Author Topic: The Rarest Crystals at $1985 now! Inflation is bad! (Read 4332 times)

berserkfan · « **on:** Sat, 17 August 2013, 08:27:35 »

OK, for those who have been on this forum at least a few months, I think you know what I'm talking about.

I'm not naming names, and I'm not adding the link here so his ebay listing doesn't get attention.

A certain gentleman whose nickname sounds like a Violin has relisted his Violoncello Crystals for $1985 shipped.

Seems that DoubleBass Crystals have gotten rarer than ever.

Just for laughs.

)

) I pity anyone who is stringed into buying.

dorkvader · « **Reply #1 on:** Sat, 17 August 2013, 08:32:04 »

I noticed this as well. Good thing it's also "or best offer". Maybe someone can make a deal.

I would also like to note that my wheelwriter 10 series 2 has one of these crystals as well.

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #2 on:** Sat, 17 August 2013, 08:47:40 »

Quote from: dorkvader on Sat, 17 August 2013, 08:32:04

I noticed this as well. Good thing it's also "or best offer". Maybe someone can make a deal.

I would also like to note that my wheelwriter 10 series 2 has one of these crystals as well.

Crystals = future time travel fuel

Techno Trousers · « **Reply #3 on:** Sat, 17 August 2013, 08:50:17 »

Everyone knows that the more expensive something is, the better it is.

morpheus · « **Reply #4 on:** Sat, 17 August 2013, 08:52:31 »

Mmmm future crystals.

berserkfan · « **Reply #5 on:** Sat, 17 August 2013, 09:01:17 »

Since shipping is free, actually I don't mind offering Mr. Guitar $40 just so that he has no more 'rare Banjo crystals' to sell and can't scam anymore people.

When he discovers that shipping to my country from Chile costs more than $40, he's probably going to scream UKULELE!

Quote from: dorkvader on Sat, 17 August 2013, 08:32:04

I noticed this as well. Good thing it's also "or best offer". Maybe someone can make a deal.

I would also like to note that my wheelwriter 10 series 2 has one of these crystals as well.

Shadovved · « **Reply #6 on:** Sat, 17 August 2013, 09:04:10 »

Quote from: berserkfan on Sat, 17 August 2013, 09:01:17

Since shipping is free, actually I don't mind offering Mr. Guitar $40 just so that he has no more 'rare Banjo crystals' to sell and can't scam anymore people.

When he discovers that shipping to my country from Chile costs more than $40, he's probably going to scream UKULELE!

Quote from: dorkvader on Sat, 17 August 2013, 08:32:04
I noticed this as well. Good thing it's also "or best offer". Maybe someone can make a deal.

I would also like to note that my wheelwriter 10 series 2 has one of these crystals as well.

Tell him to ship to SEA colony, Mars

bitslasher · « **Reply #7 on:** Sat, 17 August 2013, 09:49:17 »

I think there is a hidden message in his price maybe. Perhaps he's really a crazy old scientist that's built a real flux capacitor out of those crystals and now he's selling his last one to get money for plutonium so he can supply the needed 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to power it. He better hope the Libyans don't discover this auction.

berserkfan · « **Reply #8 on:** Sat, 17 August 2013, 10:33:55 »

Isn't Mars the Big Red Planet?

That's not the same as a little red dot you know...

Quote from: Shadovved on Sat, 17 August 2013, 09:04:10

Quote from: berserkfan on Sat, 17 August 2013, 09:01:17
Since shipping is free, actually I don't mind offering Mr. Guitar $40 just so that he has no more 'rare Banjo crystals' to sell and can't scam anymore people.

When he discovers that shipping to my country from Chile costs more than $40, he's probably going to scream UKULELE!

Quote from: dorkvader on Sat, 17 August 2013, 08:32:04
I noticed this as well. Good thing it's also "or best offer". Maybe someone can make a deal.

I would also like to note that my wheelwriter 10 series 2 has one of these crystals as well.

Tell him to ship to SEA colony, Mars

hoggy · « **Reply #9 on:** Sat, 17 August 2013, 10:40:47 »

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mich · « **Reply #10 on:** Sat, 17 August 2013, 15:15:39 »

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The Crystals were used in R&D and testing departments, as it withstands a wide range of temperatures and vibrations, preventing loss of info during shocks

Wow, this dude is a born salesman

The_Ed · « **Reply #11 on:** Sun, 18 August 2013, 05:34:10 »

Quote from: mich on Sat, 17 August 2013, 15:15:39

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The Crystals were used in R&D and testing departments, as it withstands a wide range of temperatures and vibrations, preventing loss of info during shocks
Wow, this dude is a born salesman

Since when does a crystal oscillator, which oscillates at a certain frequency, have anything to do with info loss? Especially on a device such as a keyboard since the firmware is the only info in them? Even if you know nothing of keyboards, anyone who knows what a crystal oscillator is knows that this is a load of bull****...

