Hmmmmmmm.....
3+ months ago, June 18th, I posted this, for reminders :
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/msg4246831/?topicseen#msg4246831A guy on leboncoin.fr selling a half dozen pieces of TE for 70 Euros, local pickup only. The lot included a cool compact really nice spec niksee DVM, a Schneider MN 124.
As is, electrical condition unknown, only one pic of the front, very low res.
I tried to convince him to sell me the DVM only, and ship it anyway, as it was very small and light, for 35 Euros. He didn't even reply.
His ad didn't find any taker but all of a sudden now it's finally gone... and oh "coincidence", at the same time today appears..... "another" MN 124 DMM.... can't remember the name of the first seller, but it's got to be the same... too rare a TE, and too strange a timing/coincidence...
https://www.leboncoin.fr/collection/2228862792.htmSo, now he sells it standalone, good. And this time he is willing to ship it looks like, good again !
And this time we get more than one ultra low res pic, we have half a dozen, very decent pics.
We also see it powered up, it's alive. All the digital tubes work. He even went through the trouble of using a battery and resistor to demonstrate that the thing works fine in Volts and ohms mode....
In short, a very nice ad that wets my appetite. If only every ad could be like that.
So what's wrong you say ? Why haven't you already bought it ?
Well.... before he was selling 6 TE for 70 Euros, but now for this meter alone he wants.... 100 Euros !!!
My wallet can't afford that. So I added his ad to my "favorite" bookmarks and will watch it every now and then to see if the price drops at some point.
Problem is that he included the dreaded buzz word in the ad title : " Nixie " !
So it will attract a lot of attention and the price is unlikely to drop, it will sell quick for a lot of money.... it's game over for me
Will monitor the ad anyway of course, but not holding my breath