I noticed the upward trend in early fall of 2019. I had just gotten back into Nixie's so I figured I had better jump and I went out and got a batch of NOS IN-12B, IN-17 and IN-15A/B's. The IN-15's are really just a curiosity item for their symbols.
As people have noted, they are not making them anymore and the supply is drying up. Unless someone stumbles across a hoard of a million IN-12's/IN-14's/IN-18's, etc. in an abandoned warehouse in Ukraine, and word leaks out, they will not get any cheaper. Just like B7971's. It is shocking to see used tubes selling for more than NOS were selling for less than two years ago. On Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 2:07:37 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > Damn, I guess I'd only gotten 18 IN-12. 6ea 15a and 15b. Just put this > kit together tonight. Not bad for around $20 plus tubes. > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2021, 9:29 PM tntmod54321 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah, they're going up too, I picked up 20 something to brace for the >> inevitable price hike >> >> On Fri, Jun 11, 2021, 10:28 PM Mac Doktor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jun 11, 2021, at 3:54 PM, tntmod54321 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> There are still deals to ve found :) maybe it's time to try VFDs haha >>> >>> >>> Precisely why I've been keeping an eye on IV-4s and IV-17s. Hell, they >>> have more segments than a 7971. >>> >>> More segments than the IN-23. The collectors can have those. >>> >>> >>> On Jun 11, 2021, at 4:30 PM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I actually bought some of those 16-segment ones for that very reason! >>> >>> >>> 18 segments. The "decimal points" are descenders. They make it possible >>> to do most of the capital letters in the Cyrillic alphabet. >>> >>> >>> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH >>> "The Mac Doctor" >>> >>> https://www.astarcloseup.com >>> >>> “...the book said something astonishing, a very big thought. The stars, >>> it said, were suns but very far away. The Sun was a star but close >>> up.”—Carl Sagan, "The Backbone Of Night", *Cosmos*, 1980 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/32566C3C-201A-47B4-930C-FA1198C7824E%40gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/32566C3C-201A-47B4-930C-FA1198C7824E%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAPDJQ6DD4SQ4gh3jskYS6cqnF18BYBXqUx48Kowtt84r2R2b4w%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAPDJQ6DD4SQ4gh3jskYS6cqnF18BYBXqUx48Kowtt84r2R2b4w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3e082ae4-0810-4a2b-88e2-b0b5f0ce4b25n%40googlegroups.com.
