This guy has a sense of humour..

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Nicholas Stock

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Jan 23, 2020, 1:37:47 PM1/23/20
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Michail Wilson

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Jan 23, 2020, 1:42:29 PM1/23/20
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I already contacted him.

 

He said, untested and appears to know circuit design.  I asked if he would use a plasma ball – He said he doesn’t have one and is busy moving.

 

I made a very fair offer, but then no response.

 

Michail Wilson

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Nicholas Stock

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Jan 23, 2020, 1:47:14 PM1/23/20
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It is unusual to have the BIPCO associated with it.....but the tubes are not worth that much.....may be I should sell some! :)

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Michail Wilson

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Jan 23, 2020, 1:54:28 PM1/23/20
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You should.  J   I might buy them from you.  I only have about 30.

 

I admit, he is cheaper than the other seller on ebay; however, the other seller guarantees his and I know they work.

David Eustace

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Jan 23, 2020, 2:16:58 PM1/23/20
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TBH these are £38 a pop. I haven't seen these for any cheaper since I started looking a year ago. Ignoring the untested nature, isn't that just the going rate now? If anyone wants to sell me 6 at £20 each, let me know! 

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Michail Wilson

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Jan 23, 2020, 2:38:51 PM1/23/20
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You think L38 ($50) is the going rate, but you are only willing to pay L20 ($25) each?

 

When the other seller originally posted, he wanted $35 each which was why I bought so many.  Because me and others ran his stock down quickly, he doubled his price and hasn’t sold any since.  Also, he is providing NEW NOS in box units.  

 

This new auction says used, no box and, may have signs of wear.

 

I didn’t say he was out of his mind.  The price is fair, so I also put in a fair offer (close to his price).

 

 

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David Eustace

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Jan 23, 2020, 2:48:04 PM1/23/20
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Ach, I was only joking about the £20 (emails are such a bad communication medium), but my general point was you don't see them significantly cheaper on the ebay market very often, so I think we are in agreement! 

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Paul Andrews

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Jan 24, 2020, 9:40:32 AM1/24/20
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And they sold for around $50 each anyway. So not joking I guess.

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Nicholas Stock

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Jan 24, 2020, 9:55:27 AM1/24/20
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Wow.

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Michail Wilson

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Jan 24, 2020, 12:04:31 PM1/24/20
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Well, they sold for less than $50.   I am 100% sure.  J

 

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Paul Andrews

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Jan 24, 2020, 2:38:34 PM1/24/20
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Because you bought them? Because eBay says the sale price was $500 and some.

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Michail Wilson

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Jan 24, 2020, 4:22:08 PM1/24/20
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Hello,

 

I can say with 100% certainty that they didn’t sell for $500+.  To be clear, I am the buyer.

 

eBay is strange in that if you have an auction for $550 and you’re willing to accept offers in which you do, then the buyer pays the price offered, but strangely, ebay shows it sold at the full price.

 

Buyer wanted $550 + $4.53 shipping.  I offered and paid less than $500 total.

 

So, market could be manipulated in that… I could post something (my autograph) for $1million, but accept an offer for $1, and ebay will show it sold for $1million.  Then everyone thinks my autograph is worth $1million.  J   eBay ‘should’ state instead that it sold by best offer.

Alex

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Jan 25, 2020, 6:45:24 PM1/25/20
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Yeah, that eBay bug is really annoying but it can be gotten around with some url fiddling ... Looks like you paid 475 usd for them if my fiddling is correct, so yeah, as you said.

Thing to look for is that on sold item list from seller it will show item price with strike through (but no real price), Listing itself it does not show anything.

Watchcounter.com will render an item url with versioning flag too, which works well


https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=114080289782

Michail Wilson

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Jan 25, 2020, 10:28:09 PM1/25/20
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You're right.

$475 + $4.53

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Mac Doktor

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Jan 27, 2020, 3:20:29 PM1/27/20
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> On Jan 25, 2020, at 6:45 PM, Alex <ajlg...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Watchcounter.com will render an item url with versioning flag too, which works well

I'm getting this:

watchcounter.com
is for sale!
Need a price instantly? Just give us a call.


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Alex

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Jan 29, 2020, 5:22:45 AM1/29/20
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Sorry, you have probably worked it out now but its http://www.watchcount.com/?cc=UK not watchcounter - I was working from memory on that last post!

To be honest, if your just after sold at offer price, you can probably just tweak the item URL I posted with different item numbers...

Michail Wilson

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Jan 31, 2020, 12:14:52 AM1/31/20
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I received the auction today.

 

Good and Bad news.

 

Bad news is that 1 of the 11 tubes is bad.  Cracked at the base, but difficult to see.

 

I proposed a refund of 1/12th of the payment.    12th being the socket and known bad tube instead of requesting 1/11th.

 

So, 10 more tubes for the collection.

 

Does anyone have any information/interest on the socket?  (Burroughs BIP9502)

 

Michail Wilson

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Sorry, you have probably worked it out now but its http://www.watchcount.com/?cc=UK not watchcounter - I was working from memory on that last post!

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