I totally agree Pete - Its called "market forces" - Like you, I and many others of the "older" members have substantial stocks of nixies.
I can understand certain tubes being pricey - 7971s, CD47/GR414/Z568s etc., but there is no Earthly reason that tubes that were probably made in the 100s of 1000s, if not millions, should cost so much. There are still good, interesting, tubes that are reasonably priced, so long as people keep quiet about them :) This problem is also rife in the audio world. A few years ago someone noticed that the German PTT used to use special high quality, low noise, pentodes in their exchanges and for long distance repeaters - C3g, C3m & C3o - see http://www.jacmusic.com/nos/C3g-C3m-info.html . When first made, they cost a FORTUNE, but prices were really pretty cheap (couple of euros) until the audio crowd got wind of them. Now new ones go from 20 to 60 euros depending... Anything with "Mullard" or "Philips" etc. also attracts insane prices, as does the word "original". Its a "fashion" industry... Nick -- 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/-/ujn4suPd1RoJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
