Dear OldSchoolTechCorner.
I do not know where or how this eBay message was sent to you but I apologize for the error - wherever it came from. Trust me, Siglent does not "play games" nor "..try to manipulate the market."
I have asked the factory to get back to me with an explanation of what this is about. I would ask, however, that we don't jump to quick conclusions without knowing the facts.
Someone noted that Kevin Fu left Siglent in or around February of this year. This is correct. Kevin has not been employed by Siglent since that time.
Someone else doubted that anyone would counterfeit Siglent equipment. The truth is that I know for a fact we have seen counterfeit Siglent units. We have dealt with them from this office. To be fair, I have only personally run across this one time and it was not a customer located here in the USA. Therefore, I don't know how many are out there but we have definitely seen them and the one I know about was also a generator.
I also know that we have some brown-market units being sold here in the USA. To see these people's ads, one would reasonably assume they were authorized Siglent distributors but they are not. They give no contact information except for how to order. I have written to them myself but received no response from them.
Again, I contacted the factory this afternoon on your situation so I hope to know more tomorrow. In the mean time I ask that you give me a chance to find out what is going on. Is the letter you received connected in any way to these other issues? I don't know so I won't speculate.
I appreciate your patience and I promise to get back to you by early next week, at the latest.
Thanks.
Steve