A pair of Rodan Okaya CD47 / GR414 on eBay (used with green corrosion on one pin).....

[Dekatron42]

Just spotted these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/353770528495 used with green corrosion on at least one pin.

/Martin

[Nicholas Stock]

Again, fugly tubes...

:)

On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 11:03 AM Dekatron42 <martin....@gmail.com> wrote:

Just spotted these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/353770528495 used with green corrosion on at least one pin.

/Martin

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[Terry S]

Fugly is in the eye of the beholder.

[Audrey]

IMO they dont look too bad, theyre called working

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[gregebert]

For the lucky few who have one or more of these enormous beasts, have you seen any hint of degradation or leakage ? I've always wondered if there were manufacturing challenges due to the size.

Also, is the glass thicker than typical nixies ?

[jb-electronics]

I think the glass is actually quite thin. Jens

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[Nick Andrews]

A house number display made with these would look very cool.  While also being the most expensive one ever made...

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[Bartek Ogryz]

Nice tubes, with ugly price ;)

I remember, I could have bought some of them for 20EUR/pc 15 years ago....

"That much? You must be crazy!" - I had thought... :(

In 15 years, I'll think to myself: "If I had bought them then for 1000EUR, I would be a millionaire today" ;)

Bartek.

[Audrey]

That stuff hurts to think about bartek

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[Paul Andrews]

I have one that has been running for a couple of years now (maybe 6 hours a day). It doesn't show any signs of any issues. Not sure about the glass thickness - I would assume it is the same as other tubes.

[gregebert]

Fugly or not, someone coughed-up more than 2300 Euros for the pair.

[Audrey]

Sounds like the guy who spent 3500 euros on an untested one was just stupid

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[liam bartosiewicz]

Who knows, they might be the ones laughing in 5 years when a single tube goes for $10,000 

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[Audrey]

That's absolutely true...

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[gregebert]

I would much rather have some of Dalibor's H-tubes.

[Dekatron42]

Yet another one from the same seller: https://www.ebay.com/itm/353780905444?hash=item525efc35e4:g:UD4AAOSwQMVhnOg1

/Martin

[Audrey]

Seeing the current bid sit at 51 euros feels like the calm before the storm

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[Robert G. Schaffrath]

Which is why I am sitting on my NOS B7971 tubes. Someday I think my heirs will be pleasantly surprised at the value of the bubble wrapped tubes in the carton they are stored in. I already have a note in the box to the attention of whomever to do research before they just toss them out and some recent eBay auction printouts.

[Bill Notfaded]

This is why I still buy tubes that I can find... there never will ever be anymore so what's out there is it.  Most recently I bought a bunch more B-5971's.  I missed out on these CD47's... it's one tube I don't have and I just love what Paul Andrews did with his!!!  I'd like to have at least one.  It's seems, from I've seen, all Rodan tubes in general are really hard to find.

Bill

[Audrey]

It makes sense considering they are from japanese and were most likely special use (displays for trains, weigh stations, etc...)

I wonder if there's a japanese neonixie we just dont know about...

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[Bogdan Paduraru]

apparently these Rodans appeared for sale on local DEU

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/2x-rodan-okaya-cd47-gr414-riesige-nixie-raritaet/2021805800-168-4863

[Audrey]

I saw that, i think it's a scam.

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[Bill Notfaded]

I don't know what this other eBay is all about?

Bill

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[Dekatron42]

The photos used in the eBay auction I started this thread with are identical to the photos use in this "ebay-kleinanzeigen" listing (even the serial numbers on the Nixies as well as the green corrosion on one pin) - maybe the buyer just realized he didn't need them or they weren't as he expected them to be and just wants to sell them, I don't know.

/Martin

[Bill Notfaded]

The eBay website doesn't look like normal eBay.de has anyone heard of this auction site before?

Bill

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[Bogdan Paduraru]

Hi Bill

if you are interested in those , I could ask  friend in Germany to contact him directly , over the phone , then we will see if its a scam or not (Although I got myself cheated on that site several times ).

The main issue is that his about was created few days ago on 10.02.2022 ..

Pls send me an email

I found anther interesting  clock there:

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/roehrenuhr-nixie-zm1040-nos/1999085904-168-1916

and this one

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/z566m-nixie-roehren-uhr-walnuss-gehaeuse/1999222656-168-1916

and some Z568 ..

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/z568m-nixie-tube-roehren-getestet-neu-new-nos/1946434132-172-6447

[Dekatron42]

That site is legitimate and I've had help from people in Germany to buy from it as it is local to Germany (sadly all my contacts have moved from Germany now during the Covid Pandemic) - as with all sites where people can offer items for sale you will have to take all measures you can to protect yourself. I can't say if this site has more problems than other sites but people tend not to accept Paypal on ebay-kleinanzeigen when I've asked. I have made some good buys there and never been cheated but refrained from buying some items when people have felt a bit shady and not accepted Paypal.

Best is to get a local person to help you out with the buying and also have them collect the items in person.

/Martin

[Andrea Zambon]

I'm the person who bought the pair of tubes in the original Ebay auction, and I'm not selling them. So that hypothesis is out.

(I may have inadvertently sent this same message directly to Dekatron42 a few minutes ago instead of writing to the whole group. First time posting, and I clicked the wrong button, DOH!)

[Bill Notfaded]

I'm interested in the tubes and am many years long eBay person but this other site I've read in two years can no longer use the eBay name?  It looks to be totally separate from regular eBay.

Regards,

Bill

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[Nick Andrews]

I did this when my brother was stationed in Germany many moons ago to buy a sweet Schuberth motorcycle helmet which was there near Trier.  I sent my brother money, he used a local bank to pay and picked it up, then sent it to me via APO way cheaper than shipping would have been from the seller. 

Years later, I had him haul me an arcade cabinet from Denver down to Las Cruces too.  What's up with arcade stuff now, anyway?  Most cabinets on ebay are ridiculous (like $2000) if they are real or are just those new cheapo One Up (or similar) knockdown ones sold at Walmart.  Anyone else here save old 19" CRT TV sets to use the tubes as spares for their arcade monitors?

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