Hm. My first guess is that maybe your search terms on ebay weren't very
good.. or maybe the search term you are using is one that only criminal
sellers use and ebay recently cracked down? I'm just speculating.
I find that it is best to use the actual model number of the device in
the search. Like: "IN-12 nixie"
I just did a real quick check and "IV-16 numitron" pulls up numerous
listings at about $2.50/each.
Actually, at that price, I might just have to try my first numitron
clock build. Didn't realize that they could be had for so cheap.
-Adam
On 4/19/2012 9:06 AM, dr pepper wrote:
The time before last when I did a search on ebay for nixies there were
serveral soviet ebay businesses selling various nixies, dekatrons,
numitrons and the like, all at reasonable prices and I've bought a
few, last nite when I did the same only a couple showed up, and they
were expensive, and there are currently no numitrons at all shown.
I wonder if this kind of line appears and dissapears over time on
ebay, or whether theres a shortage of these devices.
I'm aware that there has been some criminal activity which kinda makes
me think that supplies are drying up making it more proftable for this
kind of activity.
On 18 Apr, 21:32, Adam Jacobs<[email protected]> wrote:
Can you be more specific? The two types of nixies that I currently care
about don't seem to have shown any change.
IN-18's (the tube that I lust for in my personal clocks) are still
hovering at roughly $40/each
IN-12's (the tube that I use for all of my gift clocks) are still
hovering at roughly $1.10/each
Which particular nixies do you mean?
On 4/18/2012 12:31 PM, jb-electronics wrote:
Yes, basically, looks like it. Another effect is that some criminals
use this trend, so better watch out...
Jens
My post says numitrons, which is what I was looking for, I also meant
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