From: curd@notformail.com   
      
   On Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:21:48 -0400, Ralph Mowery wrote:   
      
   > Peak is ripping people off bigtime.   
   >   
   > The same thing from China can be bought for   
      
   Stop right there! That comment about price applies to everything, not   
   just ESR meters.   
   China sells stuff for a fraction of the price of UK or US or German   
   devices because their labour costs are a fraction of what they are in the   
   West. Peak isn't ripping customers off; they have to pay their workers   
   Western wages!   
   I've bought some great stuff from China; I've also bought a lot of junk,   
   too. It's a bit of a gamble. I'd sooner pay a bit extra and get something   
   well-produced in a proper case with decent technical support a local   
   phone call away than take a gamble on some unknown, uncased, undocumented   
   contraption that takes 3 months to turn up!   
      
      
      
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