Great/Interesting Finds

Redmaus · 10 Jul 2015, 14:05

Pompom58 wrote: ↑Itac Systems - USB Industrial Mouse-Trak B-USBID
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/ITAC-Systems-Mou ... 3cdbb1227b

I'm looking to try trackball at the moment. Does someone recommend me one of those for the price? (I read Kurk's review and it seems to be a good trackball...)

Link to kurks review?

Pompom58 · 10 Jul 2015, 14:12

Here!

derzemel · 10 Jul 2015, 16:04

dzhoou · 10 Jul 2015, 17:49

XMIT wrote: ↑
dzhoou wrote: ↑I believe this will just get relisted again.
Well, if so, I may change my mind about letting it go.

Guess I was wrong. It is gone just now

XMIT · 10 Jul 2015, 18:17

dzhoou wrote: ↑
XMIT wrote: ↑
dzhoou wrote: ↑I believe this will just get relisted again.
Well, if so, I may change my mind about letting it go.
Guess I was wrong. It is gone just now

Yep, I changed my mind.

I made the seller an offer and the seller accepted it.

If I ever get some time I'll re-index my collection and place some more items up for sale. Once I get good photos of a keyboard - and certainly after I get it working over USB - I'm likely to sell it if it doesn't end up in my rotation.

SL89 suggested on IRC a little while ago that I start keeping my own blog or similar to document my collection. I should really work on this. As times goes on I'd like to pass more items along.

Just - I'm going to need to cut back a little on this awesome hobby. With two kids in the house and now that I'm working again time is quite precious. I have some real gems of boards to share with all of you, eventually.

hypkx · 10 Jul 2015, 18:41

hypkx wrote: ↑
guk wrote: ↑
http://www.ebay.de/itm/191611952586 not great but slightly interesting :p
I snipped the "keyboard" a pair seconds ago,
It looks if it has some cherry clear mx switches in it (I want to harvest them).
Also on the top of the thing it looks like a cherry g84 ML switch keyboard.

If somebody want the round shaped keycaps for a special projekt (like a keyboard with a trackball in his mid and the keys around the trackball, just my imagination ) or the case of the "thing" you can PM me.

When I have the board (I don´t know if the seller ships with DHL, maybe it takes a bit longer) I post some pictures in a other thread, because I have never seen such a board with mx switches in it.

Received the "keyboard" today, the package was wrapped in a red package band with the printing "Breakable - don't throw".
The package looks awfull, at one site open.
I hear loose caps, they fall out of the hole in the package.
Some caps from the ml Keyboard are missing also some caps from the wacom thing.
I hope there are all caps in the package.
The the Wacom thing, about 60% of it is out of metall, but DPD get it to break the 40% plastic multible times.
I'am pissed.

When I'am calm downed I make a own thread and post some pictures.
The Wacom thing has cherry mx clear switches inside.

hypkx · 10 Jul 2015, 18:44

The Keycaps from the ml keyboard are missing, some that I found are broken.

Muirium · 10 Jul 2015, 19:01

I wish carriers were smart enough to refuse incompetently wrapped goods. But they are not. They will hurl it around and smash it up regardless. I don't blame them for ignoring idiotic labels "plz don't smash!" though. This is the sender's fault. He overestimates carriers, and underestimates you! "It's just a junky old keyboard. Good job it wasn't new!"

seebart · 10 Jul 2015, 19:06

Yes absolutely right. And if you bought it over eBay there is still the feedback. You could even report it to eBay. The bottom line is you did not get the item the way it was sold to you. Plus we just had that postal strike so those guys are even more stressed than usual.

fohat · 11 Jul 2015, 17:22

seebart wrote: ↑
And if you bought it over eBay there is still the feedback.

The bottom line is you did not get the item the way it was sold to you.

I must disagree most strongly with this line of thinking.

A conscientious seller who packages an item carefully and addresses it accurately with the address that the buyer provided has fulfilled his obligations in every way that is humanly possible.

I consider it absolutely outrageous and unconscionable that ebay holds sellers hostage to whatever takes place while the package is in the care and protection of the carrier.

Bad packing is one issue, but carelessness or neglect in the hands of a carrier is not anything that a seller can control.

Personally, I believe that "ownership" of something that I sell has shifted from seller (me) to buyer as soon as it leaves my hands because I will never see it again and have absolutely no control over it from that point forward.

dzhoou · 11 Jul 2015, 17:31

Isn't seebart's premise the item was mal-packaged in the first place?

seebart · 11 Jul 2015, 17:31

Wrapping a large keyboard in bubble wrap without any box is not consious packaging fohat!

fohat · 11 Jul 2015, 17:34

I carefully qualified my response, twice, to include proper packaging as a fundamental obligation of a seller.

My objection was to the notion that a seller should be held hostage to the behavior of the carrier.

seebart · 11 Jul 2015, 17:37

No one is to be held "hostage". But no one can rely on the carrier to be gentle in their handling. They're supposed to handle with care, but do you really think they do so all the time? So what's the solution? Good packaging!

