Great/Interesting Finds

Hypersphere · 18 Sep 2014, 23:38

Halvar wrote: ↑On Geekhack: stack of IBM 107 key 4704 Model Fs

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=55819.0

Thanks! Looks like IBM 107s are popping up all over the place. The guy who recently paid over 600 USD for one wouldn't be happy to see their relative rarity evaporating!

xwhatsit · 18 Sep 2014, 23:42

Hmmm good thing I ordered a pile of Model F controller PCBs.

Muirium · 18 Sep 2014, 23:53

We'll have you up a few nights with the next batch!

andrewjoy · 19 Sep 2014, 10:58

did you order beamspring pcb's too ?

xwhatsit · 19 Sep 2014, 10:59

I did indeed. 25 of each. No componentry yet... will have to kick off a new round again I suppose! Will try building one from this new PCB fab first to see if they're up to scratch.

andrewjoy · 19 Sep 2014, 14:42

I dont mind testing it for you

Nuum · 19 Sep 2014, 18:34

Höft und Wessel POS keyboard thingy: http://www.ebay.de/itm/311089470517
He accepted an offer of 15€ I made in the morning. It has some relegendable Cherry Keycaps, plate mounted stabs and (presumably) old Cherry spherical numpad keys, see here: http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/hoft- ... t7290.html

zingo1963 · 19 Sep 2014, 23:54

chzel,

Stored in smoke-filled home?
Surely a typo, no?

I list my items this way because it seems to be the terminology used on ebay. My home is not usually filled with smoke

chzel · 19 Sep 2014, 23:59

zingo1963 wrote: ↑chzel,

Stored in smoke-filled home?
Surely a typo, no?
I list my items this way because it seems to be the terminology used on ebay. My home is not usually filled with smoke

Yeah, I thought so! That's why I guessed you meant "smoke-free"

Nuum · 20 Sep 2014, 22:06

Terminal IBM Model M: http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-Tastatur-/390935534357

gogusrl · 20 Sep 2014, 23:13

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastiera-CHERRY- ... 2595d191f4

dyger · 21 Sep 2014, 00:16

We don't like that seller around here.

kbdfr wrote: ↑I would like to get back to BobMoz, who registered here to ask if the reserve price of 320€ set for a NIB Cherry G81-3000 SAU in his eBay sale is OK.

As this is a quite long and detailed posting, I'm going to use the "spoiler" function to keep it short. But please do not read only the conclusion that follows, but also the investigation steps (and links) contained in the spoiler.
Spoiler:
I wondered how many of such rare items he has, because just before listing this keyboard he had already offered and sold another NIB G81-3000 SAU.
I had a look at the completed sale, there the description said "Serial number 10912" and one of the pics showed the label with this serial number:
http://www.ebay.it/itm/Tastiera-CHERRY- ... 2591b09ce3
Then I had a look at the "new" sale, astonishingly enough there the description also says "Serial number 10912" and again one of the pics shows the label with this serial number:
http://www.ebay.it/itm/Tastiera-CHERRY- ... 1369455075
My conclusion: the first keyboard has been sold, but for some reason the transaction is not to be completed.

So again I had a look at the completed sale (I now post the link on ebay.com so as to allow all non-Italian speakers to understand what I am going to explain):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161358060771
If you click on the number of bids indicated after the winning bid, you get to a list of the bids:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 7675.l2565
Bidders are shown as a code so as to protect their identity, the highest bidder is shown as h***t (2), i.e. someone with a feedback of two.
If you bid on his name in the list, you access a 30-day summary of his bids:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... e_ViewLink
and there you see that in the last 30 days, h***t placed bids only with this same seller. It was not only for keyboard (or even computer) stuff, but also for telephone stuff.

So I had a look into the feedback record of the seller. One has to know that transaction partners are also encoded there to protect their identidy, but with a different code than that of the bid summary.
This is the feedback left for others by the seller:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d ... &items=100
Looking for buyers with a feedback of (2), we find several occurrences of a***t (2), and as the sales are not very old, there is even a link provided to these sales (along with the auction title), for example a "Valiglia in legno" ("wooden suitcase") or a "Radio Mivar TRAFTON I.C. (1969)".
In both cases looking into the list of the bids and then the 30-day summary of the highest bidder, one sees it is identical to that of the buyer of the first Cherry G81-3000 SAU. And in both cases, exactly like for the keyboard, the items were relisted just after the sale concluded.

