NL-7094 Price Craziness

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alex nolan

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Feb 25, 2020, 11:02:18 AM2/25/20
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Well, I was hoping to get another NL-7094 to get a two digit clock going, but certainly not at this price: https://www.ebay.com/itm/254522682842.

What do you all think? The seller seemingly isn't even guaranteeing it works.

Nicholas Stock

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Feb 25, 2020, 11:31:28 AM2/25/20
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That’s nuts.

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Well, I was hoping to get another NL-7094 to get a two digit clock going, but certainly not at this price: https://www.ebay.com/itm/254522682842.

What do you all think? The seller seemingly isn't even guaranteeing it works.

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Kevin A.

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Feb 25, 2020, 11:34:12 AM2/25/20
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For that price he better guarantee it works! I understand the premise of a market economy but that price is simply greedy.  

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Nicholas Stock

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Feb 25, 2020, 12:58:36 PM2/25/20
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Price just went up to $1750....

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Andrew Krill

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Feb 25, 2020, 1:27:38 PM2/25/20
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For that price I'd rather buy some equipment and make my own. Maybe go in halfsies with my local makerspace...

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Nicholas Stock

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Feb 25, 2020, 1:31:13 PM2/25/20
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Or buy 12 of Dalibor’s tubes which have the same digit size and come with a guarantee....

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Kevin A.

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Feb 25, 2020, 2:05:03 PM2/25/20
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This guy is too greedy for his own good. 

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jb-electronics

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Feb 25, 2020, 2:08:25 PM2/25/20
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Sure, it's expensive. Is anybody forcing you to buy this tube? No :)

Jens

Kevin A.

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Feb 25, 2020, 2:56:07 PM2/25/20
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Haha well I didn't express any interest in buying it either did I? Just a little jab at (what is in my opinion) the ridiculous price relative to other nixie tubes. 

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gregebert

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Feb 25, 2020, 3:34:51 PM2/25/20
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Let's face it.....we're all a bunch of nixe-holics, nixie-junkies, neon-tweakers, or whatever you want to call this addiction.

I agree the price is high, but someone out there is going to buy it and make something they will be proud of, so that's all that really matters. I just spent more than that on a trip to Hawaii earlier this month, and I have a lot of good memories from it, but now those are just, well,  memories. 

Don't worry yourself over being unable to acquire a set of 7094's (or CD47's....); there are still a lot of good tubes out there waiting for you to make something with them.

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I'm still stuck on my current NIMO project, a 2-board set, which happens to be the 9th & 10th PC boards I've done for nixie-ish projects. And there are 10 more projects on the list for which I already have the tubes. (Well, almost; still need 2 more of Dalibor's RZ|568....)

This morning I read about "The curse of the 9th" which resonated with me considering I've had a lot of challenges with my 9th PCB, though I am almost done and damn it all I am going to get this thing working flawlessly........soon.

Nicholas Stock

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Feb 25, 2020, 4:39:16 PM2/25/20
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OK, it's clearly someone on this list as they just upped the price to 1995.00



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jb-electronics

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Feb 25, 2020, 5:05:40 PM2/25/20
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Gotta love that it says B-7095 (sic) on the box :)

Jens

SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.

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Feb 26, 2020, 1:49:32 PM2/26/20
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At all this price crazyness, ive seen and missed (because of unavailability to bid) some super cheap tubes. Recently a very old etl tube sold for 16£, a Rodan CD11 for like 30$, and a Pandicon ZM1200 for 150€, so the cheap ones are still seen you just have to wait

jb-electronics

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Feb 26, 2020, 2:18:58 PM2/26/20
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That's too bad... Do you have a link to the ETL tube?

Jens

fax_awd

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Feb 26, 2020, 5:13:53 PM2/26/20
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Two-Giant-15-segment-Burroughs-B-7971-Nixie-Tubes-with-sockets/143539942152?hash=item216ba5b308:g:QZ0AAOSwDyReUvTC
two used B-7971 266USD for now..  interested?

SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.於 2020年2月27日星期四 UTC+8上午2時49分32秒寫道：

Robert G. Schaffrath

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Feb 27, 2020, 3:18:20 PM2/27/20
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As of a few minutes ago there were 16 bids and the price was up to USD$356. Absolutely crazy but realistically there is nothing comparable being made currently and the Russians did not produce them either.

I am going to have to look at putting the six NOS Burroughs branded tubes that I posted pictures of here a while back and my used "antenna" variety B-7971's in a safe deposit box. At the current bid price, that is over USD$1200 sitting in a box on the shelf, each individually wrapped in bubble wrap. Late last year I put a Post-It note on the box indicating there were valuable electronic parts in the box in the event something happened to me. No one would have a clue what they were sitting on. At least now my sisters would hopefully take a pause instead of tossing the box out.

gregebert

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Feb 27, 2020, 3:44:47 PM2/27/20
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....or....build a clock so you can enjoy them. What good is a bunch of 50+ year old tubes sitting in the box ?


jb-electronics

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Feb 27, 2020, 3:49:21 PM2/27/20
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Maybe some people (including myself) want to preserve them for the future? I know there are many opinions about this, but I don't get all this recent activities along the lines of "people should not sell Nixie tubes for high prices" and "people should not put Nixie tubes in boxes."

I personally think that people should enjoy their Nixie tubes, and that comes in many facets. Build a clock? Go for it! Want to preserve and document them? Sure thing! Just let everybody choose their own way :)

Jens

On 2020-02-27 1:44 p.m., gregebert wrote:
....or....build a clock so you can enjoy them. What good is a bunch of 50+ year old tubes sitting in the box ?


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Robert G. Schaffrath

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Feb 27, 2020, 4:14:35 PM2/27/20
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That is the position I am coming from. I already have a six tube B-7971 clock that I built in 1979-1980 so at the moment I do not need another of that design.  And I have been playing ZM1022's, IN-12's and GR-111p's so already have more clocks than I know what to do with at the moment LOL. I purchased the six NOS tubes in 1980 as spares for the clock I had built assuming eventually the Ultronics tubes might have to be replaced. I have been toying with the idea of building a more modern B-7971 clock, most likely from a kit if I can find one, but that is just something in the back of my mind. If I do, I will most likely cannibalize the tubes from my old clock and I will still have spares. I do not use the old clock much as the whine from the multiplexing bothers me now. It didn't when I was younger but now I find it annoying.


On Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 3:49:21 PM UTC-5, Jens Boos wrote:
Maybe some people (including myself) want to preserve them for the future? I know there are many opinions about this, but I don't get all this recent activities along the lines of "people should not sell Nixie tubes for high prices" and "people should not put Nixie tubes in boxes."

I personally think that people should enjoy their Nixie tubes, and that comes in many facets. Build a clock? Go for it! Want to preserve and document them? Sure thing! Just let everybody choose their own way :)

Jens

On 2020-02-27 1:44 p.m., gregebert wrote:
....or....build a clock so you can enjoy them. What good is a bunch of 50+ year old tubes sitting in the box ?


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jf...@my-deja.com

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Feb 27, 2020, 8:12:54 PM2/27/20
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On Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 1:14:35 PM UTC-8, Robert G. Schaffrath wrote:
...the whine from the multiplexing bothers me now. ...
I reduced the audibility of the acoustic noise by putting the clock inside a box made of 1/4" Plexiglas.   This did not do much to reduce the RFI...

SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.

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