I have also been in communication with this guy attempting to buy them and as soon as I pointed out the damage he stopped communicating. He also refused to provide any other information about the tubes. I would be cautious about this.
On Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 12:10:53 AM UTC-4, Jeff Walton wrote: > > I noted that a listing for some B7971 tubes had popped up on eBay for > which I have had contact with the seller previously. He offered the tubes > to me for $82 each and we exchanged a couple emails including some photos. > The listing is on > http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-pc-HUGE-B-7971-B7971-NIXIE-TUBE-FOR-COOL-CLOCKS-/253133130665?hash=item3aefe90ba9:g:VP0AAOSwiONYMoj7 > > and there are (8) tubes with two that are obviously damaged (blackened > envelope and one with segments that have arced internally) > > Anyhow, I tried to purchase the tubes that looked normal and advised of my > observations about the questionable tubes and he stopped communicating and > put them up for bidding starting at $99ea. While the price is in the > ballpark for what the tubes seem to go for these days, be careful of this > listing and seller as there are likely issues with some of these particular > items. > > While he offered to ship them at a price including shipping, the ebay > listing is for "pickup only" in the Washington DC area and has also been on > Craigslist > > User has emailed using archai...@gmail.com <javascript:>... > > -- 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/8bd1e075-51a9-48c9-b9db-a6b80b27d57b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
