“License to operate, blah blah blah” 😂 haha I love it. Thanks for the video Pete 👍🏻

That old wrapping material could very well have ASBESTOS in it, which was common in military use back then. Be careful, Bro.

That guy selling the bulbs was a character! Hope to see him again.

@charliebrown6850

6 жыл бұрын

The King Of Comedy no less................

@KreativeHogwartsLegacyGUIDES

6 жыл бұрын

I agree. loved the accent and now Im wondering if he was joking about the shit and eat story

Great video Pete....I just want to compliment Vicki,she is very knowledgeable and also is always pleasant when she is in your videos.To have an employee like her is certainly an asset and you and Adrian treat her it seems like family rather then an employee.I am sure you guys have spent a lot of time training her “well done” but she seems to have a knack for the business......I have been meaning to comment on her for a while.Vicky you are a breath of fresh air in this tough business and you don’t go unnoticed...Some flowers for you,and God bless you all.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Damn Pete's got a tube tester. Props to you for being the real deal man.

I liked the guy with the bulbs lol Bet he dances to the beat of his own drum!!!!! Impressive tube testing machine, I like it!!!! Great vlog Pete!! Thanks for sharing!!

Wow nice finds Pete, I love ham radios, I have a local guy here in Florida who test and repair all of my higher end radios i come across, the price difference between tested and untested can really be a huge difference with some of them like you said. Remember i commented and told you about the huge score i made on the Sansui G-33000, i sold that unit with in two days locally to a collector here in my area, I was shocked to find out this guy had over 144 vintage receivers in one small home. Great video my man, the guy selling the tubes and stuff was a character for sure. He said when you see black rolling around that just means it was tested haha that was funny. Thanks for sharing another great video Pete.

These videos are visual gold Pete! Thanks to you and your vids, me and my fiancee have a growing eBay business that helps pay the bills. Much love from SoCal!

Really just getting into eBay for the first time in years..... Dedicating a lot of time energy and Money. I've made a TON of mistakes so far but each time I do I look you and A bunch more of you guys up and I ALWAYS find great advice. Thanks for the vids. I'll be watching.

Super interesting stuff Pete. Awesome stuff!! Really enjoying your videos.

I always like all the cool stuff that comes into your shop Pete, and even if I never should sell tubes it was interesting to see how to test them. So thanks for the schooling!

Really interesting seeing that tube tester... had no idea there were so many variables in old tubes. Thanks Pete!

Thanks for all the knowledge you give us Pete

Really interesting re tubes Pete. Hello to Vicky, Adrian, Ruby and saw Milo slinking around in background. Australia 🌙

The "burn" spot on the tubes is from the "getter" which is the finale step in creating high vacuum. It gets very hot and reacts with any remaining gases and some of the metal plates on the inside of the glass.

Nice video! I've taken your advice alot and have became fairly successful reselling this year!

Hi 👋 Pete. Thanks for the info. Being able to sell old electronic you can’t test as not tested is a great alternative. Seems to be worth looking into as it can be lucrative. Thanks for all the efforts you put into your videos.

I REMEMBER AS A KID IN THE 70S. Dad and I would take tubes from our tv with a bad picture or SOUND up to the corner DRUG store where they would have a tester and REPLACEMENT tubes for sale reminiscing the past

thanks for the demonstration using the Hickoc tube tester!

Good food for thought, Thanks Peter.

That dude with the army stuff was a trip! Awesome reality content!

Pete....you are the man! Thanks for sharing

@Pete, I like your vintage tube business, very impressed (Hickok 533A tube tester), wow, you are a very determined reseller and you do it the right way. I resell vintage synthesizers, I ask a stereo repair shop to refurbish it and give me a written invoice and then I sell it on Ebay.

Totally agree! vintage electronics are amazing sellers and many times you can buy them for cheap and flip for a quick profit. Nice sales, cheers!

I always sell ham radios for parts because people swap parts and try the return switcheroo all the time on ham transceivers.

