{"id":1464,"date":"2009-04-03T08:49:01","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T11:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2009-04-27T23:34:28","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T02:34:28","slug":"ysac-vol-259","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/?p=1464","title":{"rendered":"YSaC, Vol. 259: In space, nobody can hear you’re stupid."},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of people sent this one in. Unfortunately, it had been flagged by the time I got to it … but luckily Sarah had taken a screen shot of it:<\/p>\n

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For those of you with Internet Eye Syndrome, here’s the text of the ad:<\/p>\n

“Hi i have 8 7591 vacuum tubes that were new old stock, i tested these in a scott amplifier and worked well. I carefully removed the glass on each tube to clean both sides as all the tops had silver inside blocking view of tubes light now the tubes have no glass but may still work. asking 50.00 each.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nJohn had also pointed me towards this listing, saying:<\/p>\n

“This guy’s post is for a set of 8 NOS (new old stock) tubes for audio amplifiers. NOS mean they were made long ago, but are still not used. A pack of 8 of these NOS would be worth $200+ easily. So this guy breaks off the glass and “cleans all the shiny stuff” off the insides. The only place these might work would be the vacuum of space and are now worthless. That’s sort of like: New Light bulbs. I opened them to clean out the white stuff. They should still work. Oh and they don’t come with the glass anymore.”<\/p>\n

Sarah’s commentary was, “It’s almost worth the $50 to see if this guy keeps doing it. Almost.”<\/p>\n

Of course, since I’m a girl<\/a>, my reaction was, “But will they match my shoes?”<\/p>\n

Thanks, Sarah and John!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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