>From my correspondence with the seller via Ebay he displays sincerity and recently updated his listing I suspect to reflect his own uncertainty as to the "new old stock" vs "new from the package" status of these tubes. His update to his listing mirrored our ebay conversation, which in my experience is a good indicator of people's good intent. The suspect ones don't reply or are not interested in a genuine conversation about the items in question. The additional photo that was added showing a lit tube, does add some credence to the claim that all the tubes are tested and work. I have bought tubes that when delivered do not work, and a statement in the listing that the tube is tested and works will at least satisfy the Ebay commissars should a tube actually prove faulty and you need a refund. Like others, I view the tubes as used, in that they have what we have all taken from the example of our own tubes, to be spluttering around the cathodes. I have no idea what a NOS B7971 would be "worth" as I have never seen one, but we all pay attention to the price of traded tubes, as I suspect most of us are holding quantities of tubes for various projects if not investment. I wished him luck with his auction, will personally not be buying b7971s at those prices and am in no way associated with the auction in case anyone is interested.
On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 7:13:40 PM UTC+10, Nick wrote: > > Yes - to clarify he was a bona fide member of neonixie-l (don't think he > is any more) and I too have bought from him in the past - he seems to be a > straight guy. > > When tubes are lit after a while in storage they often behave slightly > differently until "burnt in" - could be just that effect. > > The "clean" tubes I was referring to about from RIchardson - NL 5440As - > have no markings at all - they're the ones that would have been "white > labelled". > > The interesting thing about 7971s is that not that many were made (anyone > got actual numbers, or is that also here-say?) yet there are many variants, > all of which appear to be totally reliable/built like tanks - why mess with > something that obviously works so well> > > Has anyone ever had one fail in operation (assuming it was being run > within spec)? > > Nick > > On Tuesday, 28 May 2013 02:07:27 UTC+1, Jeff Thomas wrote: >> >> The seller of these tubes is Patrick, and was a member of the old yahoo >> neonixie-L (user=arcpat1 from as early as '04), although I don't know if >> he's posted to the replacement google list. >> >> Yeah, IMHO these B7971's are just washed-and-recycled tubes in the stock >> styro carrier. It really does not matter as long as they're sold with a >> guarantee of all segments being functional. >> $175 is certainly a lofty goal for as-is. He may sell some if others >> squatting on tubes don't jump at the opportunity to undercut his pricing. >> >> Regards, Jeff >> >> >> >> >> -- 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/3b49dee9-c543-473d-9e0d-9328dc467562%40googlegroups.com?hl=en-GB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