Thank you for helping me & giveing me education to succeed on eBay and resale much love from Chicago Heights Illinois

Wow that tube tester is cool. We've had a few in the past but never really delved into using it. The ham radio units are great!

I remember those tube testers in stores. You would bring in your tubes and test them. Below in a cabinet were new tubes. That guy that sold them to you said if he told you what the wrap was, you would not be touching it.......

That machine is very cool. Your so helpful & honest Pete! You rule. Cheers!

Pete you are right about the Ham Radios I just sold a Kenwood r-300, a YAESU FT-301, Realistic DX-302 and I am about to list a vintage Swan 700cx radio along with a power supply and another component, untested for parts or repair and I am hoping to see close to a grand for this unit alone. Funny how your flipping the tubes because the Swan 700cx has tubes which is why it is very popular with the preppers.

Thanks for the videos.. I enjoy them

thx for the information very interesting,,those old tubes are cool

i have some old tube testing gear. that stuff is really cool

Very informative, thank you.

Thank you for teaching how to use Hickok tube tester!

super fajowe wideo pit . superb vid dude. pawel from UK

Here in the U.K. about 25 years my dad and I cleared out an old BBC depot, there were a load of stage lights and tubes and they were wrapped in material like your tubes and it was asbestos. Fortunately one of the guys who worked for us knew what it was and we stopped before causing any major damage by fragmenting the stuff. We had to have it professionally removed and our scrap processing shed cleaned and decontaminated, it was very expensive. It takes very little exposure to some forms of asbestos to completely screw your health up.

Great Video Pete.

Good news! Did a fire experiment on all three types of tube wrapping and they ALL burned away.

Hi Pete, Heads up on selling tubes on ebay they are restricted on global shipping program they will let you print the label but 90% of the time they do not make it past Kentucky. The reason some of the old rectifier tubes were filled with mercury gas and most tubes have lead parts . I have shipped hundreds of tubes using International first class package with very little problems most international buyers will not buy tubes that are listed with ebay global because of that problem . When shipping tubes with USPS use HM code 854081 is a audio tube.

The tubes tester machine was very interesting. I wish you should us a tube that was good. Man people have made some amazing inventions and is old technology. Cant imagine the stuff the military has hidden from the public.

Interesting episode Pete.

Pete, in a previous video you mentioned a problem with going back to view eBay sold listings and being redirected to a live 'similar' listing. FIX: If you click "See Original Listing" and go to the new (live) listing, you will see a blue banner at the top that says: "The LISTING you’re looking for is no longer available.....". It's very hard to tell but the word LISTING is actually a link to the ended item you really wanted to see. Just another way eBay is making our life easier with more confusion. Thanks for a great channel!

Dawg that man selling the bulbs is hilarious LMBO!

Someone replaced the bulb and put it back in the box?! Blew that guy's mind haha

Already SOLD all 3 Amperex VT-4C tubes - Nice pickup

Amazing....vacuum tubes? Interesting.....thanks for the schooling.....

Lookin like a mad scientist with that tube testing machine lol

Do you keep whiskey above the microwave?! 😂😂😂 love you guys and girls ... 💞💞💞💞

Is your shop a pawn store or a resell it type store? BTW I just found your channel last week, It's great man, one of the best I've found, informative and interesting! Thanks

You could use one of the old tube testers to check all the vacuum tubes you get in. :) Instant check right there at the counter! :)

good sales!

I really like the tubes but I would be afraid they would break or the buyer would say it broke and just pull a switcharoo but if nothing goes wrong then it's great profit.

I found an VHS Player for free ,it turns on and i put the tape in ,so far so good ,just need to testd it further with a tv hook up

I took your advise about VCRs but about 30% - %40 of them don't work, it can be a hassle, I'll keep an eye out for those radios

You don't need a licence to test Ham Radio, you need equipment that is expensive. Maybe if there is any kind of Ham Radio repair guy nearby your shop you can pay some money to test and verify the alignment. The TS-430 wouldn't bring more money than that but the TS-940S is pretty collectible. Collins radios is the ones that would bring more money. I knew a guy who used to buy and repair them to sell on the Hamvention in Dayton every year. (Yes, with two Collins on the bags he payed the 15 day trip from Brazil to US lol)

enjoy the vids Pete.that guy with the tubes .funny guy very Robert de niro .ha.👍

@thetaekwondoe3887

6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking De Niro too.

