Do you ever get the feeling you're being watched? 8-} The seller has updated the listing with a new title which has "looks new tubes" at the end. There are also pictures of lit tubes, and a number of other photos and new captions.
The seller also says that dark spots on the back of the tube may indicate new (their last photograph). I just took a quick look at 6 tubes here (the back of a MOD-SIX) and 4 have similar spots while 2 don't. Of those, I have 4 tubes which represent 3 consecutive lots (lots C124, C125, C126 from the 6440 date code) where two have the dots (one C124 and one C125) and the other 2 (the other C124 and a C126) don't. Given the known huge variation in these tubes over their (relatively short) production run, such as the "space antenna" variant, red print vs. white print, and C line vs. D line (at a minimum), I don't know that ANY physical characteristic could clearly identify this type as new, other than something like non-evacuated tubes with unsealed stems. There's also the issue with variations in the angle of the underscore, which vary all over the place, even on tubes from a single lot. I also don't know why the factory would store completed, unmarked tubes in space-wasting foam shipping trays rather than in a simple divider box (such as IN-18's ship in). The seller does say that he didn't clean the tubes and that they're brighter than the used tubes he has. Buyers need to decide if that is worth the price premium and the "as-is, no returns" condition. -- 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/78423e71-e181-4bf9-8480-c9bd446c78fa%40q9g2000vbj.googlegroups.com?hl=en-GB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
