No matter how hard one tries, you'll never be able to pay more money for any RF part, than when you buy it from RF Parts. This is the same company that raised the price on the 2879 from $14.99 to $204.99 over the last 25 years. Also, the $44.95 for this transistor at RF Parts, has not changed since I first found it there over a year ago. Not to mention, every other source I can find for this part, has it for less than half the price as RF Parts.
I'll also mention the complete inability to purchase a single quality glass tube anywhere today, has this company in an awkward position of having to be resistant when covering tube warrantees, in an effort to reduce their losses with respect to the flood of crappy tubes on the market today. If Merritt's wife tries to stick you with filling out a complete tube failure form before taking back their junk, just do what we do. How many people have their eyes glued to the grid current meter at the second the tube fails?
RF Parts knows the tubes sold today have far from a hard vacuum inside and yet they now want you to jump through hoops to facilitate a return on this glass junk. If they try to beat you like this, just go to the tube data sheet and give them any of the normal numbers they want, from the class of operation in use. The only way to force a normal grade of tube quality back into production, is to consistently reject all of the garbage that didn't get pumped down to a good vacuum level and won't provide a fraction of the life as a result. Trying to get away with selling every marginal tube you can, is counterproductive.
25 years ago RF Parts had a responsive employee named Chip that handled defective parts shipped to customers like a dream. One day I called and got my first different experience from them and found out they fired Chip. When I asked why, I was told "He didn't have the companies best interests in mind"! 25 years later and the owner still hasn't figured out that addressing customers concerns regarding defective parts, was absolutely placing the companies long term interests FIRST!
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