New cazyness...

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SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.

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Dec 3, 2017, 12:43:21 PM12/3/17
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We all know some rare tubes are sold for a lot of money.... but this is probably a little to enthusiastic from the seller :)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/253280307539




jb-electronics

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Dec 3, 2017, 1:27:48 PM12/3/17
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The BD-200 is a pretty rare tube, I have only seen it surface a very few times. That being said, this price is pretty unreasonable. I was in touch with the person who is auctioning them off, and I initially offered a price of $50 for one tube, which I think is more than fair, but I never heard back from them. Well, good luck I guess.

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Jens


On 12/3/2017 10:43 AM, SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F. wrote:

We all know some rare tubes are sold for a lot of money.... but this is probably a little to enthusiastic from the seller :)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/253280307539




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Jeff Walton

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Dec 3, 2017, 1:30:55 PM12/3/17
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Fun!  Used tubes with 0.3” digits for $999.    J

 

This is the same vendor that was selling obviously defective B7971 tubes about a month ago.  There’s something off with this dealer.  He seems to offer many items for pickup only in the Washington DC area. 

 

On this listing for used BD-200 tubes @ $999, he offers the tubes for shipping or:  “Or cash on PICKUP in Woodstock Virginia”EBay probably just hasn’t yanked the listing yet.

 

When he was selling the defective B7971 tubes, I sent him a PM regarding selling items that were known defective and suggested that folks in the nixie community look out for each other.  He got no bids and this was the message that I got from him:

 

We all know the expression, “There’s a sucker born every minute”  but it is unfortunate that there are listings on eBay that rely on that principle.

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Nicholas Stock

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Dec 3, 2017, 1:35:05 PM12/3/17
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Ouch...

Jeff, did you relay that message to eBay? What an ass....

On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Jeff Walton <jwalt...@gmail.com> wrote:

Fun!  Used tubes with 0.3” digits for $999.    J

 

This is the same vendor that was selling obviously defective B7971 tubes about a month ago.  There’s something off with this dealer.  He seems to offer many items for pickup only in the Washington DC area. 

 

On this listing for used BD-200 tubes @ $999, he offers the tubes for shipping or:  “Or cash on PICKUP in Woodstock Virginia”EBay probably just hasn’t yanked the listing yet.

 

When he was selling the defective B7971 tubes, I sent him a PM regarding selling items that were known defective and suggested that folks in the nixie community look out for each other.  He got no bids and this was the message that I got from him:

 

We all know the expression, “There’s a sucker born every minute”  but it is unfortunate that there are listings on eBay that rely on that principle.

 

 

 

From: neoni...@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.
Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2017 11:43 AM
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Subject: [neonixie-l] New cazyness...

 


We all know some rare tubes are sold for a lot of money.... but this is probably a little to enthusiastic from the seller :)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/253280307539



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Jeff Walton

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Dec 3, 2017, 1:46:54 PM12/3/17
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I reported this one too.

 

 

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Ouch...

 

Jeff, did you relay that message to eBay? What an ass....

On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Jeff Walton <jwalt...@gmail.com> wrote:

Fun!  Used tubes with 0.3” digits for $999.    J

 

This is the same vendor that was selling obviously defective B7971 tubes about a month ago.  There’s something off with this dealer.  He seems to offer many items for pickup only in the Washington DC area. 

 

On this listing for used BD-200 tubes @ $999, he offers the tubes for shipping or:  “Or cash on PICKUP in Woodstock Virginia”EBay probably just hasn’t yanked the listing yet.

 

When he was selling the defective B7971 tubes, I sent him a PM regarding selling items that were known defective and suggested that folks in the nixie community look out for each other.  He got no bids and this was the message that I got from him:

 

We all know the expression, “There’s a sucker born every minute”  but it is unfortunate that there are listings on eBay that rely on that principle.

 

 

 

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Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2017 11:43 AM
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Subject: [neonixie-l] New cazyness...

 


We all know some rare tubes are sold for a lot of money.... but this is probably a little to enthusiastic from the seller :)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/253280307539


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Nicholas Stock

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Dec 4, 2017, 11:23:41 AM12/4/17
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On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Jeff Walton <jwalt...@gmail.com> wrote:

I reported this one too.

 

 

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Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2017 12:35 PM
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Ouch...

 

Jeff, did you relay that message to eBay? What an ass....

On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Jeff Walton <jwalt...@gmail.com> wrote:

Fun!  Used tubes with 0.3” digits for $999.    J

 

This is the same vendor that was selling obviously defective B7971 tubes about a month ago.  There’s something off with this dealer.  He seems to offer many items for pickup only in the Washington DC area. 

 

On this listing for used BD-200 tubes @ $999, he offers the tubes for shipping or:  “Or cash on PICKUP in Woodstock Virginia”EBay probably just hasn’t yanked the listing yet.

 

When he was selling the defective B7971 tubes, I sent him a PM regarding selling items that were known defective and suggested that folks in the nixie community look out for each other.  He got no bids and this was the message that I got from him:

 

We all know the expression, “There’s a sucker born every minute”  but it is unfortunate that there are listings on eBay that rely on that principle.

 

 

 

From: neoni...@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.
Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2017 11:43 AM
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Subject: [neonixie-l] New cazyness...

 


We all know some rare tubes are sold for a lot of money.... but this is probably a little to enthusiastic from the seller :)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/253280307539


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Jon Jackson

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Dec 4, 2017, 11:28:45 AM12/4/17
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These must be DESIGNER tubes...

Jeff Walton

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Dec 4, 2017, 11:30:34 AM12/4/17
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Yep.  Same vendor.  Selling same batch of B7971's with a couple obviously bad tubes right in the photo.  Listing is pickup only and he will try to get you to purchase outside of eBay.  

He's been reported to eBay a couple times but keeps coming back... 
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Luka C

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Dec 4, 2017, 7:38:32 PM12/4/17
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I didn't notice until now, but this was his listing as well:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sockets-driver-boards-acrylic-case-for-huge-B-7971-nixie-tubes-/253280344586?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=%252BwLb3fpLJSR3Pq2fJfKBqd%252BbX4I%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

He basically asks a minimum bid of 300$ for 2 untested Ultronic driver boards and a piece of plastic with six sockets inside? He must be joking.

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