just wanted to give a heads up of a scam on eBay.
A guy who runs a electronics and repair shop in Devon, UK, was selling bags of 400 NOS germaniums on eBay,.. some sold for over £600.
If you bought these, or know who bought these, PLEASE check them with a professional transistor tester that can detect internal shorts and bi-polar leakage (not a cheap tester off eBay), as one buyer has reported 41% were duds.
Anyone who did buy these can still talk to ebay (who are currently investigating) via the chat at https://www.ebay.com/help/contact_us?id=4128&st=10
Lets all help get these scammers shut down.
Please share this info - thanks
BTW - his shop is here
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.5479033,-3.5074153,3a,60y,187.55h,76.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKswXfC7TAmy8FeBXz9CgOA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
MARC NALL (ebay seller name - phildixon003)
149 Bitton Park Road
Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 9DQ
A guy who runs a electronics and repair shop in Devon, UK, was selling bags of 400 NOS germaniums on eBay,.. some sold for over £600.
If you bought these, or know who bought these, PLEASE check them with a professional transistor tester that can detect internal shorts and bi-polar leakage (not a cheap tester off eBay), as one buyer has reported 41% were duds.
Anyone who did buy these can still talk to ebay (who are currently investigating) via the chat at https://www.ebay.com/help/contact_us?id=4128&st=10
Lets all help get these scammers shut down.
Please share this info - thanks
BTW - his shop is here
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.5479033,-3.5074153,3a,60y,187.55h,76.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKswXfC7TAmy8FeBXz9CgOA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
MARC NALL (ebay seller name - phildixon003)
149 Bitton Park Road
Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 9DQ