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Offline 127001

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Look at This Jerk
« on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:20:57 »
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:22:11 »
Yeah no thank you.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:25:57 »
I have the urge to send that seller a message explaining to him his current level of stupidity.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:26:23 »
Why is this in keyboards? It should be in off-topic. Or great finds, these days...
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:38:06 »
That HAS to be a typo.  There is no way he is serious...
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Offline 127001

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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:40:36 »
My favorite part is all the detail he has about packaging lol.

Also : I apologize if I misjudged where this should go.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:42:51 »
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:56:56 »
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Offline Halvar

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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 11:28:38 »
I'm sure it has some sort of special crystal in it and he just forgot to mention it!
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 12:22:45 »
I bet he lately saw that two ssks going for big amount of money and know he thinks he found a similar board
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 12:29:00 »
That packaging is impressive. I love that concept. To provide something special as part of "free shipping" is worth something.

In the past I would occasionally message somebody and tell them what their item was really worth ($50 +/- 10) but that usually drew a torrent of flaming abuse, so I stopped.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 13:39:06 »
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 13:51:12 »
I'm selling the same Model M for $60 shipped CONUS!  :eek: :eek: This guy must have the Gold edition.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 14:15:43 »
he's not a jerk. He just has a lousy keyboard. That's a typo.

$32.50 or best offer.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #14 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 14:20:18 »
Quote from: berserkfan on Wed, 16 October 2013, 14:15:43
he's not a jerk. He just has a lousy keyboard. That's a typo.

$32.50 or best offer.

That's a bit low for a BIN, but if it is a typo that'd be a great deal.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #15 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 20:06:48 »
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Offline PointyFox

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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #16 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 20:25:41 »
Sent him an offer of $10.  It's more than my company is getting for them. (They're paying to recycle them by the pallet).
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Offline esoomenona

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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #17 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 20:29:42 »
Look at this jerk:

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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #18 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 20:30:06 »
And how about this jerk:

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Offline esoomenona

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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #19 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 20:30:42 »
Let's not forget the OG Jerk:

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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #20 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 21:05:36 »
Quote from: PointyFox on Wed, 16 October 2013, 20:25:41
Sent him an offer of $10.  It's more than my company is getting for them. (They're paying to recycle them by the pallet).

You could sell a bunch of them here at a low price. Maybe.

Geekhackers are full of hot air but reluctant to actually pull out their wallets. Unless you sell skull-shaped Cherry keycaps.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #21 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 21:11:58 »
He's more of a clueless seller than a jerk. I doubt the guy knows just how inflated his asking price is.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #22 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 21:25:26 »
Lots of people think old==worth a lot. I really don't get it.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #23 on: Wed, 16 October 2013, 21:36:15 »
Quote from: 127001 on Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:40:36
My favorite part is all the detail he has about packaging lol.

That packaging actually looks pretty sweet IMO; I don't think I've ever received an item that was so well protected :-).
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #24 on: Thu, 17 October 2013, 01:15:27 »
Quote from: abdulmuhsee on Wed, 16 October 2013, 21:36:15
Quote from: 127001 on Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:40:36
My favorite part is all the detail he has about packaging lol.

That packaging actually looks pretty sweet IMO; I don't think I've ever received an item that was so well protected :-).



Quote from: abdulmuhsee on Wed, 16 October 2013, 21:36:15
Quote from: 127001 on Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:40:36
My favorite part is all the detail he has about packaging lol.

That packaging actually looks pretty sweet IMO; I don't think I've ever received an item that was so well protected :-).

Quote from: abdulmuhsee on Wed, 16 October 2013, 21:36:15
Quote from: 127001 on Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:40:36
My favorite part is all the detail he has about packaging lol.

That packaging actually looks pretty sweet IMO; I don't think I've ever received an item that was so well protected :-).

So basically we are paying $300 for the shipping and packing
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #25 on: Thu, 17 October 2013, 03:10:13 »
Oh come on...it says "Don't Miss this offer!"  How can you guys pass this up?
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Offline Tony

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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #26 on: Thu, 17 October 2013, 03:32:24 »
This has been discussed before in this forum.

Due to ebay policy, you have to pay when offering a new item to sell. So when a seller is out of stock, he simply increase the price to exorbitant, impossible to believe number like that. Without paying a cent.

When the item is available again in stock, he simply change the price to acceptable number.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #27 on: Thu, 17 October 2013, 03:57:36 »
The more it costs the better!
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Offline 127001

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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #28 on: Thu, 17 October 2013, 05:09:34 »
Quote from: Tony on Thu, 17 October 2013, 03:32:24
This has been discussed before in this forum.

