I should have taken you up on them. We may still be able to wheel and deal. I know you're pretty active in the forum and trust worthy. I got the tubes from Oregon today. They're good. I got one of the Chinese one 7971 tube clocks today... Interested to try it out. It's got a few options.
Regards, Bill On Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 7:02 AM Michail Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill, > > I'm glad you got the tubes you wanted; however, I am a little surprised > that you didn't take me up on my offer of $1000 plus shipping for six > tested tube when you contacted me directly. > > As for the 5971's, thanks for mentioning that they were on ebay. I've > been searching for quite some time and it turns out my search was for > 'B-5971' and that doesn't work for '5971 nixie'. > > Michail > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bill Notfaded > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 9:39 PM > To: neonixie-l > Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] TESTED 4 Nixie Tubes Burroughs B-7971 3½" tall > 14-segment character > > Sorry to ruin it for you guys... It's not a scam of some kind. I bought > the tubes on Monday night. I've been fighting with the other bidder over a > bunch of auctions. It was my birthday Monday night and I wasn't going to > let him win that one even though it cost me as much as my new Rigol mso5000 > oscilliscope. I way over paid but I just might do it to him again on the > other two. I also found another secret source for cheaper b7971's but > they're getting scarcer and scarcer and it's hit or miss too. I bought 2 > more last night for 150$. Month ago I got 6 for 400$ total and 2 for 250$ > total from two different people. I'm working on a new smartsocket array > and just bought a new mod-six from Michael... Hopefully shipping this > week! I also have a v8-08 mod-six that's older. I think 7971's are going > to become the next 568's. I love the Nixie glow but being able to make > something besides numbers is priceless to me. Maybe it's the computer > scientist in me... Idk? I love that b8971 clock too. There are some > b5971s on eBay now... Anyone built a mini one? I've seen board Gerbers on > the net for them. > > Best Regards, > > Bill > > -- > 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/60945898-0fa9-4c02-83f5-9eb6b73e965f%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/_8gz6qb2Wxg/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/011f01d4e56e%24dab3b280%24901b1780%24%40com > . > 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/CADToqn1MJJmUtTPOLTvZg82JsgS%2BGfNsdVveS44%2BpFe9D9CErA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
