Re: [neonixie-l] IV-17 Explorer Kits & ZM1350 Smartsocket Boards — Both With Tubes

2022-09-05 Thread Instrument Resources of America 
I have not looked into this yet, but my suspicions are that most of what 
is being shipped from Ukraine must be far removed from the fighting and 
war zone.    Ira.



On 9/5/2022 2:39 PM, 'Greg P' via neonixie-l wrote:
This seller is some kind of estate liquidator I'm convinced of that.   
Some of the clocks he sold could be traced by serial numbers and the 
original buyer has since passed away.  Again, this is my speculation 
based on the deceased and where this seller is located, both in 
Northern New Jersey, Metro NY area.


As far as the sex toys, who knows maybe they bought out one of those 
seedy places in Times Square.




On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 1:07:28 PM UTC-4 Terry Bowman wrote:


On Sep 5, 2022, at 8:44 AM, Craig Smuda  wrote:

Just bought some IN-18s and an older nixie-tester kit, received
extremely quickly and in good shape. A data point to add- the
items were shipped from Brighton Beach in NYC, a major Russian
and related language outpost. So it could well be the seller saw
an area of opportunity for importing and branched into it- there
are a number of things like the nixie testers which a collector
wouldn't have many multiples of.


I'm surprised that so much is still shipping from Ukraine. There's
been an increase in new listings of Nixie et al on eBay in recent
months. I've never seen many of the sellers before and they're
from all over the map. Some US sellers are asking low-end market
prices.



Regardless, will vouch for a good experience, at least for the
nixie stuff, can't comment on the sex toys.


Well, Saturday I received a package containing an all-in-one
beginner's bondage kit. I suppose that someone else now has my
IV-17 Explorer kit. No doubt they intended to do a different kind
of exploration and are quite disappointed.  o_O


BTW, he has two more Explorer kits today. The price has almost
doubled:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185561825127


Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

"There is no Main Street anymore except at Disneyland—and try and
buy a gun there"—Hank Hill

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Re: [neonixie-l] IV-17 Explorer Kits & ZM1350 Smartsocket Boards — Both With Tubes

2022-09-05 Thread 'Greg P' via neonixie-l 
This seller is some kind of estate liquidator I'm convinced of that.   Some 
of the clocks he sold could be traced by serial numbers and the original 
buyer has since passed away.  Again, this is my speculation based on the 
deceased and where this seller is located, both in Northern New Jersey, 
Metro NY area.

As far as the sex toys, who knows maybe they bought out one of those seedy 
places in Times Square.



On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 1:07:28 PM UTC-4 Terry Bowman wrote:

> On Sep 5, 2022, at 8:44 AM, Craig Smuda  wrote:
>
> Just bought some IN-18s and an older nixie-tester kit, received extremely 
> quickly and in good shape. A data point to add- the items were shipped from 
> Brighton Beach in NYC, a major Russian and related language outpost. So it 
> could well be the seller saw an area of opportunity for importing and 
> branched into it- there are a number of things like the nixie testers which 
> a collector wouldn't have many multiples of. 
>
>
> I'm surprised that so much is still shipping from Ukraine. There's been an 
> increase in new listings of Nixie et al on eBay in recent months. I've 
> never seen many of the sellers before and they're from all over the map. 
> Some US sellers are asking low-end market prices.
>
>
> Regardless, will vouch for a good experience, at least for the nixie 
> stuff, can't comment on the sex toys.
>
>
> Well, Saturday I received a package containing an all-in-one beginner's 
> bondage kit. I suppose that someone else now has my IV-17 Explorer kit. No 
> doubt they intended to do a different kind of exploration and are quite 
> disappointed.  o_O
>
>
> BTW, he has two more Explorer kits today. The price has almost doubled:
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/185561825127
>
>
> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
> "The Mac Doctor"
>
> "There is no Main Street anymore except at Disneyland—and try and buy a 
> gun there"—Hank Hill
>
>

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Re: [neonixie-l] IV-17 Explorer Kits & ZM1350 Smartsocket Boards — Both With Tubes

2022-09-05 Thread Mac Doktor 

> On Sep 5, 2022, at 8:44 AM, Craig Smuda  wrote:
> 
> Just bought some IN-18s and an older nixie-tester kit, received extremely 
> quickly and in good shape. A data point to add- the items were shipped from 
> Brighton Beach in NYC, a major Russian and related language outpost. So it 
> could well be the seller saw an area of opportunity for importing and 
> branched into it- there are a number of things like the nixie testers which a 
> collector wouldn't have many multiples of.

I'm surprised that so much is still shipping from Ukraine. There's been an 
increase in new listings of Nixie et al on eBay in recent months. I've never 
seen many of the sellers before and they're from all over the map. Some US 
sellers are asking low-end market prices.


