On Feb 26, 2:36 pm, Jon <[email protected]> wrote: > As long as the sender packs them adequately to prevent the glass envelopes > breaking, you shouldn't have any problems getting them shipped into the UK.
Not in the UK, but I've been ordering stuff from former Soviet bloc countries for delivery in the US and only had one problem: http://www.tmk.com/blog/6F5S8816-s.jpg And that one was due to poor packaging, and the seller and I reached a mutually satisfactory settlement. I must have at least 5000 assorted displays here (Nixie, VFD, esoterica) and never had one damaged in shipment, other than the clock shown above. The sellers seem to do a good job of packing the tubes for shipment, using a variety of methods (anything from bubble wrap to decades-old newspapers / cardboard. There are some scammers out there, though - look to see how long the seller has been on eBay and how much feedback (as a seller) they have. It's a good idea to confirm that the quoted shipping cost is at least somewhat related to the actual post cost. Most countries have English- language versions of their web sites where you can calculate postage. The only one that I know of that's way off is Moldova - their English site quotes a much lower rate than the native-language version for some reason. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
