Local pawn shop has a 2215A in unknown electrical condition, good physical condition.
What is a good price to offer for this scope?
There are no returns and no guarantee as to the functionality of the scope.
I think that they will let me power it up.

Thanks
73
Glenn
WB4UIV

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Glenn

1)Go get a copy of Chester Karras book on negotiating and read it ...( "in business as in life? you don't get what you deserve you get what you negotiate"
2)Remember this is a PAWN SHOP, not your friend or ham buddy.? Turn on the scope don't let the pawn guy see the screen if you can help it.? If you get trace and it doesn't go into "tick mode" , turn down the brightness imediately, shake your head and say .."I was afraid if that". and then turn off the scope act as if you don't want the thing and start looking around the shop at the other "goodies"..Hopefully the pawn guy will make you an offer at this point to take it off his hands. If not wait 10 minutes then offer him $20 and be prepared to go up to say $50 in the negotiation
3) If it goes into tick mode then you know it definitively doesn't work offer him $15 if your into fixing power supplies.
4) If the power light comes on but you get no trace ..then shake it gently and listen to see if the CRT "tinkles" .? If it tinkles like broken glass or bit sloose inside the tube...walk away.. But if no tinkle then? you really are on your own but I wouldn't pay more than $15 but I am as cheap as they come.

5) in the case of 3 &4,? Go prepared with your tools and ask if you can remove the cover to "see if it is all there"..but only after you have agreed on a price

Good luck and let us know how it turns out

Dave
NR1DX


On 1/27/2013 12:37 PM, Glenn Little WB4UIV wrote:

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Local pawn shop has a 2215A in unknown electrical condition, good
physical condition.
What is a good price to offer for this scope?
There are no returns and no guarantee as to the functionality of the scope.
I think that they will let me power it up.

Thanks
73
Glenn
WB4UIV

-- 
Dave Henderson
Manuals@...

PO Box 175
Welch,MN 55089
651-269-4265

--- In TekScopes@..., Artekmedia wrote:

Glenn

1)Go get a copy of Chester Karras book on negotiating and read it ...(
"in business as in life you don't get what you deserve you get what you
negotiate"
2)Remember this is a PAWN SHOP, not your friend or ham buddy. Turn on
the scope don't let the pawn guy see the screen if you can help it. If
you get trace and it doesn't go into "tick mode" , turn down the
brightness imediately, shake your head and say .."I was afraid if that".
and then turn off the scope act as if you don't want the thing and start
looking around the shop at the other "goodies"..Hopefully the pawn guy
will make you an offer at this point to take it off his hands. If not
wait 10 minutes then offer him $20 and be prepared to go up to say $50
in the negotiation
3) If it goes into tick mode then you know it definitively doesn't work
offer him $15 if your into fixing power supplies.
4) If the power light comes on but you get no trace ..then shake it
gently and listen to see if the CRT "tinkles" . If it tinkles like
broken glass or bit sloose inside the tube...walk away.. But if no
tinkle then you really are on your own but I wouldn't pay more than $15
but I am as cheap as they come.

5) in the case of 3 &4, Go prepared with your tools and ask if you can
remove the cover to "see if it is all there"..but only after you have
agreed on a price

Good luck and let us know how it turns out

Dave
NR1DX


On 1/27/2013 12:37 PM, Glenn Little WB4UIV wrote:

Local pawn shop has a 2215A in unknown electrical condition, good
physical condition.
What is a good price to offer for this scope?
There are no returns and no guarantee as to the functionality of the
scope.
I think that they will let me power it up.

Thanks
73
Glenn
WB4UIV

--
Dave Henderson
Manuals@...
www.Artekmanuals.com
PO Box 175
Welch,MN 55089
651-269-4265

Dave,
2215 is a very low BW scope, and hence not worth much. I would say in working condition, $25-30 is the most it is worth. You probably won't get a pawn shop to go down that low, as they won't under stand BW and why a 20 MHz scope is worth much less than a 200 MHz one.

BTW, I have read a couple of Chester Karras' books. IMO, the man is a total ##$% - one of the originators of the "I win, you lose" business methods. Most business dealings I have been in the last few years result in deals where both parties clearly get something from the deal.

- Steve

Just want to correct this, the 2215A is a 60MHz scope based on the 2235, in fact you could easily reconvert this to a 2235 with the addition of a few components. It uses the same CRT and is actually an excellent scope. OP, Hope you bought it from the pawn shop for a good price.
JC