Recent content by FourT6and2

Probably the Uber Ultra

Well the reason I bought from this seller in the first place is he claims he has multiple 100-tube service packs of NOS Philips XF4 from 1979. And he has photos of that. And he sells thousands of other tubes as well. So figured the odds were strong he was telling the truth. He also guarantees...

Well the tubes that arrived that didn't immediately fail in my tester were actually matched quite well. But a matched set is worthless if one of the tubes is defective.

I forgot what I had on there. I use TC Pros now. You climb?

Our lives are our own. Nobody gets to tell us what we do or do not need or want. You don't need a lot of things either, yet you have them. We live in a time and place where global trade and commerce is essential to living a happy life. If you want to talk about basic needs, then stick to the...

So close! Rope is Edelrid ;)

I'm not suffering financially because of this. At least not yet. Not until it starts to affect my stock portfolio. But I'm suffering in terms of the things I can purchase. For example, I'm trying to get original Iskra resistors for a vintage Marshall to keep it original. But I can't get them...

Doesn't look like that forum has had much traffic in a few years. I doubt it will do any good. At this point, I'm relying on my credit card company to make the right decision here. Tubes.RS' return policy has been rewritten to favor themselves over the customer. They state that if a tube fails...

Let me know where I can get these tubes here in the USA.

Not a lot of choices when looking for these tubes. And I called Western Electric, which is in the USA, to confirm they were a legit business. But still...

Exactly.

I purchased one matched quad and one matched pair of NOS Mullard/Philips XF4 from Tubes.RS, the eastern European arm of Western Electric. They guaranteed these tubes to be matched within 2%. Once they arrived, I promptly tested them to make sure they were good before installing and biasing. One...

There already is a system in place for carriers to collect and remit tariffs. If carriers are able to collect and remit taxes on something that's valued OVER $800, then they can certainly do it for items valued UNDER $800 as well. The larger issues is... is anybody really going to want to pay...

The extremely silly part of all of this is those countries' mail carriers are saying they're halting shipments because they, "don't know how to handle the paperwork" that's required for items that incur tariffs or duties. But that's obviously complete nonsense because they certainly know how to...

To be more specific, Canadian (and many other countries) international carriers are temporarily halting shipments to the USA due to the expiration of the de minimis exemption that has historically exempted anything valued under $800 from customs duties and tariffs. It isn't so much retailers...