This story is breaking my heart. For that sort of breakage, it would have made sense to fly out there and pack them up yourselves. I have to admit, the mea culpas i carry with me would make grown men cry, I know how this feels.
Sent from my iPad 2 3G On Jun 24, 2011, at 13:48, Jeff Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