Have the bulb guy on once a month. It would be fantastic.

I have a magnavox 8 track tape player. Stand up 3ft tall. Walnut cabinet. The stereo an 8 track still work. The sides are speakers. Made in 1973. It is 3 ft7 in. tall. Perfectly square 1 ft by 1ft by1ft by 1ft. Wood all the way around. Open the door on top half front to reveal am fm stereo an tape player. Have about 50 old rock and roll 8tracks that go with it that still play, Led Zeppelin Bad Company Lynyrd Skynyrd and many more. Would love to find out how much it's worth I have had it for 15 or 20 years. Would have to see it to appreciate it. You can't tell what it is with it just standing there

You sold the ham radios too low. You would be wise to make friends with a couple local area HAM radio operators and have them test them. Nice to see your tube tester. Hard to find one in working order. Loved this show.

I never knew there was such a high demand for ham radios. Pretty sure I passed by one at an estate sale last year. Wish I picked it up!

@markodjurdjevic3190

6 жыл бұрын

Kenwood and yaesu are the best brands to look for.

@micglobal

6 жыл бұрын

@Marko, Icom brand too.

OK if they're hard to test and you can't test them you sell them "for parts not working" and you could be selling a good unit and losing money not knowing if it's good or not.... but you play it safe selling for parts because you don't want a return

Everytime that customer comes in. Film him he has the whole package.

Got a Sansui 4000 on FB marketplace for $20. It’s listed now for $200!

@TreasureHustlers

6 жыл бұрын

wow thats awesome!

What would these tubes be used for. Very curious.

Don't forget vintage computers. I have few In original box like Amiga 500 and 4000. Atari 65xe and Nintendo all original in the box. One day it be worth a good chunk of money.

@RetroMediaLibrary

6 жыл бұрын

nobody cares about Amiga 500 here in Europe - I trashed mine 10 years ago when moving cause nobody wanted it. maybe in 100 years lol...

@fastcars7016

6 жыл бұрын

I disagree ... all Commodore computers are going for a great price from 100 dollars up to 1500.

so th e tube is clled vt4c model number tube, but what do you tell people if you they want to buy from you? World war 2 tubes?

You need to have a licence to sell working CB units? Is that the states only or across other countries

Moog synths from 60's 70's sells for big money. .

The material used to wrap these tubes looks like asbetos

Wonder if that fabric is asbestos?

I have to wear a hearing device I really like your shows but that squad from that bird blows my ears out with no warning ? ??keep up the good work see yah from Fla.

How do you ship something that fragile?

pete=legend

Have a bunch of old radio tubes from the 1920s, they worth something? Mostly RCA.

@killafrog124

6 жыл бұрын

Probably as tested bulbs for people asking up to 100$

MAYBE he should open his own store LOL "TUBETRADES"

What about reel to reels

Its probably wrapped in asbestos. He even said in the video, "You wouldn't be touching it, if you knew what it was" Hazardous material Should not shipped and disposed of properly. Thanks for the great videos!!

@vgbp9790

6 жыл бұрын

Terry Hinman thank you for your concern. Just to be safe, Adrian and I tested all the wrappings with a little fire experiment. All of it burnt away so we're good.

I didn't know Vintage Bulbs could Bring in good Money. Your videos are always Entertaining and interesting.

@stickshift3419

6 жыл бұрын

john jones what are they?

@stickshift3419

6 жыл бұрын

john jones Are they "Light" Bulbs?

@duckspeakeasy

6 жыл бұрын

oasalcido 3 they are vacuum tubes, which ran electronics before modern solid state electronics

My tube testers I sell never work : /

You bet your Kielbasa I'm Polish !

