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CIR Engineering · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:46 pm Post subject:

Wrong thread.

jbltecnicspro · Joined: 23 Apr 2016 Posts: 512

Tim in Phoenix · Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 4409 Location: Phoenix

Yeah there's a reason

These suppliers don't give a shiit about home theater stuff.

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

Frankly I would say that even the shadiest used car dealer would have to allow you to inspect a used car before you pay for it. It's a basic matter of business ethics.

If they won't allow me to inspect before I buy, then I'm not going to hand them something around 10,000 dollars.

I won't hand them even 10 dollars if I can't inspect before buying.

Ethics are very important. To me they are, anyway.

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

At this time I have no expectation of this deal moving forward.

Without a guarantee that I can inspect and reject tubes according to my standards, I will not risk it.
Nor would I expect that any of you would wish for me to do so or be willing to accept such poor terms yourself.

In the interests of full disclosure, here were the specifics I hadn't revealed previously:

Source of tubes: VDC's CRT recycling facility in Tucker, Georgia. I got wind of that being the place where tubes
were sent from L3 Communications and other simulation support companies as well.

I had negotiated for a per-tube price of 125 dollars each, allowing me to make 75 dollars each, which would have
been adequate to make it worth my time, my effort, my gas, my transportation costs, and allow me to be able to buy
a few extra tubes to cover for any that might be received that look good but test as having a problem.

VDC, I question your ethics.

greg9518lc · Joined: 19 Apr 2016 Posts: 360

That's to bad CM seems like a waste to not be able to find those tubes a new home

**kal** · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 9:22 pm Post subject:

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

Well, I HAD to go public with this in order to ensure there was enough interest to pursue it.

Today isn't the year 2001, where it would have been EASY to sell good tubes and for very much higher prices.

No way was I going to pay money to buy a stock of tubes when I didn't know if I could sell them for enough to break even at least.

It took two months to get enough interest to TRY to move forward. And as things progressed, it got worse. Verbal assurances that I could hand pick the tubes mutated into a written prohibition against even being able to inspect tubes that THEY would have picked out for me according to my specs.

modelaratrod · Joined: 26 Jul 2011 Posts: 168 Location: Denver, CO.

Still haven't received anything yet, did they ship?

**kal** · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:48 pm Post subject:

Spanky Ham · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5643 Location: Comedy Central

Hmmmm, I may have to go dumpster diving. Smile

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

They throw away no tubes. Every tube gets recycled, either to make rebuilt tubes or just become recycled glass.

They CLAIM that they don't usually sell used tubes, but I think that's probably not true. It's just not an advertised item.

Spanky Ham · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5643 Location: Comedy Central

I was joking...... partially.

My mother lives ten minutes from the Tucker location. I am going up to Atlanta sometime in the near future. It would cost me next to nothing to drop by.

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

I think you should! Maybe YOU can help drag this oxcart out of the ditch!

In fact, if you want, I'll hand the whole deal over to you if you can pull it off. All I ask out of it is that you give me something for my efforts. Call it a single set of tubes, maybe. Or if you can score one, a single red C element would be enough. I need ONE more than I have now, to complete the upgrade on projector no. 6 when I get around to it.

Spanky Ham · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5643 Location: Comedy Central

I can look into it, but this would be at the bottom of my list of things to do. If Curt or Craig wanted to drive down, then I could put the tubes in the garage.

CIR Engineering · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:51 pm Post subject:

modelaratrod · Joined: 26 Jul 2011 Posts: 168 Location: Denver, CO.

**kal** · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:52 pm Post subject:

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

That's something different entirely. A trade has been agreed upon for some existing stock.

The problem is that due to the failure of this deal I'm so short on money I can't afford to ship boxes to him yet!

**kal** · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:17 pm Post subject: