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From: Chin Siang Lim
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Question on what to do with 4 pallets of scopes...
To: "TekScopes@..."
Date: Monday, February 18, 2013, 3:00 AM

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Hi chuck,?

Walter of is doing a brisk business clearing his pallets of tek scopes and accessories.?

Active marketing does create sales.?

Maybe?you want to consider scrapping scopes??below 100 MHz and all those 5000 series but hold back on those 7000 series and 100 MHz and above scopes. And list those 100 MHz and above scopes for sale ? By showing s few photographs. Thatway some monies are flowing in plus?more to come.?

Selling at scrap plus is attractive for people like us.?

Cslim

On Monday, February 18, 2013, wrote:

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Hi Chuck

To be honest if I had four pallets of TEK scopes I would break them up for spares as I don't think anyone is going to buy this stuff especially the tube scopes.

The only buyers for old TEK scopes are hobbyists and collectors and those who want a realtime wide bandwidth CRT scope. Technology has moved on, scopes are digital these days with A-D converters sampling at N GHz and all in a cute little box.

I want a scope that works when I switch it on, not with a power supply that goes bzzt, bzzt, tick, tick because some cap has gone short circuit or some corroded part in a socket isn't making contact.

In short, there really isn't much of a market for old TEK scopes.
They were great in their day but not so good 30 or 40 years later.

Best regards
Chris

--- In TekScopes@..., Chuck Harris wrote:
>
> Here's the thing:
>
> I have 4 pallets of tektronix scopes taking up space in my
> warehouse. One pallet is mostly 7000 series, with a few
> 5000 series mainframes, another is a mix of 7000 and 5000
> series rack mount scopes, with a 564. The third is mostly
> 453's, 454's, and a few odd 434, 464, 465, 466, 475, and 485's.
> And the fourth has a 585A, 545A, and 535A on it... the '45
> and '35 were beautiful before the tube whores stripped them...
> but recycler's don't get the luxury of judging, they just take
> what they get.... ixed in with all of this are several large
> boxes of plugins... nothing sexy, but the usual 7B53A's, and
> 7A16, 7A26, 7D14, kind of stuff...
>
> I love cleaning, fixing, calibrating and restoring scopes
> into good working condition. I have all of the Tek specified
> gear for doing this, but judging by ebay sales, buyers don't
> seem to value that effort at all.
>
> To give you an example. I found a DOA 434 in my stash, and
> because it was so cute, I cleaned it up, fixed a power supply
> problem that stumped the original owner, replaced a tantalum
> on one of the boards, fixed a really nasty trigger problem,
> that was caused by the power supply problem, lubed all of the
> pots, cleaned and lubed the panel switches, and fan, cleaned
> the attenuator contacts, and did a complete calibration. It
> took me a week of evenings to do the work. When it was put on
> ebay, as cleaned, calibrated, and guaranteed, it got a couple
> of $15 offers, and it remains unsold... as does its twin that
> I did in hopes of a better result...
>
> At current US scrap prices, I can get $17 per pound for gold
> plated circuit boards, which is the standard price recyclers
> are giving these days... I work with a recycler, so I am very
> sure of these prices... There is easily 2 pounds of circuit
> boards in a 434 [vertical, horizontal, storage, preamps, and
> power supply are all gold plated]. The 453's and 454's have
> easily 5x more...
>
> Considering how much you folks are yipping and yapping about
> tunnel diodes, and how hard they are to find, I could have
> gotten more than $15 if I simply removed the two diodes in
> this 434, and sold them on ebay. And I would still have a
> good CRT, the aluminum from the chassis and can, the gold
> plated circuit boards, a bunch of special IC's, etc... I have
> gotten $5 just from a knob, and $15 from just selling one CRT
> filter!.... to sell.
>
> What's the answer? I keep hearing about how much you guys
> love Tektronix and their scopes, but when one sells for less
> than a tankful of gas, I have to wonder if it is all just
> dreamy nostalgia talk. When a couple of days worth of cleaning,
> repairing, and calibration is worth less than you would pay
> for a dinner out with someone you don't even like all that
> much... Where is the love?
>
> What's it to be? Do I fix them, or Do I scrap them?
>
> What shall I do with these scopes?
>
> -Chuck Harris
>