Since you brought up IN-9 it made me think of my IV-9 collection (numitrons).
Not even 4 years ago, I was getting them on ebay for $2.50 each. About a year ago, I was getting them for about $4.50 each. Something happened and I made a purchase about 6 months ago at about $8.75 each. Now they’re from $9-$15 each plus astronomical shipping. I might have paid too much then at $8.75 each, but I have stock piled thousands of them (all new in boxes). I am sure, well, pretty sure that I will never need to buy another one. I do remember buying 600 of them a couple of years ago thinking I would never go through them, but it turns out 600 was only enough for a little over 2 years. 😊 Michail From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mac Doktor Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 3:29 PM To: neonixie-l <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me? On Jan 24, 2022, at 2:39 PM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/874B27C4-A113-49E7-B710-3F664AD2A025%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/MW2PR0102MB3435CD6D2280D890E204777E82249%40MW2PR0102MB3435.prod.exchangelabs.com.
