Ouch... Jeff, did you relay that message to eBay? What an ass....
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Jeff Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > Fun! Used tubes with 0.3” digits for $999. J > > > > This is the same vendor that was selling obviously defective B7971 tubes > about a month ago. There’s something off with this dealer. He seems to > offer many items for pickup only in the Washington DC area. > > > > On this listing for used BD-200 tubes @ $999, he offers the tubes for > shipping or: *“Or cash on PICKUP in Woodstock Virginia”*. EBay probably > just hasn’t yanked the listing yet. > > > > When he was selling the defective B7971 tubes, I sent him a PM regarding > selling items that were known defective and suggested that folks in the > nixie community look out for each other. He got no bids and this was the > message that I got from him: > > > > We all know the expression, “There’s a sucker born every minute” but it > is unfortunate that there are listings on eBay that rely on that principle. > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F. > *Sent:* Sunday, December 3, 2017 11:43 AM > *To:* neonixie-l > *Subject:* [neonixie-l] New cazyness... > > > > > We all know some rare tubes are sold for a lot of money.... but this is > probably a little to enthusiastic from the seller :) > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/253280307539 > > > > -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/neonixie-l/cdae9b5f-bd59-4604-8c09-0bece06cc95e%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/cdae9b5f-bd59-4604-8c09-0bece06cc95e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/neonixie-l/5a2442db.4dad240a.fbbf7.ffd5%40mx.google.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/5a2442db.4dad240a.fbbf7.ffd5%40mx.google.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAOX%2BRHLt3HTLttiBUKKTASFEo7ZJVsRMqHa-z%3DYu8S6c4NMwbw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