> Regardless, will vouch for a good experience, at least for the nixie stuff, 
> can't comment on the sex toys.

Well, Saturday I received a package containing an all-in-one beginner's bondage 
kit. I suppose that someone else now has my IV-17 Explorer kit. No doubt they 
intended to do a different kind of exploration and are quite disappointed.  o_O


BTW, he has two more Explorer kits today. The price has almost doubled:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185561825127 


Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

"There is no Main Street anymore except at Disneyland—and try and buy a gun 
there"—Hank Hill

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Re: [neonixie-l] IV-17 Explorer Kits & ZM1350 Smartsocket Boards — Both With Tubes

2022-09-05 Thread Craig Smuda 
Just bought some IN-18s and an older nixie-tester kit, received extremely 
quickly and in good shape. A data point to add- the items were shipped from 
Brighton Beach in NYC, a major Russian and related language outpost. So it 
could well be the seller saw an area of opportunity for importing and 
branched into it- there are a number of things like the nixie testers which 
a collector wouldn't have many multiples of. Regardless, will vouch for a 
good experience, at least for the nixie stuff, can't comment on the sex 
toys.

On Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 5:00:40 PM UTC-4 Greg P wrote:

> That eBayer has been selling a lot of Nixie related clocks, tubes, etc 
> along with sex toys.  From what I can tell he must be a liquidator and I 
> presume bought out a Nixie collection from someone who either passed away 
> or decided to get out of the hobby.
>
> On Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 2:40:07 PM UTC-4 Terry Bowman wrote:
>
>> On Sep 1, 2022, at 2:30 PM, Michail Wilson  wrote:
>>
>> Thanks.
>> I decided to get the ZMs.  It’s about time.
>>
>>
>> I grabbed the first Explorer kit (sans tubes) when he listed it 
>> yesterday. I wouldn't be surprised to see something else turn up tomorrow.
>>
>>
>> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
>> "The Mac Doctor"
>>
>> https://www.astarcloseup.com
>>
>> "Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it 
>> out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and 
>> enthusiasm for science intact."—Carl Sagan, *Psychology Today*, 1996
>>
>>

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Re: [neonixie-l] IV-17 Explorer Kits & ZM1350 Smartsocket Boards — Both With Tubes

2022-09-01 Thread 'Greg P' via neonixie-l 
That eBayer has been selling a lot of Nixie related clocks, tubes, etc 
along with sex toys.  From what I can tell he must be a liquidator and I 
presume bought out a Nixie collection from someone who either passed away 
or decided to get out of the hobby.

On Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 2:40:07 PM UTC-4 Terry Bowman wrote:

> On Sep 1, 2022, at 2:30 PM, Michail Wilson  wrote:
>
> Thanks.
> I decided to get the ZMs.  It’s about time.
>
>
> I grabbed the first Explorer kit (sans tubes) when he listed it 
> yesterday. I wouldn't be surprised to see something else turn up tomorrow.
>
>
> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
> "The Mac Doctor"
>
> https://www.astarcloseup.com
>
> "Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out 
> of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm 
> for science intact."—Carl Sagan, *Psychology Today*, 1996
>
>

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Re: [neonixie-l] IV-17 Explorer Kits & ZM1350 Smartsocket Boards — Both With Tubes

2022-09-01 Thread Mac Doktor 

> On Sep 1, 2022, at 2:30 PM, Michail Wilson  wrote:
> 
> Thanks.
> I decided to get the ZMs.  It’s about time.

I grabbed the first Explorer kit (sans tubes) when he listed it yesterday. I 
wouldn't be surprised to see something else turn up tomorrow.


Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

https://www.astarcloseup.com

"Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of 
them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for 
science intact."—Carl Sagan, Psychology Today, 1996

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RE: [neonixie-l] IV-17 Explorer Kits & ZM1350 Smartsocket Boards — Both With Tubes

2022-09-01 Thread Michail Wilson 
Thanks.
I decided to get the ZMs.  It’s about time.

Michail

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Subject: [neonixie-l] IV-17 Explorer Kits & ZM1350 Smartsocket Boards — Both 
With Tubes

Just turned up on eBay (same seller):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185560442815

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185560452874


Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"
https://www.astarcloseup.com

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said, were suns but very far away. The Sun was a star but close up.”—Carl 
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[neonixie-l] IV-17 Explorer Kits & ZM1350 Smartsocket Boards — Both With Tubes

2022-09-01 Thread Mac Doktor 
Just turned up on eBay (same seller):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185560442815 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185560452874 


Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

https://www.astarcloseup.com

“...the book said something astonishing, a very big thought. The stars, it 
said, were suns but very far away. The Sun was a star but close up.”—Carl 
Sagan, "The Backbone Of Night", Cosmos, 1980


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