Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-25 Thread alex nolan
gt;>>>>> B-7971. If so, then, heheh, I have one. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It is the Cogwheel design clock. I actually went through the >>>>>>>>> process of making one (sourcing the case, etc). Let me

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-25 Thread Bill Notfaded
;>>>> any info. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> More funny is that I also got the Elegoo Saturn. I’ve only printed >>>>>>>> the rook. Yes, the resolution

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-17 Thread Bill Notfaded
gt;> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> More funny is that I also got the Elegoo Saturn. I’ve only printed >>>>>>> the rook. Yes, the resolution is great. I assume you also got the uv >>>>>>> cure/

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-05 Thread Audrey
t;>>>> As for the GC-1005, I have one that was cheaper, but did have a >>>>> problem. Easy fix. As for the SP-352, I have plenty if you really need >>>>> one. I have found it best to contact sellers directly to purchase and >>>>> they >&g

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-05 Thread Robert G. Schaffrath
ve a >>>> problem. Easy fix. As for the SP-352, I have plenty if you really need >>>> one. I have found it best to contact sellers directly to purchase and >>>> they >>>> will negotiate a better price than the high prices they’re asking on ebay.

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-04 Thread Paul Andrews
Maybe. I’m thinking of making another batch. PM me. > On Feb 3, 2022, at 6:24 PM, Bill Notfaded wrote: > >  > I agree with Paul. We need a pinned thread about this. Also Paul I'd be > willing to part with some tubes for one of your single tube clocks maybe with > some tube boards but I can

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-04 Thread Paul Andrews
nd it best to contact sellers directly to purchase and they will >>>> negotiate a better price than the high prices they’re asking on ebay. Of >>>> course I normally try to buy them all. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> &g

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-04 Thread 'Ian' via neonixie-l
gt;>>> negotiate a better price than the high prices they’re asking on ebay. Of >>>> course I normally try to buy them all. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Michail Wilson >>>> >>>>

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-03 Thread Bill Notfaded
I have plenty if you really need >>> one. I have found it best to contact sellers directly to purchase and they >>> will negotiate a better price than the high prices they’re asking on ebay. >>> Of course I normally try to buy them all. >>> >>> >>> >>>

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-03 Thread Bill Notfaded
>> >> >> >> Michail Wilson >> >> 206-920-6312 <(206)%20920-6312> >> >> >> >> *From:* neoni...@googlegroups.com *On Behalf >> Of *Bill Notfaded >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 3, 2022 3:25 PM >> *To:* neonixie-l &g

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-03 Thread Bill Notfaded
12> > > > > *From:* neoni...@googlegroups.com *On Behalf > Of *Bill Notfaded > *Sent:* Thursday, February 3, 2022 3:25 PM > *To:* neonixie-l > *Subject:* Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me? > > > > I agree with Paul. We need a pinned thread about this.

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-03 Thread Bill Notfaded
negotiate a better price than the high prices they’re asking on ebay. Of > course I normally try to buy them all. > > > > > > Michail Wilson > > 206-920-6312 > > > > *From:* neonixie-l@googlegroups.com *On > Behalf Of *Bill Notfaded > *Sent:* Thursday, Februa

RE: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-03 Thread Michail Wilson
206-920-6312 From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Bill Notfaded Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2022 3:25 PM To: neonixie-l Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me? I agree with Paul. We need a pinned thread about this. Also Paul I'd be willing to part with some tubes for one of your

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-03 Thread Bill Notfaded
Michail- The weird shenanigans with auctions I see it every day. You gotta look at the history. You're 100% right. Many auctions if there isn't make offer or a good price I just move on unless it's something I really want then if it is I'll message them. Bill On Sunday, January 30, 2022 at

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-02-03 Thread Bill Notfaded
I agree with Paul. We need a pinned thread about this. Also Paul I'd be willing to part with some tubes for one of your single tube clocks maybe with some tube boards but I can order them since you've made them open source basically. I love your single tube clock. It's really f'in cool stuff!

RE: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-30 Thread Michail Wilson
Regarding history of a sold item. Here is an example of a seller changing the title and contents after a sale to make it appear there was sold history of an item they are selling. https://www.ebay.com/itm/162483870363 The auction is for 100 pcs of a small EL panel readout. $520. Fair price,

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-30 Thread Paul Andrews
I feel there should be a pinned thread titled “I can’t believe the price of tubes these days”. Don’t get me wrong, I also gasp at some of the asking prices I see! Love those IN-18s. I would love to have a set, but I’m not sure I could justify the asking price, and I really need to make clocks

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-30 Thread Robert G. Schaffrath
I paid $125 for 25 NOS Philips ZM1022's back in 2002. Kicking myself I did not buy 50 at the time as I had the money and they are one of my favorite style tubes. They sat packed away for years until 2019 when I got several of the four digit Chinese clocks that use them. On Saturday, January

RE: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-29 Thread Michail Wilson
I would never go through them, but it turns out 600 was only enough for a little over 2 years.  Michail From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mac Doktor Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 3:29 PM To: neonixie-l Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me? On Jan 24, 2022, at 2:39 PM

