[time-nuts] Fake new LPRO 101 Rb's on Ebay?

[Brian Lloyd]

On 2/4/20 01:29, Perry Sandeen via time-nuts wrote:
> Yo Bubba Dudes!,
> There are two vendors on Ebay selling *new* LPRO 101 Rb's for around $160 each, with discounts for larger purchases.  The general price of a used LPRO seems to be in the $250 to $350 range.  Anybody have any ideas?  (Discount for coronavirus?)
> In all seriousness, can the coronavirus be transmitted in gear we buy from China or does it require a living host for spreading? 

OK, coronavirus fun aside, is it possible that these LPRO-101's that are
listed as new may be new old stock, i.e. could they have been backup
units in a box that never got put into service? That would suggest that
they have full life available on the Rb lamp.

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