If you need test equipment you can check out the autions at http://www.planettest.com Gabriel -----Original Message----- From: Dave VanHorn To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Fluke 99B in Dumas, Texas >> I was the winning bidder of a Fluke 99 hand held oscilloscope on Ebay this >> weekend. I have never bought anything through the service before, and the >> vendor has started to make me nervous because he will not proceed through >> the secure transaction service ESCROW. I am in Vancouver, Canada. The >scope >> is in DUMAS, TEXAS. I am looking for someone in the area of Dumas, that >> would have the time to go check this scope out. Plug the probes into the >> wall and make sure a 60 hz signal is displayed. I will happily pay this >> person for their trouble. > > >Good luck! I bought a scope through ebay last weekend, and ended up sitting >in a gas station in michigan (about 250 miles from home) at midnight with >$3k in cash. >It all worked out well though, and my new scope got a gentle ride home >rather than a day in a UPS truck.. > >They charge for that escrow service, that might be the root of the problem. >I don't know that I'd trust the escrow service to know if the scope is >anything more than a "brick" though.