Seriously? This is out of control on ebay

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Nick Andrews

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May 18, 2023, 10:34:41 AM5/18/23
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RikD

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May 18, 2023, 11:20:07 AM5/18/23
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this one  is even worse IMHO...


Nick Andrews

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May 18, 2023, 11:23:21 AM5/18/23
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At least it's cheap if you wanted to play with trying repairs!  But yeah.

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Nicholas Stock

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May 18, 2023, 3:55:54 PM5/18/23
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martin martin

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May 18, 2023, 6:38:40 PM5/18/23
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I'll take two please 
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Ian Vine

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May 19, 2023, 6:27:46 AM5/19/23
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Well, it is working 😂

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Robert G. Schaffrath

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May 19, 2023, 7:42:00 AM5/19/23
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If this sells then I have a defective B7971 I would put up too. At least mine still lights up. A few segments do not work but at least it does not have a hole in the glass LOL.

SD

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May 19, 2023, 1:26:27 PM5/19/23
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haha, I ordered an IV-17 clock kit from them before.   they have some bizarre items

Mac Doktor

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May 19, 2023, 2:13:02 PM5/19/23
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On May 19, 2023, at 1:26 PM, SD <scd...@gmail.com> wrote:

haha, I ordered an IV-17 clock kit from them before.

I got their first offering, an "IV17/IV4 Nixie Tube Explorer Kit by Chris Barron". It didn't include tubes but I had some IV-4s and the board was already stuffed. They sent it to the wrong address and that person didn't feel like sending it back. At least that was the story I was told.


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Audrey

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May 19, 2023, 4:01:23 PM5/19/23
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Did you get your refund, at least?

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Nicholas Stock

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May 19, 2023, 4:09:09 PM5/19/23
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I've purchased a number of items from this buyer and on the whole they've been excellent. They liquidate estate sale stuff, so sometimes don't know what they've got on their hands and I advise folks not to look at their eBay shop at work if your screen is visible to others, they appear to offer a number of 'adult toys' if you get my drift. If someone relayed that a nixie with a hole in it is essentially worthless, they'd probably throw it away....

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Mac Doktor

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May 19, 2023, 4:18:46 PM5/19/23
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On May 19, 2023, at 4:01 PM, Audrey <tntm...@gmail.com> wrote:

Did you get your refund, at least?

Yes, they were totally cool about it. I received the wrong item and didn't have to send it back.

They could have been lying about the situation, of course, but at least I ended up with some extra toys.


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I advise folks not to look at their eBay shop at work if your screen is visible to others, they appear to offer a number of 'adult toys' if you get my drift.

Those were the "extra toys" that I ended up with. 8D


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Yohan Park

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May 21, 2023, 8:43:52 AM5/21/23
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I threw away a couple of IN-18 tubes that had broken nipples a few weeks ago. Should have sold them for $25 each...

Audrey

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May 21, 2023, 5:03:09 PM5/21/23
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I mean... a broken nipple only sounds repairable by someone getting into neon making

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Mac Doktor

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May 21, 2023, 7:02:57 PM5/21/23
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On May 21, 2023, at 5:02 PM, Audrey <tntm...@gmail.com> wrote:

I mean... a broken nipple only sounds repairable by someone getting into neon making

If the cathodes have any chemicals on them to enhance electron emission that will oxidize upon contact with the air. Reprocessing them will require reducing the coatings again.

I went to neon school but I'm not up to this challenge. People who make nixie tubes would know the score.


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Audrey

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May 21, 2023, 7:20:46 PM5/21/23
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Isnt that usually only the case with vacuum tubes? I think you're thinking of thoriated heaters

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Mac Doktor

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May 21, 2023, 7:52:13 PM5/21/23
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On May 21, 2023, at 7:20 PM, Audrey <tntm...@gmail.com> wrote:

Isnt that usually only the case with vacuum tubes? I think you're thinking of thoriated heaters

I leave it to someone else to come up with a definitive answer but a neon sign can start cold because the cathodes are coated with the stuff. I can't remember precisely what is used but it's more than just thorium. I'm not sure if they're all elemental but they might be. It's been a very long time.

Part of precessing a new tube is heating the cathodes to reduce the oxidized chemicals back to their "raw" state. If a tube needs to be repaired and the tubing itself can be reused new cathodes will have to be spliced on and the entire assembly re-processed.


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Audrey

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May 21, 2023, 8:06:57 PM5/21/23
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Yeah oxidization is definitely a concern

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