You know you paid too much when ... no one else is interested to bid the starting price.
I'm very pleased to see that this nice calibrator has found a good home. Congrats to your acquisition.
Regarding the price: I think, it is reasonable. I don't know, why you were the only bidder on this item, because it
has been watched by 24 people (I was one of them ;-) ) but sometime you are the lucky guy. :-)
I hope it will be useful for you. Yokogawa is usually building some good quality gear and I'm curious
how good this calibrator is. Hope to hear from you, soon.
I was another of those 24. The size was making me hesitate, possibly hoping it would get relisted at a lower price and then I would HAVE to buy it despite the size!
McBryce.
I agree with BU508A that Yokogawa or Japanese TE is usually rather good.
And yes, seeing 0 bids I thought about waiting and see it relisted at a lower price. But more often than not, either some idiot gets it in the last second, or it is relisted at the same price. This time I decided to be the idiot.
The size is quite okay, especially when you compare it to a Fluke.
With a mass of 23 kg it still qualifies as a proper boat anchor. Holding it with one arm and unwrapping all that bubble-wrap with the other was no easy task.