Those 5971’s are a bit steep..... Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 28, 2019, at 07:02, Michail Wilson <m...@michail.com> wrote: > > Bill, > > I'm glad you got the tubes you wanted; however, I am a little surprised that > you didn't take me up on my offer of $1000 plus shipping for six tested tube > when you contacted me directly. > > As for the 5971's, thanks for mentioning that they were on ebay. I've been > searching for quite some time and it turns out my search was for 'B-5971' and > that doesn't work for '5971 nixie'. > > Michail > > -----Original Message----- > From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Bill Notfaded > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 9:39 PM > To: neonixie-l > Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] TESTED 4 Nixie Tubes Burroughs B-7971 3½" tall > 14-segment character > > Sorry to ruin it for you guys... It's not a scam of some kind. I bought the > tubes on Monday night. I've been fighting with the other bidder over a bunch > of auctions. It was my birthday Monday night and I wasn't going to let him > win that one even though it cost me as much as my new Rigol mso5000 > oscilliscope. I way over paid but I just might do it to him again on the > other two. I also found another secret source for cheaper b7971's but > they're getting scarcer and scarcer and it's hit or miss too. I bought 2 > more last night for 150$. Month ago I got 6 for 400$ total and 2 for 250$ > total from two different people. I'm working on a new smartsocket array and > just bought a new mod-six from Michael... Hopefully shipping this week! I > also have a v8-08 mod-six that's older. I think 7971's are going to become > the next 568's. I love the Nixie glow but being able to make something > besides numbers is priceless to me. Maybe it's the computer scientist in > me... Idk? I love that b8971 clock too. There are some b5971s on eBay > now... Anyone built a mini one? I've seen board Gerbers on the net for them. > > Best Regards, > > Bill > > -- > 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/60945898-0fa9-4c02-83f5-9eb6b73e965f%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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/011f01d4e56e%24dab3b280%24901b1780%24%40com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/F0548528-6CDE-48E2-9014-DDD3D41CBA37%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