The guys at 2:55 were shady as FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.....checking for cameras, failing to look Pete in the eye, ants in their pants....

Found a really nice vintage metal fan at a weigh and pay. Set it down to look it up and then when i looked up it was gone😂😧

@cronicjointpain1

6 жыл бұрын

Should of put it in your cart

@thetaekwondoe3887

6 жыл бұрын

Well, that's better than someone buying something that's literally in your damn hand. That's happened to me twice at estate sales now. >:(

- That tube seller guy is sure a BS-er. Hillarious. - You got a TOILET?!? A thoroughly modern enterprise you have there, even indoor plumbing. Did Tube Guy think you did your business at the gas station? - That Hickok 533A tube tester is the real deal. Top of the line professional tester for tube guys. BUT do the settings BEFORE you insert the tube! If the voltage is set wrong (i.e. too high) You can cremate the tube. - For vintage tube electronics, ideally bring up voltage slowly on a variac. Allows the old capacitors to potentially reform. If they can't be completely tested such as ham radios, at least it shows the power transformers are good which is the key/expensive/difficult to replace component. Other components can be easily and relatively inexpensively replaced. At least in vintage tube stuff. (Certainly not the "modern" Chinese crap.) - Besides the Good/Bad reading tubes also need to be checked for gas, which the tester will indicate. - The silver spot is called a getter and is a positive indicator the tube is good. But the tube still needs to be tested. - Note to other commentators, given this being a year old now, comment posted by Vickie stated they did test the wrap and it is NOT asbestos. It would not make sense to wrap tubes in asbestos to protect them from fire during shipping.

The internet is a series of tubes

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Different place aka "burnt his bridge"

I am just curious why couldn’t the people coming in to pawn sell them on eBay themselves and make more money

7:32 Don't pee on the seat or floor !!!.

LOL!!! Its still good, yeah yeah, i was using yestAday, its new other!! LOL

Pete you CANNOT ship those tubes in the asbestos wrap. Asbestos is not only harmful to ingest it can wreak havoc on the skin too. If your buyer complains you packed the bulbs in the original asbestos & that you did not ship it as hazardous material you've committed a federal offense & you've exposed your buyer to a deadly material. Losing your ebay account would be the least of your worries.

@vgbp9790

6 жыл бұрын

ultimatetubetime Hi! This is Vickie and I assure you, the wrappings are not asbestos. Adrian and I tested samples today. They all caught fire immediately and burned to ash completely.

@ultimatetubetime

6 жыл бұрын

great!

Do people just assume you're fucking stupid when they try and sell you their shit? People are fucking stupid man. Propers for keeping your temper through all that.

when something sells that fast, you have to think you sold too cheap.

priest and junkies are good customers)

OMG we are First!! hey pete!!

@TreasureHustlers

6 жыл бұрын

wow that is Amazing money to be made!!

@TreasureHustlers

6 жыл бұрын

did you notice the guy in the back when you were checking the rings he was chewing like a frickin horse!! lol

PETE TRY NOT TO TOUCH GLASS ON TUBES OILS FROM HANDS LIMIT LIFE OF TUBES

I wouldnt ship them in that covering, its either asbestos or glass fiber. Hazardos

Hope that tube paper is not asbestos :O

@karenpereira7797

6 жыл бұрын

David B. Right they should try to burn it... probably won’t burn

@vgbp9790

6 жыл бұрын

karen pereira It all instantly caught fire and burned during my test this morning

Man, I can only imagine the bullshitters that you deal with, quite entertaining. The guy claiming the tubes were good with broken and moving components inside the tubes is so full of shit, that he actually asked you if he could use your toilet, lmfao! Love these videos Pete, thanks!

@christysdeals4u

6 жыл бұрын

To me, it seemed like his "regular" selling spot caught on to him so he is trying to scam you next... but you are a smarter man! :)

Did eBay really decide against you when someone returned a rock that should've been a PC?