Great/Interesting Finds

[Muirium]

Doesn’t even come with the original cable. Lame. They should strike a few k off the asking price.

Doesn't even work right according to the description!

That’s another couple grand off. Keep it coming! There’s still a looooong way to go.

[Double_Shot_ABS]

Seller changed description so that repaint is no longer mentioned if you click on "full description." Buyers be aware.

Doesn’t even come with the original cable. Lame. They should strike a few k off the asking price.

Doesn't even work right according to the description!

That’s another couple grand off. Keep it coming! There’s still a looooong way to go.

[JP!]

This is Mr. Duul's Kishsaver. It's not a repro, just wonky / never fixed up.

[ddrfraser1]

I think it's time to sell my industrial sq badge M for $5,000.00

[raoulduke-esq]

I think it's time to sell my industrial sq badge M for $5,000.00

Gunked up Gently used Dell OptiPlex board with giant spacebar here. Most keys work but no cord: $30,000.

[kmnov2017]

Doesn’t even come with the original cable. Lame. They should strike a few k off the asking price.

It's MrDuuls kishsaver
viewtopic.php?t=16720

[Double_Shot_ABS]

Where are the photos? Really want to see what it originally looked like before I send him an offer.

Doesn’t even come with the original cable. Lame. They should strike a few k off the asking price.

It's MrDuuls kishsaver
viewtopic.php?t=16720

[xxhellfirexx]

Where are the photos? Really want to see what it originally looked like before I send him an offer.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190414182 ... hp?t=16720

[ekeppel]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/203290176880
He's listing his Displaywriter too, but at $4K

Edit: Some time in the future, I wouldn't be surprised to see keyboards like the ones he's listed sell for prices like that. But having sold a lot of beamers myself on eBay, I'm pretty sure that time is not now. The current high end price on a nice 6580 keyboard is much less than half that asking price.

[raoulduke-esq]

I sure hope now is not the time! I don’t have a beamspring yet but I’m on the lookout always. 1-2k depending on which model and condition seems reasonable. Folks listing at outrageous prices contributes to the price inflation and to people buying boards not because they are passionate about the hobby and will cherish using them but because they want to flip them for an even more outrageous price.

Sad.

[JP!]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Vinta ... SwWNRgMFDn

[TNT]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Vinta ... SwWNRgMFDn

That's just sad, man. You can get a Model F for that amount.

As much as I want a Beamspring, I can't and won't pay 1k+ bucks for it. After all, it's just a keyboard. I hope this bubble will pop hard someday and they will be somewhat affordable. Until then, no option remains but to be patient ...

[fohat]

I hope this bubble will pop hard someday and they will be somewhat affordable.

That's not really the way collectible marketplaces usually evolve. There may cyclical fluctuations in price but the relationship between supply and demand always rules. Here we have a limited supply of vintage items (that are probably older than the majority of members in this forum) so are you expecting demand to drop precipitously?

[ddrfraser1]

I am younger than my model M

[Hak Foo]

I think there are a lot of more nuances beyond it.

Compared to, say stamps or trading cards or coins, keyboards as a collectible have a distinct utility factor. If rare and exotic alone was enough, we'd be paying $1800 for odd rubber-dome boards.

A lot of people are buying beamspring and Blue Alps boards because they're seen as the best feel of their kind. You're typically sacrificing a lot of usability for feel and aesthetic. If Kailh pulled out a new switch that offered equivalent sound and feel, but took MX keycaps and supported RGB lighting, a significant number of buyers would drop out of the market for the new hotness.

I winder if some of this is also a bit of washover of the current economics in the PC hardware sector. You can't get the premium $1000 graphics cards and CPUs now with shortages and gouging, but the money burning in your pocket can certainly buy other hardware toys- like bidding up a keyboard that's as much a status symbol as a 3080.

[fohat]

If rare and exotic alone was enough,

Not every 100-year-old coin, card, or stamp has great value. Some are highly desirable, others aren't.

I am younger than my model M

I am typing on a Model F built one day after my 33rd birthday.