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-29 Thread J Forbes
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 wrote: > > That's

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-29 Thread Mac Doktor
> On Jan 24, 2022, at 2:39 PM, Nick Andrews 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 >

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-29 Thread Nicholas Stock
wer >>>>>> price so I ordered some from them. >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 6:45 PM Michail Wilson wrote: >>>>>>> I always check the price history to see when and how much. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-29 Thread Bill Notfaded
see when and how much. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I know of sellers selling something for a normal price, then after I >>>>>> buy and get it, they change their auction to a completely different >>&

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-29 Thread Bill Notfaded
mal price, then after I >>>>> buy and get it, they change their auction to a completely different >>>>> cheaper >>>>> item so it appears to new people that the cheap item sold for a higher >>>>> amount. >>>>> >>>>&

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-29 Thread Audrey
buy and get it, they change their auction to a completely different cheaper >>>> item so it appears to new people that the cheap item sold for a higher >>>> amount. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >&g

RE: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-29 Thread Michail Wilson
Very nice. I personally have never seen them with horizontal/vertical mesh; only honeycomb. Michail Wilson 206-920-6312 From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Bill Notfaded Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 6:51 AM To: neonixie-l Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me? Well I

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-29 Thread Bill Notfaded
r auction to a completely different cheaper >>> item so it appears to new people that the cheap item sold for a higher >>> amount. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Michail Wilson >>> >>> 206

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-25 Thread Adrian Godwin
ppears to new people that the cheap item sold for a higher >> amount. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Michail Wilson >> >> 206-920-6312 >> >> >> >> *From:* neonixie-l@googlegroups.com *On >> Behalf Of *Bartek Ogryz &g

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-25 Thread Nick Andrews
eap item sold for a higher > amount. > > > > > > > > Michail Wilson > > 206-920-6312 > > > > *From:* neonixie-l@googlegroups.com *On > Behalf Of *Bartek Ogryz > *Sent:* Monday, January 24, 2022 1:39 PM > *To:* neonixie-l > *Subject:* Re: [neoni

RE: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-24 Thread Michail Wilson
Wilson 206-920-6312 From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Bartek Ogryz Sent: Monday, January 24, 2022 1:39 PM To: neonixie-l Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me? Do you know how eastern sellers (Ukrainians, Russians, etc) are uplifting the tubes prices? It's a very simple trick

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-24 Thread Bartek Ogryz
Do you know how eastern sellers (Ukrainians, Russians, etc) are uplifting the tubes prices? It's a very simple trick :) I had bought many IV-25 about a year ago for funny money. It was a real catch! After a few days, the seller had raised the price 10x. From that moment on, every next person,

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-24 Thread Nick Andrews
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

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-24 Thread Nick Andrews
But that seller graciously offered me that tube for only $7000... On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 10:50 PM Mac Doktor wrote: > > On Jan 23, 2022, at 11:11 PM, Bill Notfaded wrote: > > This is what really set me off: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/174977901251 > > > I've been told by someone who knows

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-23 Thread Mac Doktor
> On Jan 23, 2022, at 11:11 PM, Bill Notfaded wrote: > > This is what really set me off: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/174977901251 I've been told by someone who knows these sorts of things that this price is just a tad high. And so is the seller. Much

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-23 Thread Bill Notfaded
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I love all of you. You've let me in on your journey. It seems we're at a turning point now. I suppose our hope is all on a few now. We love the neon. Maybe more of us might get the bug to make more things. That Dalibor Keysight neon comes to mind. I can't let

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-23 Thread Mac Doktor
Some blathering... > On Jan 23, 2022, at 12:44 PM, Bill Notfaded wrote: > > Perhaps for some of us collectors we now sit on a gold mine Everything I've bought in the last five years seems to have turned into a good to excellent investment. IN-13s have of course gone up in price at a steady

RE: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-23 Thread Jeff Walton
I don’t personally think that there is much of a mystery about the lack of “great tubes” on ebay or other places at “reasonable prices”. The market is no longer for hobbyists, it has shifted to a collector phase where some are simply hoarding tubes and others approach it with a “win at any

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-23 Thread Dekatron42
To me it also seems that there are more people that have the funds to spend which also drives the greed of the sellers, it's not just greed I mean. /Martin On Sunday, 23 January 2022 at 19:43:46 UTC+1 Pramanicin wrote: > Bill, times have certainly changed for obvious reasons. There is the >

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-23 Thread Nicholas Stock
Bill, times have certainly changed for obvious reasons. There is the occasional 'bargain' to be had for those that pay close attention to eBay etc, but gone are the days of yore. I'm sure there are a number of list members sitting on 'hoards' that may let things sell here and there, but

Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me?

2022-01-23 Thread Audrey
I'm new so I dont know what it used to be like, but it seems like wonderful things come along every once in a while, 3 CD-47s have sold recently, a CD-27, that b7971 clock you purchased, some pandicons, a pair of GR10Gs On Sun, Jan 23, 2022, 12:44 PM Bill Notfaded wrote: > Is it just me or does