On May 27, 9:22 am, Marcin <[email protected]> wrote: > There is an auction http://www.ebay.com/itm/290922533510 (not mine > auction) where yet again seller states that the tubes are NOS.
The seller does have the original packaging (36 tubes in a 6 x 6 styrofoam tray) and has exactly 36 tubes for sale. However, when these tubes were new it was apparently common practice to take trays of replacement tubes to the display site (a single LECTRASCAN frame had 48 tubes) and do bulk tube swaps. The cleanliness of the tubes (and lack of any markings) also points to these not being new. If they were new, they'd still be well over 40 years old and should have some dust on them). It appears that they were recently cleaned. And the seller wants quite a premium for these, says they were "fully tested" but doesn't show ANY lit, and sells them "As is, no returns or exchanges". The seller has good feedback, but almost all of it is as a buyer, not a seller (2,646 / 127) and the most recent feedback as a seller is from early 2010. On the other hand, most of their recent feedback as a buyer is for Nixie / VFD stuff. Therefore, you'd think they would know how important it is to show a lit Nixie if selling "as is". -- 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/msgid/neonixie-l/7b6f4f4f-e7b0-4d15-b724-0c46e1c770e6%40k3g2000vbn.googlegroups.com?hl=en-GB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
