Great/Interesting Finds

[Blaise170]

Looks like someone still thinks the old eBay rules are valid. In the past the final value fee was only assessed on the item sale price and not shipping. So it was common for items to be buy it now for 99 cents with $100 shipping.

Thanks to those jerks (a) the final value fee is now 10% and (b) it is applied to item cost plus shipping. Argh!

That just means I usually add weight to an item to get a little of that cost back. $10 for shipping on something that only costs me $7 to ship helps pay those fees.

[Redmaus]

Chyros I have two. I can send you a brown alps switch.

And yes, it does have brown alps. Brown alps to me is a firmer version of topre.

EDIT: Chyros where did you go

[Tuntematon]

In the shipping options I am also seeing $50 expedited shipping as an option, still expensive. It doesn't really matter though since people will bid accordingly.

[Chyros]

Chyros I have two. I can send you a brown alps switch.

And yes, it does have brown alps. Brown alps to me is a firmer version of topre.

EDIT: Chyros where did you go

I meant to send it as a PM xD .

That's awesome! I could definitely use one, I need it for a video I've got planned . And I'm just really curious about them, of course .

[ohaimark]

Cheap, untested terminal M. All it needs is a pinout change to work with PS/2 to USB converters, assuming it works at all.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-IBM-F7- ... 2276554274

[derzemel]

KMAC Mini up for auction. Grab the popcorn because it is already at 530USD with 8 Days to spare:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KMAC-Mini-Korea ... 1926488667

[Sayso]

KMAC Mini up for auction. Grab the popcorn because it is already at 530USD with 8 Days to spare:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KMAC-Mini-Korea ... 1926488667

50bids, 8d left

[Khers]

Amazing! Doesn't anyone know how to use ebay anymore? This is beyond merely stupid.

[Chyros]

Wait, why is that so expensive? Oo

[derzemel]

Wait, why is that so expensive? Oo

Korean custom + aluminium case + limited production number = very high desirability by people who want to have bragging rights

[Nuum]

Nixdorf MX Blacks? http://www.ebay.de/itm/121882255543
He auto-accepts 50€, maybe you can go lower. Bank transfer only!

[scottc]

Can someone proxy for me please!?

[Wodan]

Nixdorf MX Blacks? http://www.ebay.de/itm/121882255543
He auto-accepts 50€, maybe you can go lower. Bank transfer only!

Awesome, thanks, got one. I hope this is good.

[gogusrl]

There's something fishy going on here, Dezemel found them last weekend, bought some, made a bank transfer payment and now I see they're up again ? Hope we don't get screwed.

If we do get screwed, we'd like a proxy for 2 keyboards as well (me + derzemel).

[Wodan]

LOL he previously sold them for 25€ each:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/SIEMENS-NIXDORF- ... 1862021500

[guk]

Don't think you need to worry. Seller mentioned that he might have more available while I asked him about terms of payment. Someone bought the remaining 8 while I was waiting for a reply. And the pic he sent me showed a unit with Nixies.

[seebart]

Yes they are Nixies, I got one for cheap. He raised the price now, too bad.

[shreebles]

Nixdorf MX Blacks? http://www.ebay.de/itm/121882255543
He auto-accepts 50€, maybe you can go lower. Bank transfer only!

True, he did not accept 40, so after waiting a while I bit the bullet and went for 50 as well. Decent price either way, since most of us missed the first offer.

[gogusrl]

Thank for the info guk, so nixies for everyone

[scottc]

Think I got one for 50. Thank you very very much Nuum, I owe you a beer!

[seebart]

Thank for the info guk, so nixies for everyone

Sorry for not posting this guys, I have not been around DT so much recently.

[kbdfr]

Are you sure they are Nixies?
Found the listing quite a time ago, googled them with the number on the label and found this:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/triplehaa ... 956847424/

I hope I'm wrong, and good luck to you all (3 remaining at the moment )

[scottc]

HaaTa's one seems to have different "F-row" caps, the 2.0 unit ones along the top of the keyboard... I sincerely hope they're not the same, though.

[guk]

That's why I asked him to take a pic, kbdfr. I had the same suspicion.

[shreebles]

Well, I sincerely hope he isn't trying to f*ck us over with the picture. Are parts of the keyboard visible on your pic, guk? As well as the clear-top switch?

I highly doubt we could blame him for false advertising since he only shared the picture with you, not everyone.

[gogusrl]

I based it on this : http://imgur.com/a/WopIO

the first row of numbers is identical and the second row should be the serial number.

edit : also asked him to confirm that all of them have the same product number.

[seebart]

Are you sure they are Nixies?
Found the listing quite a time ago, googled them with the number on the label and found this:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/triplehaa ... 956847424/

I hope I'm wrong, and good luck to you all (3 remaining at the moment )

Hmm let's take a look...

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same keyboard has been around before:

f-o-r-s-a-l-e-f58/selling-my-nixdorf-so ... lit=nixies

I got the dust for free:

IMGP2373.JPG (895.92 KiB) Viewed 4182 times

[Khers]

Anyone want to proxy?

[photekq]

Argh. I wish I had some money!

[Sankart]

Don't know if this is something special/mechanical, but the keycaps look nice
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... -228-15763