One of my best friends kicked it just about 5 years ago. He built models. Custom funny car bodies, stuff that never existed, like a Ghostbusters ambulance funny car. All made to fit the standard Revell chassis model for such. He made the masters, silicone molds, slush cast them in urethane resin and sold tons of them. He grew up (whatever that means) in Long Beach in the 60s, so go figure. But he was also a USAF veteran and history major. Built a lot of armor pieces, tanks, etc. and also bought small production run kits from guys in eastern Europe and all over. He had a lot of vintage, old, unusual, rare model kits. Also a bunch of extras, because he'd buy multiple to cut up, stretch, chop, etc. He was in southern NM, his brother Hank is up by Portland, sisters in MI and WA, so our close friend who lives in Las Cruces still inventoried the 3700+ model kits. While he sold the lot for $10k, I guarantee it was worth well north of 4x that.
He was also a diabetic, and the VA sent him regular shipments of a couple different types of insulin, test strips, glucose meters, etc. You know how the govt is, they'd send duplicate shipments, etc. but never worry about correcting it or whatever so he just stored it cold in case he ever needed it. I bet he had another $40k of insulin in the fridge. Unfortunately that went in the landfill because it's prescription medication, blah, blah, blah. An odd guy but a great friend. Would show up with beer or burritos, and NEVER said no if asked for help. Not a typical diabetic, he played tennis and drums and would fight to keep his blood sugar high enough. I saw him walking around multiple times with glucose levels in the 40s, and still conscious in single digits. And yeah, we had to call the ambulance more than once when we didn't catch it and make him chug a cola and he passed out. Which is why a couple of us had keys for his house and yeah we found him passed out on his floor more than once too after he didn't show up somewhere and didn't answer the phone. Anyway Jim, we miss ya! Still friends with his brother, who was a Cobra driver in Nam. But I digress. The point is, we have quirky hobbies and valuable stuff that should be destined for someone else who cares about it, not the dump. On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 11:11 AM Nicholas Stock <[email protected]> wrote: > Totally agree Robert, Nick.. > > My wife is constantly harassing me (slight exaggeration...) to make sure I > have a list of items and market prices if I should *kick the > proverbial*....after > collecting/selling for a number of years, nixies have accumulated in price *a > lot*....having them and other tubes end up in a landfill would be a huge > shame... > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 9:08 AM Nick Andrews <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> After seeing estate sales and ebay stuff, I started an inventory of my >> Geiger counters, isotope identifiers, other stuff that is worth something >> on ebay vs thrift store crap. I got 'permanent' ID labels and printed them >> with a unique serial number to key to an Excel spreadsheet, and was going >> to add a photo of the item. Then, I moved and well, need to start over >> again. I mean, ll be dead and not caring any more, but it would be a shame >> for so much money to be lost for my brothers or nieces... >> >> On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 10:37 AM Robert G. Schaffrath < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I see they sold but no idea what the offer was. >>> >>> I agree that selling them as a lot rather than individually is not that >>> great an idea. I have six NOS, and a seventh used, bubble wrapped and in a >>> box with a detailed note about them for whichever family member stumbles >>> across them someday (assuming I do not get a chance to do anything with >>> them). I advise whomever to investigate selling them individually and that >>> tossing them would be very stupid. >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 8:08:25 PM UTC-4 Kevin A. wrote: >>> >>>> If they were tested and guaranteed that would be one thing, but >>>> throwing a bunch of these in a box as-is and charging top dollar probably >>>> won't get them moving any time soon... >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 7:24 PM gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Seller is probably testing the waters to see if anyone take a BIG >>>>> bite. Next step is to break-up into smaller lots. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 3:48:27 PM UTC-7 Jeff Walton wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Remembering some older surplus places prior to the internet. >>>>>> >>>>>> Polypaks was one of them that had a printed flyer or ads in the back >>>>>> of electronics magazines. They often displayed this disclaimer with some >>>>>> of >>>>>> their products, "... No time to test 'em!" >>>>>> >>>>>> Of course, B-7971's were two for $8 with the Ultronics board... >>>>>> Not $200 each. 😁 >>>>>> >>>>>> Jeff >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -------- Original message -------- >>>>>> From: Audrey <[email protected]> >>>>>> Date: 8/17/22 5:37 PM (GMT-06:00) >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] lot of 34 B7971s on ebay.. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yeah. It's silly to sell them all as one lot, and even sillier to not >>>>>> figuring out how to test them for that pricepoint... >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 6:30 PM Michail Wilson <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Quite the number of tubes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Since he is asking retail for them all, and not likely too many >>>>>>> people want or can afford that many, I asked if there was a guarantee >>>>>>> since >>>>>>> if even 1 could be bad, it would make almost the entire order >>>>>>> non-profitable. 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