Re: quadtech sale on LCR stuff

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

At 03:32 PM 10/31/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>
>
> > Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
><jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> >
> > wellll... I suspect that your distributor that's giving you the street
>price
> > would give you the same percentage discount on the refurb unit, no?
>
>Any place that touts "savings" off list price is completely silly
>
> > Otherwise, what you're paying for is factory warranty, NIST traceable
> > calibration, etc.  Important to some, not so important to others. I
>suspect
> > most of us are in the latter category, but, you never know....
>
>All these things you list are standard with high end test equipment sold as
>new. They are not special.


But not standard for used/refurbished gear... depending on the source, 
which can be anything from the back of a truck at a hamfest, to a surplus 
dealer, to used equipment dealers like Tucker, to the original mfr.