Great/Interesting Finds

Redmaus · 30 Mar 2016, 22:33

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Leading-edge-ke ... SwAvJW8sCt

BUY IT NOW YOU ANIMALS

seebart · 30 Mar 2016, 22:36

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tentator · 30 Mar 2016, 22:57

Tuntematon · 30 Mar 2016, 23:01

The seller is clueless. He has no idea that the reserve is what killed the bidding on his auction. That and a total lack of effort.

ohaimark · 30 Mar 2016, 23:24

Stupid is as stupid does.

snuci · 30 Mar 2016, 23:41

Blaise170 wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231893498580

This Is An Outstanding Value.

I have one of those. I paid slightly less than that

Ray · 30 Mar 2016, 23:44

Blaise170 wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231893498580

This Is An Outstanding Value.

What does the scouter say about the value?

Blaise170 · 30 Mar 2016, 23:46

snuci wrote:
Blaise170 wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231893498580

This Is An Outstanding Value.
I have one of those. I paid slightly less than that

What kind of switches does it even have? I'm guessing MX Clears. In any case, not worth it!

ohaimark · 30 Mar 2016, 23:57

Ray wrote:
Blaise170 wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231893498580

This Is An Outstanding Value.
What does the scouter say about the value?

It's over 9000!

snuci · 31 Mar 2016, 00:08

Blaise170 wrote:
snuci wrote: I have one of those. I paid slightly less than that
What kind of switches does it even have? I'm guessing MX Clears. In any case, not worth it!

At that price, I should be charging admission to find out

The "gleam" is because of the extra sparkle at this cost. You can't hear this but harps play in the background whenever you take a key cap off

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seebart · 31 Mar 2016, 00:09

I've seen some ridiculous sales in this thread but this one tops them all. W T F ?

“A Commitment to Excellence since 1987”

Chyros · 31 Mar 2016, 00:36

“A Commitment to Excellence since 1987”

1987, you can tell that's an American seller

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Redmaus · 31 Mar 2016, 03:28

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Leading ... SwyjBW6xag

Looks like we have been deceived

E3E · 31 Mar 2016, 03:30

The banana edition DC-2014 has been relisted after having been sold! Ohaimark, you can breathe a sigh of relief, since it truly did not sell for more than your DC-3014.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Leading ... 6016.l4276

This seems to be evidence toward some trolls jacking up the prices. The same trolls also jacked up the price on that ISO NIB blue Alps board sold by that guy in Greece, and that has been relisted too... Except now he demands $590 for it.

I wonder if we'll be seeing the Texas Instruments KB101A again in the future then.

Redmaus · 31 Mar 2016, 03:37

I thought maybe it was plausible considering the banana edition is also flashy logo edition. I kind of wished it were true, because now I can't make big bux off of my DC-2014

E3E · 31 Mar 2016, 03:51

Redmaus wrote: I thought maybe it was plausible considering the banana edition is also flashy logo edition. I kind of wished it were true, because now I can't make big bux off of my DC-2014

Which one did you pick up? Haha. It must've been recent!

jacobolus · 31 Mar 2016, 04:09

E3E wrote: The banana edition DC-2014 has been relisted after having been sold! Ohaimark, you can breathe a sigh of relief, since it truly did not sell for more than your DC-3014. http://www.ebay.com/itm/141944976794

Somehow the previous listing was nuked, http://www.ebay.com/itm/141932764372

photekq · 31 Mar 2016, 04:15

So many recent auctions have been so dodgy... It doesn't surprise me that the $580 alps board was relisted; I couldn't believe that anyone would pay such an absurd amount.

ohaimark · 31 Mar 2016, 10:08

Fun ten key:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEC-PC-9801N-23 ... 1722416087

No idea about the switches -- Honeywell Bull:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Honeywe ... 1765861176

Unusual KB-5181 (I think):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Hermes-Vang ... 1552093045

Maybe Aristotles:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage-SC ... 2070369547

kbdfr · 31 Mar 2016, 11:51

Unicomp Affimative keyboard 5250 ACP 2856:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/252338051465
BIN 30€ or Make Offer

III · 31 Mar 2016, 14:21

Compact 100%:
http://m.ebay.com/itm/MacKey-SKB-102MJ- ... 1719490808

Filco that looks similar:
http://m.ebay.com/itm/Filco-FKB-107J-AI ... 1719483432

fohat · 31 Mar 2016, 14:47

kbdfr wrote: Unicomp Affimative keyboard 5250 ACP 2856:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/252338051465
BIN 30€ or Make Offer

A clean consistent set of function keys in alternating colors is hard to find.

zuglufttier · 31 Mar 2016, 15:15

'Tis mine now!

klikkyklik · 31 Mar 2016, 16:39

Redmaus wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Leading ... SwyjBW6xag

Looks like we have been deceived

So ... I'm not sure I get it. Let's say the guy selling that DC-2014 had a friend that bought it for the $475 it originally "sold" for. If that were true, they'd just be jacking up the prices in order to turn around and sell it for more money? It doesn't make much sense; everyone here recognizes that same old yellowed thing. What am I missing?

Abstractions · 31 Mar 2016, 18:12

ohaimark wrote: No idea about the switches -- Honeywell Bull:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Honeywe ... 1765861176

Last pic shows some rubber domes.

UnFocused · 31 Mar 2016, 19:17

E3E wrote: This seems to be evidence toward some trolls jacking up the prices. The same trolls also jacked up the price on that ISO NIB blue Alps board sold by that guy in Greece, and that has been relisted too... Except now he demands $590 for it.

I'm the person that listed the Focus 2001 that "sold" for $360 in an eBay auction. I hope you're still not bitter about not getting it for $75, but I simply was not willing to stop the auction after a bid was placed. Bad communication timing. I should have just told you no from the beginning like you said. Sorry!

I've been lurking in this thread (and the similar one on GH) since before I listed that keyboard and the various comments about that auction have been amusing.

I say that the keyboard "sold" for $360 because I still have it. Two different troll bidders got the price up to $360. The troll that "won" the auction registered the eBay account (with a US ZIP code of 90001) on February 18, the day the auction ended. The other troll account (also 90001) registered the account on December 24, 2015. Both had zero feedback.

I quickly learned my lesson about eBay auctions for keyboards and have since listed everything as buy-it-now with great success.

I'll probably list the Focus again in the very near future as BIN at a reasonable price. If someone buys it, great! If not, I'll probably just wind up using the switches to build a Clueboard.

klikkyklik · 31 Mar 2016, 19:31

What is the point of troll bids??

UnFocused · 31 Mar 2016, 19:39

klikkyklik wrote: What is the point of troll bids??

I can think of two reasons. The first is that they're people who have similar keyboards to sell and want to drive prices up. The second is they take pleasure in spoiling an auction.

Blaise170 · 31 Mar 2016, 20:01

UnFocused wrote: Both had zero feedback.

Simple fix then. Don't allow anyone with less than, say, 3 feedback bid on an auction. It's easy enough to get 3 feedbacks anyways, but it'll cut the trolls off since they won't be able to buy without buying other stuff first.

UnFocused · 31 Mar 2016, 20:12

Blaise170 wrote: Simple fix then. Don't allow anyone with less than, say, 3 feedback bid on an auction. It's easy enough to get 3 feedbacks anyways, but it'll cut the trolls off since they won't be able to buy without buying other stuff first.

I may not make as much money in the long run, but I'm done with the auction format. Buy it now with immediate payment via PayPal is what I've used to sell 9 keyboards in the last month.