> On Jan 24, 2022, at 2:39 PM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's just crazy talk. Glad I picked up some IN-9 and IN-13 a while back, > but wish I'd bought a lot more. I think IN-9 should be about $5-6ea and the > 13s what, $10? I wish, not any more! I think it's awesome that some folks > are being inventive and making things, but it really sucks when it ruins the > market for specific items which haven't been made in decades.
It's been a little over four years since I got into this hobby. In April of 2018 I made some large purchases on eBay; a variety of cold cathode goodies, all NOS. The Nixies were all symbolic, no numerics. Here's a sampling of the prices (not including very reasonable combined shipping). : vannadiy: OG-4 - @$5 2 each of IN-19A/B/V - $11 = @$1.84 10 IN-7 - $11.50 = @$1.15 uralspirit: IN-15A/B - @$1.50 IN-5A-1/IN-5B-1 - @$2.50 IN-7A - @$2.00 IN-7B - @$1.90 IN-13 - @$6.50 [only $6 a week earlier] Another seller listed 12 IN-9s for $32 and accepted my offer of $28. That's $2.34 apiece less than four years ago. Sadly, I only purchased five of the IN-13s. Even worse, I could have gotten six or eight argon-filled IN-9s for $36 + shipping and passed on it. I haven't seen any since. o_O Right now I possess thirteen IN-9s and ten IN-13s. You know that some of these won't work well enough to be used. I have a use for seven of the IN-13s right now. Terry Bowman, KA4HJH "The Mac Doctor" "There is no Main Street anymore except at Disneyland—and try and buy a gun there"—Hank Hill -- 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/874B27C4-A113-49E7-B710-3F664AD2A025%40gmail.com.
