A minute of silence please !!!!
A tragedy is about to unfold right in front of your eyes, and there are no words for it... so the least we can do is a minute of silence in honour of the victim of this tragedy....
I know, you didn't know him personally, he wasn't a close friend, but still...
Please go to this link to tell him how much you loved him :
https://www.leboncoin.fr/image_son/2047381329.htmYeah this bad boy just popped up over here !
A rarity, a type 315D glowing Tek, pre-round cabinet .. and in like new condition !!
But... seller wants 200 freaking Euros for it ! 3 times market price or so !
And the guy from what I gather is a pro seller, most likely an antique dealer who knows squat about TE (he spelt Tektronix " tecktronic " ), who wants to sell it merely as a decoration for some pseudo-nerdy hipster to put in his living room just sitting !!
This means the poor scope will rot on some piece of furniture (and probably get stuff spilled on to it at some point... ) !
This also means the seller will probably never lower his price, never mind to a price that makes sense for a TE collector !
Only consolation I find is that given how few tubes there are in this scope, and how expensive it is... it makes no financial sense for tube hoarders to acquire it ! So at least the scope will probably be lucky and be able save its life !
So I can only hope someone will buy it, put it in their living room, keep it in good shape, dust it off, feed it, talk to it, keep it happy.. and then maybe in 5 years hipster will get bored and resell it, for half price... and I can get it then !
I will never see another one of these for sale here, never mind in this good a condition... so I MUST buy it... but I CANNOT due its silly price and my financial situation currently ! WHAT TO DO !!!! ARRRRRRRRGH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe a wealthy grey beard on TEA will grab it and then sell it to me in a few years for cheaper ?!