Problem with tester after calibration

[milovisk]

I would have thought you would have been more open about who you and your company are in that case,after all, you are getting free advertising,

as meggermark can I am sure attest to, and that is probably why he now sponsors the forum, a regularly hit internet advert for a (probably)good deal less than he might have to pay otherwise.

we are all grown ups and know it is obviously beneficial to both parties when sponorship deals take place.

no slight to anyone intended.

I have no need to advertise my company on here and joined because I found a link relating to Express Electrical and has we had been taken for a large some of money I was interested in what was being said, having said that I have found the forum very informative and interested since browsing around after joining. I only comment where I feel that I have something to say.

I ahve no problem with people sponsoring the forum and pedalling there own wares, good luck to them I say, I was just picking up on an incorrect comment that seemed to cause some offence for which I apologise , my intention was not to upset anyone. The fact is if anyone wants to send us a Fluke165X for repair we advise the customer to go directly to Fluke, that is because Fluke charge us virtually the same for the repair and then we need to add our margin on for handling the job making a very expensive job even more expensive for the end user. I believe in fairness as we would make virtually diddly squat on this and the customer would end up paying more. SIS would do exactly the same. Fluke do not release service information or sell parts for these products so that is why nobody can be experts on these apart from Fluke themselves because they don't allow anyone to become experts.

I called a former Fluke rep who is a good friend of mine and he confirmed that the 2 lads at SIS are ex Fluke , one was the cell leader who left very early inthe introduction of the original 1650 series and the other was a trainee technician not a senior engineer who was not involved in the design of these products so as such they may be good lads but would not know the ins and outs of these testers so could not be termed experts. I hope this explains where my comments came from.

And as for meggermark I have no problem with him but my friend from fluke told me who he would be and suggested flukemark may have been a more appropriate name

 

[Mr Smith]

mr visk

i would advise that the last line of your post above

is rather close to a personal attack of another member

i am not deleting the comment

nor giving any infraction

please be advised that such comments serve no useful purpose

mr mark has

since his arrival

been open

friendly

and helpful

to many forum members

further

he sponsors the forum you do not

further derogatory comments

and inappropriate comments

will be dealt with

thank you

mr smith

 

[milovisk]

Sorry if that offended, it was just a joke and he he will know that as he had said he worked for Fluke in an earlier post and an ex-colleague said that remark to me. It's nothing nasty

Happy to see that the most informative post that I can find on this forum regarding Fluke testers has gone unnoticed yet a little joke is pulled up, if thats how you want it then I won't help anymore.

 

[wozz]

as most people don't know how to open the megger up.

are you referring to the 1552/3?

surely not?

 

[steptoe]

the best way of opening a megger is with a very big hammer,

I cant be ar5ed getting a pic as the meter its self is a load of tosh anyway,

even Metrel have overtaken it nowadays.

 

[Andy™]

The fact is if anyone wants to send us a Fluke165X for repair we advise the customer to go directly to Fluke, that is because Fluke charge us virtually the same for the repair and then we need to add our margin on for handling the job making a very expensive job even more expensive for the end user.

now i dont know how much Fluke are charging customers, you or meggermark, but i very much doubt you know all 3 either, so for all you know, going via meggermark may be the same price or cheaper.

i suggest you keep your mouth shut until you know all the facts

 

[milovisk]

[quote name='Andy

 

[Watchdog]

mmmm wonder if the moderators will jump on this for derogatory comments, you don't know what I know pal

Although Andy's comments maybe could have been phrased better, I agree with his sentiments.

You have no idea what arrangement another company has with any manufacturer and it is quite feasible that he has a different arrangement with them to you. This is none of any of our business.

I reiterate Mr Smith's comments, above. This is your final public warning. We don't like your tone and judging by your 'reputation' others members seem to agree.

 

[initforthemoney]

I find Fluke products to be of excellent value and will highly recommend them.

