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Article #1928Re: Agilent Oscilloscope - ripoff or rebadge?
From: Alan Rutlidge
Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 04:18
Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 04:18
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"Trevor Wilson" <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message news:6846nnF2rm6o4U1@mid.individual.net... > > "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:481b06ff$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au... >> "Tom" <Tom@nospam.com> wrote in message >> news:481b023b$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au... >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q_irQTOUwA >> >> Thanks for that. >> >> http://rtr.ca/welec_w2022a/ >> Ouch! Obviously not re-badge... > > **Ouch indeed. If something looks too good to be true..... > > For the record: A mate travelled to China late last year (he is a tech) > and I instructed him to find and purchase a Rigol 'scope for me. The > prices asked were not so different to those in Australia. Further: His > girlfriend is Chinese and performed all negotiations for him. He was > unable to obtain one at what I consider was a reasonable price (IE: Around > $500.00 for a model which sells for around $1,800.00 in Oz). > > Trevor Wilson Just goes to show that 50 years of Communism didn't squash a good capitalist idea. $500 for a $1800 rrp in Oz is bit much of an ask TW. It isn't an ME amplifier. :P Maybe $700 - 800? Cheers, Alan
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