I bought a couple sealed boxes of IN12's about 2 years ago because I could see this coming. Only 3 years ago I was buying sealed boxes of IN-18 for a little over a grand. Times are a changin'.
Bill On Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 8:57:31 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > I looked last night on ebay the best price for IN-12 was $7 each. I think > I paid $2.50 just a few months ago. > > On Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 10:02 AM gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm hoping Dalibor will make his "H tube" available for sale when it's >> production-worthy. >> >> On Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 4:29:38 AM UTC-7 Robert G. Schaffrath wrote: >> >>> 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/4a6cc818-8f12-4745-8b73-b88758a75303n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4a6cc818-8f12-4745-8b73-b88758a75303n%40googlegroups.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/825d553b-29c9-43e2-a256-f63c96dc44ebn%40googlegroups.com.
