Used DSO gear market & prices

[hpw]

As I was looking for a faster DSO as 20G/s and even more, I am come to the conclusions:

. all are HEAVY overpriced

. Almost no production year given even asking for a quote

. Almost no probes included 

. Unknown state about replacement parts as it gets soon terrible expensive

. Capacitor as after 10 years  or burning CPU's

In other words, about the price calculation, I expect a "depreciation rate" for each year as on company cars market...

One could blamed by calibrated gear, for sure, the real MTBF after years will count and looks like a "Black Cat" purchase...

So no real used bargain on earth   

So at the end of the day, renting would be a solution, but shipping & return over boarders / Customs would be an other pain.

[Fungus]

Yes

[Mechatrommer]

Yes... the mourning thread of the year... please replace "DSO" with "Anything"... as the mourning applies to almost Anything...

[bdunham7]

In other words, about the price calculation, I expect a "depreciation rate" for each year as on company cars market...

The price per unit of performance of DSOs seems to drop over the years, so the old, used DSO at a given performance level would have been even more expensive new than an equivalent model today.  The prices you are seeing are quite depreciated--but the risk is also high.  A good new scope for you might be the Tek MSO68B.  Nicely configured with extra memory and 25GSa/s on 4 channels (half that on it would run you $135,000 - $180,000 or so.  That includes nice 1GHz passive probes.

A (very) roughly equivalent scope in old, used inventory might be a 10-12 year old Agilent Infiniium DSO80000 series.  These can be had in working condition with nominal warranties from used equipment dealers for $10-15k.  I don't know what they cost new, but I'm pretty sure the depreciation in percentage is a lot more than my 12 year old car.