I had a look at another sale won by someone else, which was not relisted. Here again I found the very same bidder:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 7675.l2565
(with the very same 30-day summary, but this sale is older and thus does not appear there).
So there is a compelling conclusion: BobMoz practices shill-bidding on his sales.
As obviously he uses even more shill-bidding accounts (if someone is interested I can demonstrate that), I would even say he practices massive shill-bidding on his sales.
And after not succeeding in reaching the highest price possible, he comes here to ask us what a correct price would be.

Perhaps I should be happy someone tries to raise market prices on G81-3000 SAU (after all, I might be tempted to sell mine at some time - but do not ask, if this happens it is already promised to someone), but I think what he deserves is at least not to get an answer.

photekq · 21 Sep 2014, 00:19

We don't like him, but I'm sure plenty of people here will like his goods

seebart · 21 Sep 2014, 22:35

HzFaq · 22 Sep 2014, 09:52

Cherry WoB UK ISO G81-1800HQMB, BiN, 2 available. I'd be tempted if I had any money

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cherry-G81-18 ... SS:GB:3160

gogusrl · 22 Sep 2014, 16:54

This guy has a lot of interesting stuff : http://www.ebay.com/sch/Keyboards-Mice- ... tems-store

This one caught my eye but no moneyz
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CLICKER-MECHANI ... 27e7d62563

macmakkara · 22 Sep 2014, 17:11

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BUCKLING-SPRING ... 27d886cbba

But he doen't know what is buckling pring and whats space invader...

chzel · 23 Sep 2014, 15:18

SSK, does only ConUS, already asked.
Any 'Murican interested?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Spa ... 1470090992

zingo1963 · 23 Sep 2014, 16:54

Well, my Epson Q203A sold for $5 US.

I hope it will see use. Just been sitting in my closet about a year...

HzFaq · 23 Sep 2014, 20:16

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tastatur-Cher ... SS:GB:1120

G86 and quite expensive but still quite a nice interesting little board.

IvanIvanovich · 23 Sep 2014, 20:25

Rubbers version. I'd still like to get one of the MX version of that board one of these days.

HzFaq · 23 Sep 2014, 20:27

Oh, I know, I just thought it looked pretty cool. Isn't the G80 version what was once known as the Ricercar SPOS or something?

Nuum · 23 Sep 2014, 22:36

Cheap G80 with MX Blacks: http://www.ebay.de/itm//331328011326

gogusrl · 24 Sep 2014, 15:39

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Fujitsu-Limited- ... 41852cc17e

haven't seen this one before.

edit : found this guy as well
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-G81-8000 ... 2a441bcb24

he has 300+ G81-HPBUS so black cherry doubleshots. Maybe we can get a groupbuy going for some cheap caps.

more stuff :

I'm new around here so please let me know if I'm spamming this thread or linking useless / not so great deals.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cardinal-Techno ... 4187506304

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-2-VINTAG ... 486f4fae81

Halvar · 24 Sep 2014, 16:02

We already have that going.

andrewjoy · 24 Sep 2014, 16:17

Halvar wrote: ↑We already have that going.

they are not bad ether, need a kit for the bottom row of my tiny little filco however

i regret not cleaning them before i put them on however

Halvar · 24 Sep 2014, 16:37

Yeah, GMK WoB Moogle/Tsangan kits are definitely in need. Too bad tinnie's GB was called off.

Nuum · 24 Sep 2014, 18:37

3 SSK's on amazon.de, unknown condition: http://www.amazon.de/mechanische-Tastat ... 9T5Y3WBHX9

Halvar · 24 Sep 2014, 18:47

Now that's an interesting find.

quantalume · 24 Sep 2014, 20:14

gogusrl wrote: ↑
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cardinal-Techno ... 4187506304

That's an interesting item. What type of switch would this be?

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