> From: Mark Moulding > I did a bulk buy of some 1960's era miniature vacuum tubes (500 pcs) > for around 50 cents each; the next time I looked, the price from all > vendors who had them had jumped to around $3
There is another possibility (one which I think I saw happening when Guy and I were buying DS8641's, which we previously discussed here), which is that if multiple vendors have stock, an initial order might buy up the ones with the cheapest price, and a second order will wind up being met from a different dealer's stock, one with a higher price. Noel