New & Used Vacuum Tubes We Are Buying From Customers Worldwide 

Our new and used tube bid lists of vacuum tubes that we are purchasing from all over the world are available as an Adobe® Acrobat® (.pdf format) *file! The current list is #85A. Click Here To Download 

The Process for Orlando, FL-Based Vacuum Tubes, Inc. to Purchase Tubes

Prices given are for major brand **USA or Western European vacuum tubes. New tubes must be in their original boxes. We can purchase up to 50 each of a type. Call or email us if you have more to sell. Please also contact us first first if you have tubes from military or factory bulk packs that are unboxed.

Collectible Vacuum Tubes | Unusual Tubes | We Pay a Premium for Them!

We are always buying tubes we feel are collectible or unusual; thus, paying a premium for the following vacuum tube types: some tubes with colored glass, early tubes with brass bases, and tubes with ceramic bases; and we actively seek early tubes, developmental tubes and laboratory samples. Contact us in advance with details so that we can make an educated offer for such collectible and/or unsual vacuum tubes.

If you send tubes, then please enclose a packing sheet listing the tubes and giving your name, address, phone, date of this list, whether you want rejects returned, and whether it is OK to downgrade to used if not acceptable as new. Please call or email us with any questions.

We reimburse UPS ground and Fedex ground rates in the continental US and parcel post from Alaska, Hawaii, and foreign countries. We will not accept CODs. Any unacceptable tubes will be returned, only if requested, at a minimum charge of $8.

We also buy some tube testers, sockets and dial lamps. Send us a description for our offer. As it is impossible for any “buy” list to be totally comprehensive, feel free to send us your lists for our offer.

With so many tube types and so many variants, it is impossible for any list to be totally comprehensive. So, do not be afraid to ask us about buying tubes not on these lists.

Bottom line: You pack and ship. We inspect and test. Then we pay. We reimburse for shipping, but not for packaging and packing materials. Turn-around time is typically 5 business days, depending on the size and complexity of the lot. Please remember to include contact information as well as where you want your payment sent.

 Unacceptable Tubes | Vacuum Tubes That We Are Not Buying

**Standard, International and Shield brands are specifically not acceptable. Russian, Chinese and Eastern European tubes are not acceptable.

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