Blaise170 · 11 Jul 2015, 20:02

Living in the city where UPS is headquartered, I've heard many people who used to work there who couldn't care any less about packaging. Careful handling is the exception, not the rule. I also do not like that sellers are responsible but that is why we have insurance on packages - I've never been denied insurance with proper documentation.

seebart · 11 Jul 2015, 20:06

Yeah I've had eBay come through with their PayPal insurance. One of the few good aspects of PayPal.

fohat · 11 Jul 2015, 20:12

seebart wrote: ↑No one is to be held "hostage".

There is little doubt that ebay would side with the buyer and force the seller to "eat" the loss of an item damaged in transit, and getting money out of a carrier is like pulling teeth from a live crocodile.

I have only tried to make a claim under "shipping insurance" a couple of times, and was always refused due to some technicality (items that I bought, not sold).

I do think that a Geekhacker made a successful claim a few years ago, on a keyboard I sold him that was damaged by the Post Office, but can't remember for sure.

PS - I sold nearly a thousand LPs on ebay, 10 years ago, all over the world, and never had one reported as broken, so I know the importance of packaging.

Blaise170 · 11 Jul 2015, 21:30

I've always had USPS come through. I thoroughly package my stuff but accidents can and do happen.

Also, it provides you a secondary level of fraud protection as well. I sold an Alienware laptop a couple of years ago and the buyer claimed that it arrived broken and that he had to pay $200 to replace it. I kept asking for pictures and got nothing. He then opened a claim on me. After informing him that it was insured for the full value, he suddenly left negative feedback and stopped contacting me back.

Chyros · 11 Jul 2015, 21:43

I don't know how UPS does it, but often here if a package has a dent in it you are given the chance to refuse it. If there is a dent in the packaging, it's the handler's fault, if the item is broken without the packaging being visibly damaged, it's the seller's fault.

hypkx · 12 Jul 2015, 01:17

Philips Videowriter PG 7716:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Philips-Videowri ... 1c55bb07f7

AEKII
http://www.ebay.de/itm/APPLE-SAMMLER-KO ... 1c55ee9fe8

Epson HX 20:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Epson-HX-20-mit- ... 58c8ce7c68
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Epson-HX-20-/281 ... 41996836f8

Blaise170 · 12 Jul 2015, 02:50

Chyros wrote: ↑I don't know how UPS does it, but often here if a package has a dent in it you are given the chance to refuse it. If there is a dent in the packaging, it's the handler's fault, if the item is broken without the packaging being visibly damaged, it's the seller's fault.

Sure, but most carriers just knock and leave the package unless it is shipped signature-required or over a specific dollar amount.

XMIT · 12 Jul 2015, 05:40

I've only ever filed two USPS insurance claims and both were paid promptly.

I ship almost exclusively FedEx within the US and use USPS outside the US. I have sent keyboards to at least six different countries now (US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland). I've only had one issue (it is well documented on the Keypocalypse sale thread).

As a seller here on the forum I go further than most to guarantee satisfaction. Not to disagree with fohat's statement of seller responsibilities per se: what fohat describes are perhaps the minimum responsibilities of a competent seller. Some sellers - myself included to some extent - will self insure to offer a higher level of service.

hypkx · 12 Jul 2015, 11:14

"Honeywell Keyboard Div. 122RX335-338E Tastatur 1991 Din-Stecker":
http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s ... 6-225-9681
I can't find anything about it on the Internet, maybe someone know more about the keyboard.

seebart · 12 Jul 2015, 11:22

Interesting find hypkx! I wonder what switches Honeywell used on this. If its their own hall effect switch then its well worth € 30.

http://deskthority.net/wiki Honeywell_Hall_Effect

Muirium · 12 Jul 2015, 11:31

With caps like that: nope. It doesn't look like a Micro Switch board at all. (My Honeywell is Micro Switch branded inside. They were likely a subsidiary or at least close partner of Honeywell's.) Nothing about this board looks like Hall effect.

Look at the date: 1991. There's a chance it's a mech of some sort, but far from guaranteed. Could just be a dome. It's in good shape though. Maybe worth a punt.

seebart · 12 Jul 2015, 11:34

Yeah that's my guess also. I might ask the seller to pull a cap.

XMIT · 12 Jul 2015, 13:22

Given the year and the country of fabrication that Honeywell board is very likely either foam-and-foil or rubber dome.

Daniel · 12 Jul 2015, 20:34

German new BoW double shots: http://www.ebay.de/itm/181793566387

derzemel · 12 Jul 2015, 21:54

Daniel wrote:German new BoW double shots: http://www.ebay.de/itm/181793566387

That keyset looks really nice, but I believe that the bottom row has off centre stems

shreebles · 12 Jul 2015, 21:57

derzemel wrote: ↑
Daniel wrote:German new BoW double shots: http://www.ebay.de/itm/181793566387
That keyset looks really nice, but I believe that the bottom row has off centre stems

And/or is pad printed? Like with other special edition doubleshot G81s...