Sure is. A few years ago I developed a design for a cheap and easy scope clock, based on the 3LO1 1 inch tube. I made the mistake of mentioning it on NeoNixie, and the seller tripled the price of the tubes overnight. I decided he could screw himself, and never made any more than the first one, nor gave the design to anyone else. The 3LO1 was junk, anyway, like all the other Russian CRTs I tried. It had a lifetime of less than 1000 hours before it became too dim to see even in a dark room.
The prices of IV17s and IN16s will fall sharply after I die when my executors liquidate the estate. I bought a couple thousand of each type when they were plentiful, for about 50 cents each. There are tens of thousands of IN16s in Japan also - a Japanese guy was the winning bidder every time a 1000 lot came up a few years ago. I've been expecting a Japanese nixie clock to show up ever since. On Thursday, March 14, 2013 5:13:31 PM UTC-7, Chuck wrote: > > 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. > > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/cnd62RqcxhUJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
