I just went to my local DSE, intending to buy their remaining ESR meter kits for $25 each. They only had one Mk1 kit left, and the sales guy said "That's $50". I told him the website says $25. He checked and said, "Nope, it's $50". He's right. The price of the Mk1 and Mk2 kits as well as the "web special" is now $50. For Terry Given's info, the TENS kit is also now $50. :( I hope everyone got the kits at the good prices while they lasted!
Bob
Yep that's what happens when specials FINISH. You did check the date on those ads right?
MrT.
I did Bob - they only had one in the store so I was lucky
David
Bob Parker wrote:
I got 2 x ESR Mk2 kits online for a total of $37.50, delivered. Colin.
Well done! I've been informed that all DSE kits going for 50% off is a promotion which was advertised in Silicon Chip, and is due to end
*today*, Feb 27th. I'm going back to my local store to see if I can grab that ESR meter kit cheap after all... assuming I can convince the sales staff that it's still on special.Bob
Good luck, I've found in the past the only way to do that is to have a copy of the ad with you so you can show the store manager. The counter staff can't help you.
MrT.
Bob
I have seen plenty of praise for your ESR meter so when DSE offered them for $25 I managed to grab one of the Mk2 kits.
It was an absolute pleasure to assemble - I took it slowly & checked everything as I went and was overjoyed to see it work first time it was powered up.
I was amazed to see that over 13000 kits have been sold. Was that purely as a result of the SC article (and presumably DSE advertising) or was the article also printed in other publications ? I presume a large number of these kits must have gone overseas ? No specific reason for asking, pure nosiness ! :-}
Dave Goldfinch
Thanks for the positive feedback, Dave. :)
It's got a much longer history than you think. The original article was in Electronics Australia in January 1996. The majority of the kits were sold before the slightly-changed version came out in SC. About 14,500 in total have been sold. As far as I can tell, the reason that sales surprised everyone was because of the internet, and lots of techs talking about it on newsgroups and discussion forums etc.
Yeah, most of them have been sold outside Aust. A company in Canada
No worries! :)
Rgds Bob
That number would come from the number of Z8's you've burned, eh? That should qualify you for a Zilog factory sponsored dinner at least!
That would be me and my little shop - not that we've bought/sold most of the kits, but a reasonable percentage, have come through our doors... great kit made by a great guy! We hope to continue with them as long as there is interest.
Yeah, but do try and get some sleep! Often up to 3AM (or worse) answering emails... gotta get you hitched!
John ;-#)#
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