Wow, thanks for sharing your experience. Would suck to pay big bucks just to get stiffed by some guy who resorts to name calling.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2019, 12:42 PM 'Greg P' via neonixie-l < [email protected]> wrote: > This seller has been fishing to sell these tubes for months. He posted > these plus 20 others on Facebook a few months ago. I tried to make a > private deal with him for over 2 months and wouldn't put a price on them. > Avoided the question every time we corresponded. Also made excuses about > having a friend test them before he would sell. Anyhow, he reached back to > me when they were "allegedly" tested and said make an offer. I made an > offer to purchase all 25 (which he found my price insulting, BTW) and > proceeded to call me all kinds of names, accusations etc. (which I won't > post here) and was downright vicious. Maybe my offer was on the low side > but you got to start negotiating at some point especially when he wouldn't > give me a starting point. He harassed me privately on Facebook until I had > to block him. > > Needless to say, if anyone is considering purchasing these, I'd be > cautious. Additionally, there are no pictures of any of these tubes lit in > our private correspondence or on the ebay listing. > > At $250/tube plus shipping overpriced in my book. If anyone is > considering and would like additional info, I'd be happy to converse > privately and off the board. > > Caveat Emptor! > > > On Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 12:31:14 PM UTC-4, SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F. > wrote: >> >> Spottet this on ebay, if anyone is interested: >> >> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/NIXIE-GIANT-TUBE-3-IN-DIA-BURROUGHS-B8091-FULLY-TESTED-SET-OF-5/283528668460 >> ? >> >> And not such a "bad" price for this rare B8091s... i >> > -- > 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/b929c6e6-e3a0-4eb0-ab56-49abe0041093%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/b929c6e6-e3a0-4eb0-ab56-49abe0041093%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 an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CALcVLKJ82FPTMDJ1uLu3-cxNg8Bij5ySCmcSXxiEJrL6c6iJDw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
