Funny how that works, isn't it? Something will sit there for ages at a low and fair price. Then, as soon as anyone expresses any interest in said item, the price instantly shoots way, way up.
It's as if they think I was born yesterday and just got off the boat. Sheesh. One guy at an electronics outlet tried that one on me for some TTL crystal oscillators he had advertised. I wrote him a very terse email about what he tried to pull on me and he felt so guilty he ended up sending me 4 of them no charge. Chuck (who was born yesterday and just got off the boat) > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: t...@lasermad.com >To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com >Subject: RE: [neonixie-l] Re: Sourcing Large Quantities of 5870s >Nixies >Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:15:09 -0700 (PDT) > >>Have a look at the current ebay prices of IN-7 nixies for an >>example... >> >>I have a design that was completed late last year but have no >>intention of announcing it until I've managed to buy enough tubes at >a >>reasonable price. One seller I approached for a quote increased >their >>ebay listing price of the tube I was interested in by 50% within 5 >>minutes of my enquiry. >> >>It's a sellers market and will only get worse as supplies dry up. >> >>On Mar 14, 3:04 am, Terry Kennedy <terry+googleb...@tmk.com> wrote: >>> On Mar 13, 4:55 pm, Adam Jacobs <jacobs.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > I think that (based on the current supply of nixies), if I was >to design >>> > and build a new clock right now I would use IN-12's. >>> >>> Deciding on the desired tube, buying up available stocks, and >_then_ >>> announcing the new clock is probably the best way to go. Look at >what >>> happened to the price of IV-4/IV-17 displays when the IV-17 >>> Smartsocket was announced - the price per tube jumped from >$1.50-ish >>> to $4-$8 per tube, and that's without an ongoing supply of >Smartsocket >>> boards to drive them. >> >>-- >>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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> $4.95/mo. National Dialup, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, 5mb personal web space. 5x faster dialup for only $9.95/mo. No contracts, No fees, No Kidding! See http://www.All2Easy.net for more details! -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
