A screen shot of part of David's Cathode Corner page twenty years ago. I remember when he paid $800 for a box of 100 ZM1040s. Man that was a lot of money! :)
On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 4:28:37 PM UTC-7 Terry Bowman wrote: > 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/1e806b97-482e-433e-abc7-0b779f65b170n%40googlegroups.com.
