Those tubes have been on the bay for many many months and no-one has purchased them, yet the seller keeps the price at 200 dollars.
Too expensive. I have some of the little 5971's but alas no clock to put them in yet.... On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Ulysses Balis <ulba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Speaking of B-7971's, on a whim, I just did a search on eBay for the rarer > cousin of the B-7971, the B-8971. Amazingly, I found one. > > As I haven't bid on this type of tube in a while, I'm not sure what the > going rate is these days, but $200 seems reasonable, given how rare they > are. > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/BURROUGHS-B-8971-Nixie-Tube-Fine-Grid-Very-rare-/ > 272879983792 > > It looks like a used tube and as such, cathode poisoning/degassing would > be a concern, especially since there are no photos depicting it in an > energized state. To the seller's credit, he/she does have perfect feedback. > > > Ulysses B. > > > > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Jeff Walton <jwalton...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am not sure of the seller that Michail is referring to on ebay, but I >> can add my experience that this listing contains known bad tubes and the >> seller knows that some of us are on to him… >> >> >> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-pc-HUGE-B-7971-B7971-NIXIE-TUBE-FO >> R-COOL-CLOCKS-/253196543763?hash=item3af3b0a713:g:otUAAOSwPGlZ3utx >> >> >> >> BEWARE. >> >> >> >> >> >> Jeff W. >> >> *From:* 'Michail Wilson' via neonixie-l [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroup >> s.com] >> *Sent:* Thursday, October 12, 2017 3:12 PM >> *To:* neonixie-l@googlegroups.com >> *Subject:* RE: [neonixie-l] re: 6 - B7971 tubes >> >> >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> I have tubes; however, I don’t think I would be in a good price range. >> >> >> >> So, just to set a price…. >> >> $130 each + shipping. Will take a video of units working and mark them >> as you wish prior to shipping if you like. >> >> >> >> There are cheaper units on ebay, so no need to tell me you can get them >> cheaper. >> >> Also, I can with 100% guarantee that a specific seller on ebay is >> currently selling bad units. >> >> He screwed me for a bunch of bad units of which I am also willing to sell >> at less than his ebay price - heh. >> >> >> >> Michail Wilson >> >> 206-920-6312 <(206)%20920-6312> >> >> >> >> *From:* neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com >> <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com>] *On Behalf Of *Jack Buechler >> *Sent:* Thursday, October 12, 2017 2:51 AM >> *To:* neonixie-l@googlegroups.com >> *Subject:* [neonixie-l] re: 6 - B7971 tubes >> >> >> >> Does anyone want to sell me 6 B7971 tubes at a reasonable rate? 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