[neonixie-l] Re: Buying Nixies from outside the UK

2013-02-27 Thread Alex
I have bought thousands of £ worth of tubes from Ukraine, Moldova and Romania and with the exception of a few smashed IN-9 tubes that I received reimbursement for I have never had any issues or shipping / customs problems. Terry, shame about that IV-26 clock - that's the big version too! I

[neonixie-l] Re: Buying Nixies from outside the UK

2013-02-27 Thread Smiffy
I had been half hoping to see some clarification to this point of John's original question, because there are certainly EU regulations concerning hazardous substances (Ne may be inert, but you can find Hg, Be, other nasties.) On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 10:29:27 PM UTC+10:30, electrofish

[neonixie-l] Re: Buying Nixies from outside the UK

2013-02-27 Thread Terry Kennedy
On Feb 27, 2:57 pm, Alex ajlgr...@gmail.com wrote: Terry, shame about that IV-26 clock - that's the big version too! I bought a load of IV-26 tubes a while ago before realising there are 3 types (watch out for that sort of thing with the Russian tubes, John!) The clock is happy now, and I even

[neonixie-l] Re: Buying Nixies from outside the UK

2013-02-26 Thread Jon
Hi John, As long as the sender packs them adequately to prevent the glass envelopes breaking, you shouldn't have any problems getting them shipped into the UK. Take a look on eBay to check the prices that you're being quoted are reasonable. There are no import restrictions to the UK which

[neonixie-l] Re: Buying Nixies from outside the UK

2013-02-26 Thread Terry Kennedy
On Feb 26, 2:36 pm, Jon dekat...@nomotron.com wrote: As long as the sender packs them adequately to prevent the glass envelopes breaking, you shouldn't have any problems getting them shipped into the UK. Not in the UK, but I've been ordering stuff from former Soviet bloc countries for delivery