Great/Interesting Finds

[ohaimark]

Chyros' voice would lull the sellers into complacency, netting you a photograph AND a discount.

[beltet]

G80-3000 HAMDE

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-Cherry- ... Sw--1WtNx3

Anyone going to bid on this? I'm interested and would love to know if it is much competition so I don't drive up the price just for the heck if it.

[Prelim]

I think everyone will be biding on it! :/

[kbdfr]

I for one am not interested

[Wodan]

Anyone going to bid on this? I'm interested and would love to know if it is much competition so I don't drive up the price just for the heck if it.

I'm pretty determined.

[kbdfr]

I hope you guys are not going to start a bidding war.

Sniping is the way to go.
In other words: decide on the maximum price you are ready to pay (considering shipping costs, of course),
and bid exactly that in the last few seconds.

If your bid is the highest, you won't have to pay the full price you entered,
but only one bidding increment more than the second highest bidder.

If someone offers more than you - well, you would have lost anyway, wouldn't you?

[tentator]

The description and the picture say different things (laser caps) did you double check with the seller first that the pictures are of the sold item?

[kbdfr]

The description and the picture say different things (laser caps) did you double check with the seller first that the pictures are of the sold item?

While sellers can add "Artikelmerkmale" ("Item specifics") and "Detaillierte Informationen zum Artikel" ("Detailed item information") to their descriptions when preparing their listing, they cannot change the content of the boxes, which is retrieved by eBay and often enough is completely wrong.

Which clearly is the case here, as the seller indicates the article no.

Plus the photo background is obviously the same as in this other article of the same seller.

[Wodan]

I hope you guys are not going to start a bidding war.

Sniping is the way to go....

You're really not after it

[Jimmy54669]

Very cheap Cherry G80 only 3€ Each nice if you need cheap MX blacks, Germany only I would think (dont know if it allready been posted) http://cueb.de/product_info.php?info=p1 ... asten.html

[Wodan]

Very cheap Cherry G80 only 3€ Each nice if you need cheap MX blacks, Germany only I would think (dont know if it allready been posted) http://cueb.de/product_info.php?info=p1 ... asten.html

You can get the USB version for 5€. Highly recommended if you want to refurbish them. "Neuwertig" is a joke though. Great source for very well run-in MX blacks.

[tentator]

wondering what switches this nice one has: http://www.ebay.de/itm/14-Siemens-Nixdo ... SwKtlWl352

[jerue]

wondering what switches this nice one has: http://www.ebay.de/itm/14-Siemens-Nixdo ... SwKtlWl352

I think that is the rubber dome version.

[photekq]

Yes, definitely rubber dome.

[Redmaus]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIAKB-6251-WHIT ... 1712863551

Altec keyboard with neato legends and cherry clears

[chiptea]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIAKB-6251-WHIT ... 1712863551

Altec keyboard with neato legends and cherry clears

Don't thing those are genuine clears, but neat nonetheless!

[ohaimark]

I posted that a couple days ago. Good that it's still getting interest, though. Those are likely Aristotles.

Cheap Bigfoot:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-5291-Keyboa ... 1899238657

[Khronokrator]

I hope you guys are not going to start a bidding war.

Sniping is the way to go.
In other words: decide on the maximum price you are ready to pay (considering shipping costs, of course),
and bid exactly that in the last few seconds.

If your bid is the highest, you won't have to pay the full price you entered,
but only one bidding increment more than the second highest bidder.

If someone offers more than you - well, you would have lost anyway, wouldn't you?

I am quoting this because it honestly deserves a second mention, especially for the anons who lurk here. Heck, you can even see it with the SSK that was posted on the last page--within hours of it being mentioned here it shot up to over $100, and if trends hold I expect it to go up again over the next few days before the auction nears its close.

It's silly. Use a service like eSnipe or the like to automate things for you; bidding wars help no one and only end up artificially inflating the price of every rare or desirable keyboard to ridiculous levels (like with that Datatech Blue Alps board that went for almost $400 a few weeks ago, and it wasn't even new).

[chiptea]

Cheap Unicomp 122: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unicomp-Model-M ... 1712863551

And another one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unicomp-Model-M ... 1676101006

[Tuntematon]

I've never used an automatic sniping service. Is there much difference between them? Just checked out the eSnipe website. I'm put off by the bogus "Our users have saved this much" counter. Still might be a good service but this kind of thing irks me

[Redmaus]

Cheap Bigfoot:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-5291-Keyboa ... 1899238657

Now that is economy shipping

[Khronokrator]

I've never used an automatic sniping service. Is there much difference between them? Just checked out the eSnipe website. I'm put off by the bogus "Our users have saved this much" counter. Still might be a good service but this kind of thing irks me

I wouldn't recommend any particular automatic sniping services over any other, it was just the first one that came to mind. (They also charge you a percentage of your successful bids, too.) It was more of an example to illustrate kbdfr's point: bidding wars suck for everyone but the seller.

[DanielT]

Been away a few days and missed the only keyboard related stuff I want, some Nixie blacks to build a 60% . Oh well, maybe another time....
Just in case someone wants to let go of 64 switches for a decent price let me know

[ohaimark]

Amstrad "non buckling spring" board:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMSTRAD-PC2086- ... 1543562699

[pcaro]

Can someone recommend an European sniping service?

[flabbergast]

I use gixen (works well for German and UK ebay).

[pcaro]

I use gixen (works well for German and UK ebay).

Thanks. I was worried to use a free service

[scottc]

A friend of mine used to use JBidWatcher but apparently it's VERY unstable and made him miss out on some great deals. I'd advise giving it a miss.

You know, I still go for the good old proven method of sniping by hand. That way I can make important split-second decisions like "well, I guess 2x my original price isn't bad"...

[photekq]

I use gixen too. Works great every time.

[XMIT]

Cheap Unicomp 122: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unicomp-Model-M ... 1712863551

And another one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unicomp-Model-M ... 1676101006

That's ComradeSniper. PM him, don't buy through eBay!

As for sniping services: myibidder.com has worked well for me several times.