Re: Cheap Canadian source for Amplifone tubes

There are only three or four of these M48.. ]tubes left. Price is now
$84.95 Canuck. Shipping to Vancouver $25 Canuck. Anyone have a list of
tubes they want? These guys are getting out of the tube business and are
clearing out their stock.

John :-#)#

At 10:50 PM 10/18/00, Noel Johnson wrote:

>John Robertson wrote:
> >
> > I don't mind acting as a go-between here, the only question is customs
> > clearance, there might be taxes/duties charged crossing the border as these
> > tubes are NOT made in the US. I am also not sure if there are going to be
> > special papers on these items, for example when we ship video games (vector
> > or otherwise) we MUST fill out a couple of forms, one for FFC, the other
> > for Radiation (colour games only). So, there might be a good reason these
> > folks in T.O. (Toronto) don't ship to the US...Have you a phone number?
>
>Cathray Electronic Trade Supply
>1552 Weston Rd., Toronto
>phone (416) 241-1106
>
> > Heck maybe they have cheap 19VLUP22's!
>
>They said they didn't when I spoke to them 6 months ago. But it
>couldn't hurt to ask again..
>
>Thanks!
>Noel
>
> >
> > John :-#)#
> >
> > At 02:07 PM 10/18/00, Noel Johnson wrote:
> >
> > >Hello folks,
> > >
> > >I've been keeping a secret from y'all (that's texan for you all).. :-)
> > >About 6 months ago I spoke to someone at Cathray Electronics in Toronto,
> > >Canada. He said that he had M48AAW00X tubes for only $79.95 Canadian
> > >(about $55 US!!!!) Unfortunately I couldn't talk him into shipping to
> > >the states, but he would ship within Canada. I planed to have a friend
> > >in Canada order a couple and then ship them to me. Even with double
> > >shipping, it still would have been a hell of a deal. I planed to post
> > >this info to the list once I had grabbed a couple, but I never got
> > >around to ordering any. Since my need isn't all that great, I've
> > >decided to pass on the info. Perhaps there is a Canadian vectorlister
> > >(John Robertson?) that would be willing to order several of these and
> > >pass them on at a reasonable markup? Or maybe Cathray would now be
> > >willing to ship to the states (especially if we could put together a
> > >bulk purchase). Who knows, we might even get a cheaper price if we
> > >purchased in quantity. In any event, here is the info on Cathray (no
> > >website), if anyone wants to give them a call. :-) I could still use
> > >maybe one tube if someone can work out a deal.
> > >
> > > Cathray Electronic Trade Supply
> > > 1552 Weston Rd., Toronto
> > > (416) 241-1106
> > >
> > >Oh, and BTW, I asked about the 19VLUP22 tubes for the WG6100 and they
> > >said they do not stock those.. :-(
> > >
> > >Noel
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Received on Wed Oct 18 13:09:53 2000