[time-nuts] ebay warning

[Peter Bell]

I suspect a lot of the ebay sellers are buying stuff from Taobao and
just reselling it.  For example, this appears to be the original
source of the FE-5680As which were supplied with the OCXO and socket
(although he seems to have run out of OCXOs now)
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=12204039399 - the price is
interesting, too - 90 RMB (about $15). Of course, they generally won't
ship to addresses outside China.

The bit of his website dealing with oscillators is interesting, too
(in Chinese, but lots of photos) - I suspect some of the other stuff
being sold on ebay is being sourced from him:

http://www.dz98.com/an.htm

Regards,

Pete Bell



On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Collins, Graham <CollinG at navcanada.ca> wrote:
> It might even be simpler than that.
>
> Same pictures, same location, same business; different ebay stores for each "sales" rep - paid on commission or by the piece.
>
> Perhaps the next time I buy something from overseas I will ask.
>
> Sometimes there is a bit of struggle with language but for the most part I have found everyone one I have dealt with to be pleasant and enjoys exchanging pleasantries.
>
> Cheers, Graham ve3gtc
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Chris Albertson
> Sent: February 22, 2012 13:13
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] ebay warning
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Bob Camp <lists at rtty.us> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I've often wondered if there are actually more than two people selling all
>> of the FE's being auctioned. There's not much of a way to tell.
>
> The only way I can figure is to look at the location they ship from.
>
> If the photos and descriptions and the city they ship from are the
> same I assume it's the same person.  I think they run multiple eBay
> stores as a hedge again someone leaving negative feedback for a
> package getting lost in the mail.
>
> I doubt the same seller ships from multiple locations that are far apart.
>
> Chris Albertson
> Redondo Beach, California
>
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