Nick, I encountered a 7% breakage and 2% defect rate. Abysmal. That may be in line with most who had bought tubes from him in quantity. Each box "tinkled" when lifted; a little audible treat of what was in store for the lucky recipient on opening :( I suspected all the tubes with shattered envelopes had valiantly sacrificed themselves to provide padding for others to survive the journey. They tubes I received were shipped cross country (MA to AZ) in the same old newspaper they were originally wrapped in up in the attic cache. Many had no paper over them at all. I didn't receive any overage or replacements, since he was already at the end of the fun. I'd venture to guess that upwards of a thousand tubes were lost to breakage in transit to all buyers. If i remember right, you had a substantial buy as well.
Hard to believe that nine years have gone by already. We were all so bright eyed and bushy tailed nixie fiddlers then... The tubes I have now were purchased only recently. Regards, Jeff On Jun 24, 10:28 am, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 24, 4:39 pm, David Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 6/24/11 8:33 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Jeff, > > > Did you find a way to make them? > > > /me wondering where you come up with them all. > > > Michail > > > Buy low, sell high. > > >http://www.nixiebunny.com/b7971ad.jpg > > > These tubes were available in large quantities at a low price in 2002. > > Indeed - it was a good time. Its worth reminding those that don't know > it that the then owner of pretty much the world's stock of these > didn't really want them. When he sold bulk lots of then they were > pretty much just chucked in a box & shipped with minimal packing. > > Of the shipments I received, I lost about 20, but he always packed > extra to account for "wastage". > > http://www.desmith.net/NMdS/Nixies/DSCN1855.JPG > > Yes, the newspaper was the only packing - the tubes were close packed > in pathetic boxes in batches of 100 or so. It almost made me weep. > > Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
