Russian tubes are really great for what they cost...American tubes cost more
but you get much more...73,Jim K7RDX...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry" <larry@w7iuv.com>
To: "AMPS" <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 1:16 PM
Subject: [Amps] Bad tubes from ebay, update
> Several months ago I posted a note about my experiences buying tubes
> from east European sellers on ebay. Some of the details are at
> http://w7iuv.com/badtubes.html
>
>
> The problems with the seller "exland" were never resolved. That guy was
> insulting in his email responses and never did a thing to help. Clearly
> an irresponsible seller.
>
> The other seller, "AnthonyWelsh", told me he would refund or replace the
> bad GS-35B I received if I sent the bad one back. Well it's not easy to
> send a tube back to the Ukraine from the USA. It took a bit of money and
> very long time to get it back to him. Then it took a long time and many
> email exchanges to sort it all out. Finally after 6 1/2 months, I got
> the replacement tube. It's good and I'm happy. It was a very frustrating
> experience and it took a long time to resolve but it was resolved to my
> satisfaction. You can put "AnthonyWelsh" down as a responsible seller.
>
> I'm not sure I'll ever want to take a chance on something like this
> happening again. I much prefer to buy tubes from someone close by so
> that I can strap on my .45 and personally carry the tube back if there
> is a problem.
>
> In any case, now I can get back to building amps!
>
> 73, Larry
>
> --
> Larry - W7IUV
> DN07dg
> http://w7iuv.com
>
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