Re: [neonixie-l] 7971 nixies sighted on Ebay

2014-05-15 Thread Ben Pottinger
Wow!  Did anyone check out those auctions? I saw a set of 6 for 750$ and 
another set of 4 for 1200$!! Apparently the sellers think they won the lotto 
with those things!  Does anyone really want a large glowy tube that badly?  I'm 
all about cool stuff, I bought a bunch of Russian tubes to play around with, 
but I'd have to REALLY want that clock with big digits pretty badly I think.  
But hey, if they can fetch those prices for the tubes then more power to them.  
It's the amazing craziness of the free market (which also produces crazy things 
like Aston kutcher making 700,000$ an episode for a half hour comedy sitcom!)

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Re: [neonixie-l] 7971 nixies sighted on Ebay

2014-05-15 Thread Michail1 via neonixie-l
Easy to sell for $750 for a set of 6.  The bigger issue on ebay is if  you 
can trust the seller or not.  And the fact that MOST of those auctions  say 
as is or not tested.  I do have to say that my favorite auction was  the 
one showing the crack and stating you only need to fix the crack and refill 
 with gases.  Heh.
 
Buy them and keep them for an investment.  I would happily sell ya a  set 
of four for a Bitcoin.
 
Also, it's hard to appreciate that big clock until you have it in front of  
you.  You might just want one for each room.  I mean, they all sync up  to 
the same GPS signal transmitter.  I spent days running from room to room  
seeing if the time was dead on accurate.  Ok, JK.
 
I think there are people in this group that have the clocks for sale as  
well.  Half the fun and appreciation is building it yourself.   :]
 
Michail  
 

In a message dated 5/15/2014 2:31:19 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
benpottin...@gmail.com writes:

Wow!  Did anyone check out those auctions? I saw a set of 6  for 750$ and 
another set of 4 for 1200$!! Apparently the sellers think they  won the lotto 
with those things!  Does anyone really want a large glowy  tube that badly? 
 I'm all about cool stuff, I bought a bunch of Russian  tubes to play 
around with, but I'd have to REALLY want that clock with big  digits pretty 
badly 
I think.  But hey, if they can fetch those prices for  the tubes then more 
power to them.  It's the amazing craziness of the  free market (which also 
produces crazy things like Aston kutcher making  700,000$ an episode for a 
half hour comedy  sitcom!)

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