That’s another couple grand off. Keep it coming! There’s still a looooong way to go.
Great/Interesting Finds
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- Location: United States
Seller changed description so that repaint is no longer mentioned if you click on "full description." Buyers be aware.
Muirium wrote: ↑25 Feb 2021, 21:46That’s another couple grand off. Keep it coming! There’s still a looooong way to go.
- JP!
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Currently a Model M
- Main mouse: Steel Series Sensei
- Favorite switch: Beam Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0194
- Contact:
This is Mr. Duul's Kishsaver. It's not a repro, just wonky / never fixed up.
- ddrfraser1
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Changes weekly
- Main mouse: MX MASTER
- Favorite switch: Lubed 55g BKE Redux Domes
- Contact:
I think it's time to sell my industrial sq badge M for $5,000.00
- raoulduke-esq
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Current in the rotation: Silver Badge
- Main mouse: Magic Trackpad 2
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring
Gunked up Gently used Dell OptiPlex board with giant spacebar here. Most keys work but no cord: $30,000.ddrfraser1 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2021, 22:41I think it's time to sell my industrial sq badge M for $5,000.00
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- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Model F77
- Main mouse: Logitech MX Master 3S
- Favorite switch: Alpaca V2
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- Location: United States
Where are the photos? Really want to see what it originally looked like before I send him an offer.
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- Location: Canada
- DT Pro Member: -
https://web.archive.org/web/20190414182 ... hp?t=16720Double_Shot_ABS wrote: ↑25 Feb 2021, 23:50Where are the photos? Really want to see what it originally looked like before I send him an offer.
- ekeppel
- Location: Maine, USA
- Main keyboard: IBM 5251 Frankenbeam XT w/ Modified Layout
- Favorite switch: Beamspring > Capacitive BS > Alps SKCM Brown > U4T
- DT Pro Member: -
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.
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
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Current in the rotation: Silver Badge
- Main mouse: Magic Trackpad 2
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring
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.
Sad.
- JP!
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Currently a Model M
- Main mouse: Steel Series Sensei
- Favorite switch: Beam Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0194
- Contact:
- TNT
- Location: Germany, Karlsruhe
- Main keyboard: Ellipse Model F77 / Zenith Z-150
- Main mouse: Logitech G203 Prodigy
- Favorite switch: It's complicated
- DT Pro Member: 0250
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
- Elder Messenger
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Main keyboard: Model F 122-key terminal
- Main mouse: Microsoft Optical Mouse
- Favorite switch: Model F Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0158
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
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Changes weekly
- Main mouse: MX MASTER
- Favorite switch: Lubed 55g BKE Redux Domes
- Contact:
I am younger than my model M
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- Location: US
- Main keyboard: Omnikey 102 Blackheart
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert Mouse
- Favorite switch: White Alps
- DT Pro Member: 0174
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.
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
- Elder Messenger
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Main keyboard: Model F 122-key terminal
- Main mouse: Microsoft Optical Mouse
- Favorite switch: Model F Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0158
Not every 100-year-old coin, card, or stamp has great value. Some are highly desirable, others aren't.
I am typing on a Model F built one day after my 33rd birthday.
- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104 Industrial Gray
- Main mouse: Logitech Optical
- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
- DT Pro Member: -
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.
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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.
Wake me, is the seller telling has 15 more about this? Shit!
Hope its not scammer.
- raoulduke-esq
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Current in the rotation: Silver Badge
- Main mouse: Magic Trackpad 2
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring
Hopefully nobody pays 2100 and ruins it for everyone!John Doe wrote: ↑27 Feb 2021, 04:38https://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.
- hellothere
- Location: Mesa, AZ USA
- Main keyboard: Lots
- Main mouse: CST2545W-RC
- Favorite switch: TopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlps
Thing is that someone will probably think it's a beamspring because of how the case looks.ddrfraser1 wrote: ↑23 Feb 2021, 21:04Holy shit!raoulduke-esq wrote: ↑23 Feb 2021, 20:26They got the decimal point in the wrong spot again...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-3178-Model ... 2709097948
- hellothere
- Location: Mesa, AZ USA
- Main keyboard: Lots
- Main mouse: CST2545W-RC
- Favorite switch: TopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlps
Only has 5 feedback. I steer clear of those sellers, especially if they're selling high cost items.raoulduke-esq wrote: ↑27 Feb 2021, 05:28Hopefully nobody pays 2100 and ruins it for everyone!John Doe wrote: ↑27 Feb 2021, 04:38https://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.
- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104 Industrial Gray
- Main mouse: Logitech Optical
- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
- DT Pro Member: -
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
https://www.ebay.com/itm/174653899860
- NeK
- Location: Greece, Athens
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 2 w/ blue mx, CM Storm brown mx
- Main mouse: FK2
- Favorite switch: SMK and Blue MX
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.Polecat wrote: ↑27 Feb 2021, 04:08I 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.
Spoiler:
- ekeppel
- Location: Maine, USA
- Main keyboard: IBM 5251 Frankenbeam XT w/ Modified Layout
- Favorite switch: Beamspring > Capacitive BS > Alps SKCM Brown > U4T
- DT Pro Member: -
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-
- Location: Buenos Aires - Argentina / Miami - USA
- Main keyboard: IBM 3278 / Leading Edge DC-3014
- Main mouse: Who cares about mouses here?
- Favorite switch: Beamspring / Blue Alps
So it was over $99.95?
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- Location: Canada
- DT Pro Member: -
It was listed at $124.95.
- ekeppel
- Location: Maine, USA
- Main keyboard: IBM 5251 Frankenbeam XT w/ Modified Layout
- Favorite switch: Beamspring > Capacitive BS > Alps SKCM Brown > U4T
- DT Pro Member: -
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!
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
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Current in the rotation: Silver Badge
- Main mouse: Magic Trackpad 2
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring
Ellipse is selling his repro solenoids for $35 if anyone needs one but doesn’t mind waiting a couple months to get it
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- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Model F77
- Main mouse: Logitech MX Master 3S
- Favorite switch: Alpaca V2
Or one could get this one for a fair priceraoulduke-esq wrote: ↑28 Feb 2021, 15:32Ellipse is selling his repro solenoids for $35 if anyone needs one but doesn’t mind waiting a couple months to get it
https://www.ebay.de/itm/174231719515
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- Location: United States
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.John Doe wrote: ↑27 Feb 2021, 04:38https://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.
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