[Polecat]

I really expect the bottom to drop out when one of two things happen. 1) The world economy, which is based mainly on greed and fear, collapses, or 2) The big boys stop supporting and updating operating systems for computers as the market disappears due to more and more people ditching their PCs and switching over to smart phones. Even now a five year old OS or browser won't work on most major websites; the majority are geared towards people playing phonesies.

[John Doe]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3160589008

Wake me, is the seller telling has 15 more about this? Shit!

Hope its not scammer.

[raoulduke-esq]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3160589008

Wake me, is the seller telling has 15 more about this? Shit!

Hope its not scammer.

Hopefully nobody pays 2100 and ruins it for everyone!

[hellothere]

They got the decimal point in the wrong spot again...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-3178-Model ... 2709097948

Holy shit!

Thing is that someone will probably think it's a beamspring because of how the case looks.

[hellothere]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3160589008

Wake me, is the seller telling has 15 more about this? Shit!

Hope its not scammer.

Hopefully nobody pays 2100 and ruins it for everyone!

Only has 5 feedback. I steer clear of those sellers, especially if they're selling high cost items.

[Polecat]

ebay listing, seller in Ukraine. MX black, terminal board? Listed as Monterey, but that can't be right. Label says "Danish", crossed out by hand, caps look Russian, plug is 270 degree DIN5. Layout looks DEC-ish.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/174653899860

[NeK]

I really expect the bottom to drop out when one of two things happen. 1) The world economy, which is based mainly on greed and fear, collapses, or 2) The big boys stop supporting and updating operating systems for computers as the market disappears due to more and more people ditching their PCs and switching over to smart phones. Even now a five year old OS or browser won't work on most major websites; the majority are geared towards people playing phonesies.

Not sure about PC's demise. They probably are here to stay, how else will the devs actually make those phone/console apps to sell? With... their phones or tablets? Impossible, they will most likely become more of a professional line of products, which is even better for us, because keyboards would be more imlortant and appreciated then, as they were in the keyboard golden age.

Spoiler:

And world economy collapse? Don't bet on that too, the economy works differently on that level (global) and governments have total control.

[ekeppel]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Vinta ... SwWNRgMFDn

My listing, yep. It's expensive buying original beamspring parts, and hard to decide what something's worth without past sales to look at. I think the other DT member selling 'repro' solenoids on eBay originally sold them for around $100, but I see that he has recently lowered it to $75.

I figured an original should be worth more than a modern repro, but who knows? I often start high and then lower my prices every week or two until they find the market. I'm sure I'll be dropping the price on it soon, since it hasn't attracted much attention at this price, lol.

Edit: Just lowered it to reflect the drop on the other seller's listing

[-Space-NATO-]

So it was over $99.95?

[xxhellfirexx]

So it was over $99.95?

It was listed at $124.95.

[ekeppel]

Yeah, like I said, I based the price on the only other listing I could find at the time.

Finding original parts for beamsprings is nigh-impossible.

If you happen to have a cache of beamspring parts that you'd like to give away, by all means, let me know!

[raoulduke-esq]

Ellipse is selling his repro solenoids for $35 if anyone needs one but doesn’t mind waiting a couple months to get it

[kmnov2017]

Ellipse is selling his repro solenoids for $35 if anyone needs one but doesn’t mind waiting a couple months to get it

Or one could get this one for a fair price

https://www.ebay.de/itm/174231719515

[BCNR-Scrapper]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3160589008

Wake me, is the seller telling has 15 more about this? Shit!

Hope its not scammer.

Definitely not a scammer, I'm a real dude. Ha. Thanks for showing me this thread. As for the 5 stars, by eWaste business only became an entity around the first part of 2020 therefore Don't have too many sales as of yet. I do have a non-business ebay account for reference if anyone needs or wants to verify. We Mainly scrap right now. In regards to the keyboard (s). We recently took over a building that was completely full of vintage Computers. I'm in the IT industry by day so I got the chance to nerd out. Anyway, ran into the terminals without keyboards, but found them along with many many goodies. As far as price, of course my price is high but I wanted to truly see what people say and want these for. Probably going to keep some for my collection and sell the others real soon. Anyway just thought I would verify this from the person I have messaged on ebay. Hauled out a few today.