15 Jan
2009
15 Jan
'09
2:22 p.m.
Richard wrote:
So what did they do? Dropped it to $400 opening bid.
Yeah, right.
I've seen similar stupidity...
A HP spectrum analyser, 1.8GHz, with HPIB option. No tracking generator
option, just the base model with HPIB. Not even a current calibration
certificate "but a quick 50MHz to 1GHz sweep with my Marconi signal generator
suggests it's accurate".
From what I can tell, the going rate for these things is about ?1500,
calibrated by the dealer, but without a calibration certificate included.
Original buy-it-now price was about ?1700. A bit high, but not excessive.
About a week later, the starting bid goes UP to ?2249.
You know, I always thought the idea was to REDUCE the starting bid to try and
stimulate bidding, not increase it...
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Phil.
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