[Amps] Bad tubes from ebay, update

[Larry]

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

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Larry - W7IUV
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http://w7iuv.com