For me, I buy them all from various people on ebay. Seems strange that these tubes receive such an impact from shipping that they would cross over. I think people are selling them on ebay knowing there is an issue with stuck segments already, but don't know about smacking them and so they sell as 'untested'. There is/was a specific seller on ebay (he is still selling Nixie stuff) and about a third of the 40 tubes were flawed in this way. I posted and video showing him. He wanted me to file a claim stating they were damaged in shipping. Not happy with this, I filed a claim with paypal instead and shipped them back to him. Strangely, several days after getting them back, another seller (obviously a friend in the same area) had them up for auction. Michail
In a message dated 3/6/2016 2:08:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, n...@desmith.net writes: Where are all these different tubes coming from...? -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/141323.318a449e.440e0e04%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
