare for expensive items with low sell-though rate. Amazon does not want to sit on inventory that does not sell.

This is the only scenario where you can justify anything by saying that you are sticking it to the huge corporation. Anything else and you are just hurting the seller and helping amazon to be even bigger.

And I guess this would be hugely region dependent, since I doubt Amazon would ship a scope to the US even if they have it in their AU warehouse.
BillyO:

--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on December 27, 2022, 02:38:52 am ---No buying to try it out then return is not nice. I know sometimes you don't have no choice as there is no store for you to even look at the instruments before you buy. That is why I hate the fact that ecomerce has killed all the local businesses.
Some company would let you try out the demo for a period of time before you decide to buy or not and that is a much better practice because the same demo can go to many customers not brand new one that can't be sold as new any more.
Years ago stereo stores would let me take home a piece of audio equipment to try it out in my house for a couple of weeks or so. That is much better than buy new then return.

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Yeah, for sure.  The demise of the local special interest retailer is a real loss.  The relationships I had in the past for music and photography were gold.  I still have a great relationship with a local computer store, but he is finding it increasingly impossible to find good employees and I think the writing in an the wall for that too.

A long, long time ago, before statutory warranties and such, there was an old saying "You pay your money and you take your chances".  It looks like ecommerce will bring that sentiment back in some way.  Do all the research you can, find a manufacturer that share your philosophy and give them support.  For me that's XO Brass for my trombones, Pentax for my cameras and Siglent for my test equipment.  BTW the owner of RCC has given me the option of retuning anything I buy off him.  I guess you can still build good relationships over the internet.
tautech:

--- Quote from: ataradov on December 27, 2022, 02:48:11 am ---
--- Quote from: tautech on December 27, 2022, 02:45:12 am ---Sometime bady wrong with your browser settings....there's dozens of them !  :scared:

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Example?

Note that I don't mean "sold on amazon.com" or even "fulfilled by amazon". "Sold by amazon" means that Amazon actually owns the device, and does not just hold it for the seller. This is extremely rare for expensive items with low sell-though rate. Amazon does not want to sit on inventory that does not sell.

This is the only scenario where you can justify anything by saying that you are sticking it to the huge corporation. Anything else and you are just hurting the seller and helping amazon to be even bigger.

And I guess this would be hugely region dependent, since I doubt Amazon would ship a scope to the US even if they have it in their AU warehouse.

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Siglent ex Amazon are NA in Aussie as checked that out a while back but some policy allows shipping to NZ.  :-//

Now see what you mean about sold by Amazon, thanks....yeah don't have an account so never buy from them.
BillyO:

--- Quote from: dorkshoei on December 27, 2022, 02:46:21 am ---You realize you can't kill this thread that easily ;-)

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Bring it on!!!  :popcorn: :)
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