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Used test equipment pricing increase over the last few years

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deepfryed:
What's the reason behind the massive spike in used test equipment prices in the last few years ? Looking for a used 34410a but the cheapest I could find is more than $1000 USD, well beyond my budget at the moment. It's close to double or thereabouts than the 2019/20 prices (when I last looked for one)

coromonadalix:
we had debates here on some threads,  simply put,    they try to rip you off

deepfryed:
sigh, capitalism at its finest.

beanflying:
What do you need in the 34410a you cant elsewhere? I paid a lot less than that in Oz a couple of years ago for a 34461A (pricing on them has gone up too  :palm: ) but they are not a lot more than the older 34410a having a very quick look.

Worth a go but figure out on evilbay.com who the larger Korean sellers are and drop them a message P&A into Oz is often better than ex USA and they have more inventory than they list in a lot of cases.

bdunham7:
It seems to be a combination of demand (EEVBlog 'Dave effect', COVID, ???), drying up of supply, inflation and also, IMO, the fact that 3-5 years ago some things were just fantastic deals when comparing capabilities of old high-end instruments to what was available new.  Fluke 189s for under $100, HP 34401As in good condition with the later hardware/firmware for under $200, things like that where the deals were...a deal.  Now you pay that for for junk that looks like a truck ran over it.  Somewhere in between there is probably a fair and reasonable price for this stuff.

34410As seem to be actually selling for $600 on eBay, and IIRC, I think there was a member here selling some from Vietnam for a bit less?  That seems reasonable enough for what they are.  You have to be a persistent hunter to get decent deals on this stuff these days.  You're not going to find it at a Hamfest for $100.

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