Nick- I did a little bit of that... but not nearly enough. I bought a sealed box of OG-4 and A-101 dekatrons... just because I could. I also bought some full boxes of IN-12's. A few years ago I bought some full boxes of IN-18's but any full boxes now people want ridiculous money for. I suppose for us it's a little harder when you know what you paid not that many years ago. I think supply is finally drying up... reaching even the eastern block sellers that are scraping bottom of the barrel now. This should be good news for new Nixie manufacturers! I can't wait to build a big round top facing Dalibor tube clock!!!
That brings up something else... what is the correct terminology for tubes/type/view? I always think of IN-18 style tubes as side view, and round B-8091 style tubes at top view. Bill On Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 12:20:45 PM UTC-7 Pramanicin wrote: > If people keep paying these prices, then sellers will keep charging > them...clearly someone is paying these amounts (which kind of blows my > mind), but such is supply and demand. > > As usual, I'm still kicking myself that I can't talk to circa 2010 Nick > and say "hey, you may want to load up on some of those boxes of new IN-14 > at $100....." > > :) > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 10:54 AM Bill Notfaded <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm afraid it's supply and demand and the supply must be getting low... >> >> Bill >> >> On Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 12:04:16 AM UTC-7 ZY wrote: >> >>> I bought maybe 30-40 IN-14s a while back when they were going for a used >>> price of $2-2.5 per tube after including shipping. >>> >>> I finally used up most of my stash building clocks for family and >>> friends and I wanted to get a few more, but wow the prices have ballooned. >>> The exact ebay listing I used for a lot of 6 a few years ago went from $20 >>> to $100 from the same seller! >>> >>> I haven't been in the buying business often enough to know if this is a >>> price wave that will eventually subside, or because of rising popularity >>> and limited stock the prices will only go up. >>> >>> I'm wondering what should be a fair price for IN-14s now? I'm seeing >>> maybe $15 per used tube? Am I just looking at the wrong places or is eBay >>> still an ok place? >>> >> -- >> 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/3e5a3dc4-262c-4230-a112-b4998c28f7ebn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3e5a3dc4-262c-4230-a112-b4998c28f7ebn%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/a1d1dc87-9efb-4a52-9542-a85fb271b470n%40googlegroups.com.
