Nick, if you get there, same message to 2010 Richard please.... In recent years I bought a box of 25 x IN-18 for £725 delivered to the UK, that was a bit of a stretch for me at the time.
If I knew then what I know now - I would have stretched a little further I think. - Richard On Wednesday, 30 June 2021 at 21:17:11 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > I've heard end-view and side-view in tube datasheets, I'm curious what you > got those boxes of IN-18s for > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2021, 4:14 PM Bill Notfaded <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a1d1dc87-9efb-4a52-9542-a85fb271b470n%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/7cf204c1-dc1d-4c41-a3db-467fc005641an%40googlegroups.com.