Shadovved · « **Reply #12 on:** Sun, 18 August 2013, 05:43:27 »

And when was quartz organic......... issnt quartz just SiO₂

The_Ed · « **Reply #13 on:** Sun, 18 August 2013, 05:50:29 »

Even if he meant natural instead of organic, since when were crystal oscillators made from natural quartz after ~1970?...

rootwyrm · « **Reply #14 on:** Sun, 18 August 2013, 08:22:13 »

Quote from: The_Ed on Sun, 18 August 2013, 05:50:29

Even if he meant natural instead of organic, since when were crystal oscillators made from natural quartz after ~1970?...

They weren't. Not to mention, IIRC they're just wider temp range and the same +-100ppm or +-50ppm. (I don't recall which it is off the top of my head.) I think natural quartz is still used in some high precision stuff, but it's been a while since I've looked at that stuff.

germy · « **Reply #15 on:** Sun, 18 August 2013, 08:31:29 »

I don't get it.

Krogenar · « **Reply #16 on:** Sun, 18 August 2013, 09:21:24 »

Ok, whoever buys this Folgers Crystals Model M should make a movie about their time traveling adventures with their 'very rare' Model M TARDIS.

(Pictures himself running away from a marauding band of Morlocks, as he clutches his Model M to his chest.)

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #17 on:** Sun, 18 August 2013, 09:55:46 »

Quote from: Krogenar on Sun, 18 August 2013, 09:21:24

Ok, whoever buys this Folgers Crystals Model M should make a movie about their time traveling adventures with their 'very rare' Model M TARDIS.

(Pictures himself running away from a marauding band of Morlocks, as he clutches his Model M to his chest.)

This sounds like a challenge for Mashby!

Krogenar · « **Reply #18 on:** Sun, 18 August 2013, 11:08:14 »

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Sun, 18 August 2013, 09:55:46

Quote from: Krogenar on Sun, 18 August 2013, 09:21:24
Ok, whoever buys this Folgers Crystals Model M should make a movie about their time traveling adventures with their 'very rare' Model M TARDIS.

(Pictures himself running away from a marauding band of Morlocks, as he clutches his Model M to his chest.)

This sounds like a challenge for Mashby!

Is that how Mashby arrived at KeyCon 2013? In a flash of light, bedecked in a Napoleonic-era hat, a prehistoric spear in-hand, and the time travel enabled Model M strapped to his back like a broadsword?

Sounds like Mashby.

In seriousness, these keyboards did not sell at, what, $500 each, so they upped it to $2000 instead?! Sorry, $1985 -- $15 mail-in rebate, LOL!

dem0critus · « **Reply #19 on:** Sun, 18 August 2013, 12:15:44 »

Are you kidding that's A STEAL! I'm surprised anyone would ever even question such a price on an OBVIOUSLY PRICELESS piece of computing history. hahaha

berserkfan · « **Reply #20 on:** Sun, 18 August 2013, 12:57:30 »

yeah, priceless, as in having no price anyone sane wants to pay!

Quote from: dem0critus on Sun, 18 August 2013, 12:15:44

Are you kidding that's A STEAL! I'm surprised anyone would ever even question such a price on an OBVIOUSLY PRICELESS piece of computing history. hahaha

dem0critus · « **Reply #21 on:** Sun, 18 August 2013, 13:06:37 »

Quote from: berserkfan on Sun, 18 August 2013, 12:57:30

yeah, priceless, as in having no price anyone sane wants to pay!

Quote from: dem0critus on Sun, 18 August 2013, 12:15:44
Are you kidding that's A STEAL! I'm surprised anyone would ever even question such a price on an OBVIOUSLY PRICELESS piece of computing history. hahaha

Maybe an insane person will make an investment in this time travel device.

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #22 on:** Sun, 18 August 2013, 13:09:59 »

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33429.msg1003359.msg#1003359

Wildcard · « **Reply #23 on:** Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:23:44 »

rowdy · « **Reply #24 on:** Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:45:14 »

berserkfan · « **Reply #25 on:** Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:51:24 »

My thread necrobumped after a year? Is it time travel you're talking about?

Wonder if this thread will still be around in 25 years. Considering how the Fed's been pumping money, I think inflation may render $1985 less than enough to pay for toilet paper.

I wonder if most Americans know that a Dollar now buys less than a penny did in Abe Lincoln's time.

Wildcard · « **Reply #26 on:** Tue, 22 July 2014, 23:37:19 »

Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:45:14

More of a :facepalm:

I was reading the other "crystal" post on my phone and responded to the wrong thread

rowdy · « **Reply #27 on:** Wed, 23 July 2014, 00:21:06 »

Quote from: Wildcard on Tue, 22 July 2014, 23:37:19

Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:45:14

More of a :facepalm:

I was reading the other "crystal" post on my phone and responded to the wrong thread

Krogenar · « **Reply #28 on:** Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:49:29 »

rowdy · « **Reply #29 on:** Wed, 23 July 2014, 22:09:48 »

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Doesn't say how far he wants to go back.

Wonder if it was during the dinosaur period, or just the middle of last week?

margo baggins · « **Reply #30 on:** Thu, 24 July 2014, 08:16:11 »

Quote from: Krogenar on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:49:29

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One of the best films that I watched last year I reckon!

Where can I get me some time travel crystals?

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