Totally agree Robert, Nick.. My wife is constantly harassing me (slight exaggeration...) to make sure I have a list of items and market prices if I should *kick the proverbial*....after collecting/selling for a number of years, nixies have accumulated in price *a lot*....having them and other tubes end up in a landfill would be a huge shame...
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 9:08 AM Nick Andrews <nickjandr...@gmail.com> wrote: > After seeing estate sales and ebay stuff, I started an inventory of my > Geiger counters, isotope identifiers, other stuff that is worth something > on ebay vs thrift store crap. I got 'permanent' ID labels and printed them > with a unique serial number to key to an Excel spreadsheet, and was going > to add a photo of the item. Then, I moved and well, need to start over > again. I mean, ll be dead and not caring any more, but it would be a shame > for so much money to be lost for my brothers or nieces... > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 10:37 AM Robert G. Schaffrath < > robert.schaffr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I see they sold but no idea what the offer was. >> >> I agree that selling them as a lot rather than individually is not that >> great an idea. I have six NOS, and a seventh used, bubble wrapped and in a >> box with a detailed note about them for whichever family member stumbles >> across them someday (assuming I do not get a chance to do anything with >> them). I advise whomever to investigate selling them individually and that >> tossing them would be very stupid. >> >> On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 8:08:25 PM UTC-4 Kevin A. wrote: >> >>> If they were tested and guaranteed that would be one thing, but throwing >>> a bunch of these in a box as-is and charging top dollar probably won't get >>> them moving any time soon... >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 7:24 PM gregebert <greg...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Seller is probably testing the waters to see if anyone take a BIG bite. >>>> Next step is to break-up into smaller lots. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 3:48:27 PM UTC-7 Jeff Walton wrote: >>>> >>>>> Remembering some older surplus places prior to the internet. >>>>> >>>>> Polypaks was one of them that had a printed flyer or ads in the back >>>>> of electronics magazines. They often displayed this disclaimer with some >>>>> of >>>>> their products, "... No time to test 'em!" >>>>> >>>>> Of course, B-7971's were two for $8 with the Ultronics board... >>>>> Not $200 each. 😁 >>>>> >>>>> Jeff >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------- Original message -------- >>>>> From: Audrey <tntm...@gmail.com> >>>>> Date: 8/17/22 5:37 PM (GMT-06:00) >>>>> To: neoni...@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] lot of 34 B7971s on ebay.. >>>>> >>>>> Yeah. It's silly to sell them all as one lot, and even sillier to not >>>>> figuring out how to test them for that pricepoint... >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 6:30 PM Michail Wilson <m...@michail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Quite the number of tubes. >>>>>> >>>>>> Since he is asking retail for them all, and not likely too many >>>>>> people want or can afford that many, I asked if there was a guarantee >>>>>> since >>>>>> if even 1 could be bad, it would make almost the entire order >>>>>> non-profitable. 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