Re: Moving from Used to New...

Josh is right on this one....never get your product education from the
same person who will sell the item to you....they will ALWAYS have a
vested interest in the transaction.

Comparing microscope sales to used car sales is an accurate one.

I too would like someone to explain the black art of microscope
pricing. In my opinion and in practice, the company that is least
willing to offer ready pricing information quickly goes to the bottom
of my list...my time is worth money and when you waste it with game
playing on prices, you quickly lose this customer.

A great way to determine if you have a good rep is to ask for and order
an accessory for an older scope (noting pricing and delivery time).
Personally testing for support after the sale BEFORE you buy a new
scope speaks volumes about the real state of company and dealer
support. Many of the supposely good manufacturers fail miserably at it.
We have had recent discussions in regards to Olympus on this very
subject on this discussion group...I suggest you check the archives.

And for what it is worth, one can buy any scope in any territory from
any company...you just have to get creative as a customer...we have
done it many times.

No company wants to lose a sale...at least the ones that want to stay
in business.

TMT


Josh wrote:
The salesman will want to make all the profit he can. He will pretend to be
on your side like a good car salesman. He might tell you that one thing is
better than another so that he can make more money. Remember the salesman's
goal is to make more money. It's good to know exactly what you want and
about how much it will cost before being pressured by the sales person.



The Dell sales person tried to sell me a cheap computer with a lot of
upgrades instead of the computer that was on sale. I didn't want to insult
the sales person's intelligence so I told him that I would have to think
about it and call him back. I went to eBay and got just what I wanted for
about half the price and with a lot of extras.



Service can be a problem with new items. Maytag ask me to take my air
conditioner to a repair shop more than 100 miles away to have it serviced
under warranty. The Maytag warranty was no good . Two trips would have been
more than 400 miles. I called Home Depot and they exchanged the air
conditioner for a new one for no charge.


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After scrounging eBay and other sources over the last ten years to keep
my old Zeiss and Leitz microscopes going, I'm started to get tired of
it. I'd rather spend my time collecting and observing rather than
fiddling with antiques.

I've also come into somewhat of a windfall recently, so after much
thought, I've decided to splurge and treat myself to a brand new
microscope (look for my auctions on eBay soon as I sell off my
antiques).

Here's the problem: it's been a long time since I've looked at the new
microscope market and have no idea what's available and what's worth
considering. I'm assuming that all of the big four (Zeiss, Leitz,
Nikon, and Olympus) are still viable and worth looking at, but beyond
that, I'm clueless.

Whatever I buy will probably be the last microscope I buy, so I want
something that's upgradeable. I'm only an amateur, so I don't need some
of the more esoteric features, such as epi flour, etc.

My budget is $7,000.

- Don


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