The owner of the shop informed me that there had indeed been other enquiries about this particular board, but I was the first, so I had 1st dibs.
Some of you might remember my post asking about this - my curiosity overwhelmed me and I made a post here asking about that PN. Shortly after, that curiosity was replaced by paranoia. The owner of the shop (who is a lovely man) informed me that there was a man who was VERY persistent about purchasing many of his IBM keyboards when I went to pick up that SSK (if you're reading this, hi
). I thought nothing of it. I then realised that, the man could use my thread as evidence that the keyboard was an Unsaver, and show him how much they sell for. I skillfully and stealthily edited my post. 
It didn't help that the owner claimed he needed time to take the 1397955 down from his warehouse to his storefront. This process took over a week, which I thought was strange because I picked up the SSK literally the next day. After nearly a week had passed, I decided to have another look at the inventory listing he sent me. The first PN i checked was an F122 APL. Apparently, my rival didn't know his PNs too well, because he didn't notice this one. I emailed the owner of the store to ask if that one had been taken, and if not could I add it to my order. He informed me that I could and the next day I was able to go pick them up.
So, it appears 1397955 would be a genuine Model F PN, for a Lexmark refurbished Unsaver. They just slapped a "model M" logo on it, well - just because. The more we know! Notice the marks from where other labels used to be.
The Unsaver is in absolutely incredible condition - no cracks anywhere, both feet are fully functional, no cracks in their mechanisms either - it's very clean, the foam is still in pretty good condition from the little peek i've taken at it - only a couple of springs will need replacing on 2 of the PF keys. Other than that, my converter can't come fast enough! I've taken the F122's caps for now and put them on the 1397955. I think it looks fantastic. They are beautiful caps.
I only have pics of the Unsaver for now, as the 122 is in pieces as I clean it. Also, they're not very good (I took them on a smartphone).
Thanks for reading!
I paid about us$75 for the two keyboards. I am very happy with both, and I do NOT plan to sell either.
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(orihalcon got it from me, I knew he would give it a good home)