 

[Mr Smith]

mmmm wonder if the moderators will jump on this for derogatory comments, you don't know what I know pal

mr visk

You are correct

we do not know what you know

for instance

we did not know your comment was

a joke

perhaps mr mark did

Mr `s comment was not

in my opinion

derogatory

You present as a well informed member of the forum

with regard to tester repair

yet your posts obviously aggrieve some members

hence the negative reputation.

perhaps the problem lies with the manner you present yourself on the forum

rather than blaming the moderation team

i thank mr forthemoney

for returning the thread to topic

mr smith

 

[Lurch]

Someone else for the rarely used ignore list then. You have to be a special type of plank to get on that.

 

[ISSWWW]

OK, last comment on this subject from me, in defence of Milovisk he does know something you all may not.

Fluke charge a fixed price for repair, by and large everyone pays the same price, we take Fluke meters in for repair either chargeable or warrenty. We do this because our customers demand this service from us even though in many instances this costs us money, We perhaps do this more than most beacause we sell so much Fluke.

So the deference in the cost of repair from me to anyone else would be what margins we decided to apply, Kme would understand this for instance because i was happy to tell him what Fluke charged us.

I long ago decided that we were never going to get rich on Fluke 1650 series repairs, although we do apply a small margin on top of the Fluke charge.

What would be a better question is why Fluke charge so much for a repair?

I would also like to put this thread to bed, It is very obvious that Milovisk does know his stuff and would benifit the forum. I am happy to accept that the joke was as intended, although i still maintain that Fluke does not rhyme with Mark quite as well as Megger:slap

 

[milovisk]

Thanks Mark that post is very much appreciated, as explained earlier my intent was never to offend but I can see that my style of writing may have been taken the wrong way and upset some people.

I apologise to all of those that I may have upset and look forward to helping out on the forum where I can

 

[Watchdog]

Thanks Mark that post is very much appreciated, as explained earlier my intent was never to offend but I can see that my style of writing may have been taken the wrong way and upset some people.I apologise to all of those that I may have upset and look forward to helping out on the forum where I can

Thank you.

 

[steptoe]

I have no need to advertise my company on here and joined because I found a link relating to Express Electrical and has we had been taken for a large some of money I was interested in what was being said, having said that I have found the forum very informative and interested since browsing around after joining. I only comment where I feel that I have something to say.I ahve no problem with people sponsoring the forum and pedalling there own wares, good luck to them I say, I was just picking up on an incorrect comment that seemed to cause some offence for which I apologise , my intention was not to upset anyone. The fact is if anyone wants to send us a Fluke165X for repair we advise the customer to go directly to Fluke, that is because Fluke charge us virtually the same for the repair and then we need to add our margin on for handling the job making a very expensive job even more expensive for the end user. I believe in fairness as we would make virtually diddly squat on this and the customer would end up paying more. SIS would do exactly the same. Fluke do not release service information or sell parts for these products so that is why nobody can be experts on these apart from Fluke themselves because they don't allow anyone to become experts.

I called a former Fluke rep who is a good friend of mine and he confirmed that the 2 lads at SIS are ex Fluke , one was the cell leader who left very early inthe introduction of the original 1650 series and the other was a trainee technician not a senior engineer who was not involved in the design of these products so as such they may be good lads but would not know the ins and outs of these testers so could not be termed experts. I hope this explains where my comments came from.

And as for meggermark I have no problem with him but my friend from fluke told me who he would be and suggested flukemark may have been a more appropriate name

perhaps you have not negotiated the same sort of trade discounts as some others.

to your company at least, you cannot categorically state that as a blanket fact.

as far as you can asscertain.

quite a lot of your statements are conjectural and of an opinion,

everyone is entitled to an opinion, gawd knows I have a LOT of 'em, but sometimes care needs to be taken when you are making sweeping statements about peoples livelihoods and companies in particular as legal stuff happens all the time,

and if meggermark does have fluke expertise and parts that you obviously cannot obtain I dont think he is about to state this direct to you as to how he has obtained it.

business is business,

that is why I still havent told Deke about these new things called cellular telephones,

he probably wouldnt believe me anyway.