Due to ebay policy, you have to pay when offering a new item to sell. So when a seller is out of stock, he simply increase the price to exorbitant, impossible to believe number like that. Without paying a cent.

When the item is available again in stock, he simply change the price to acceptable number.

That's very interesting. I had no idea that was a dynamic of Ebay.

Though I doubt that is what happened in this case as the Item was newly listed yesterday.


Also, it appears that the title of "Look at This Jerk" came off as a bit insensitive. I don't mean Jerk in the sense that the seller is an all around bad person. I have no doubt that he has a family who loves him and he's doing this as a means to support himself and likely others.

I meant "jerk" in the look-at-this-ignorant-a**hat-trying-to-sell-a-keyboard sorta way.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #29 on: Thu, 17 October 2013, 07:21:55 »
obviously there is a special type of crystal inside. Maybe it is a dark crystal that will turn you into a gelfling and send you into another world.

Quote from: 1391406 on Wed, 16 October 2013, 20:06:48
This one's not a typo, though:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Lexmark-Model-M-52G9700-Non-Removable-Wired-PS-2-Clicky-Keyboard-21-FEB-94-/271242328856?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item3f274d7b18
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #30 on: Fri, 18 October 2013, 20:32:21 »
Quote from: PointyFox on Wed, 16 October 2013, 20:25:41
Sent him an offer of $10.  It's more than my company is getting for them. (They're paying to recycle them by the pallet).

LOL, nice.
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Offline PointyFox

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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #31 on: Fri, 18 October 2013, 20:54:52 »
Quote from: PointyFox on Wed, 16 October 2013, 20:25:41
Sent him an offer of $10.  It's more than my company is getting for them. (They're paying to recycle them by the pallet).

He made a counteroffer of $300. :P
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Offline Hellmark

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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #32 on: Mon, 21 October 2013, 11:52:03 »
Quote from: PointyFox on Wed, 16 October 2013, 20:25:41
Sent him an offer of $10.  It's more than my company is getting for them. (They're paying to recycle them by the pallet).

If they're recycling them, I'll pay for some
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #33 on: Mon, 21 October 2013, 13:46:38 »
since it's both "vintage" and "rare" I'm sure the price is justified.

I mean, it's not like unicomp is making keyboards like that now (vintage) and it's not like IBM made these by the millions (rare).

Wait, yes it is. It's exactly like that.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #34 on: Sat, 26 October 2013, 13:58:22 »
Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:25:57
I have the urge to send that seller a message explaining to him his current level of stupidity.

I went ahead and did this for you.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #35 on: Sat, 26 October 2013, 16:07:03 »
Quote from: dgreekstallion on Sat, 26 October 2013, 13:58:22
Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:25:57
I have the urge to send that seller a message explaining to him his current level of stupidity.

I went ahead and did this for you.

lol.  You should also direct him to this thread.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #36 on: Sat, 26 October 2013, 16:21:30 »
And now we wait.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #37 on: Sat, 26 October 2013, 16:32:35 »
Anyone who would buy a $300 would do some research... it's very unlikely anyone would be "coaxed" or "tricked" or "ignorantly" purchase that board..  it's not really a big deal that it's listed for $xxxx... 

it's like a bag of potato chips on the shelf labeled for $10000 @ shoprite,  no one would buy it...   

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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #38 on: Sat, 26 October 2013, 18:09:30 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 26 October 2013, 16:32:35
Anyone who would buy a $300 would do some research... it's very unlikely anyone would be "coaxed" or "tricked" or "ignorantly" purchase that board..  it's not really a big deal that it's listed for $xxxx... 

it's like a bag of potato chips on the shelf labeled for $10000 @ shoprite,  no one would buy it...   



But then pretty much everyone can assess the price of packets of chips, and has probably bought dozens of them in the past.

Whereas very few members of the public would have purchased a keyboard separately, and even fewer still would have done research in order to ascertain available models and price points.
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #39 on: Sat, 02 November 2013, 21:53:13 »
Quote from: PointyFox on Wed, 16 October 2013, 20:25:41
Sent him an offer of $10.  It's more than my company is getting for them. (They're paying to recycle them by the pallet).

And doing what with them? 
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #40 on: Sat, 02 November 2013, 22:10:36 »
Quote from: esoomenona on Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:26:23
Why is this in keyboards? It should be in off-topic. Or great finds, these days...
We like to keep off topic keyboard less thank you
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Re: Look at This Jerk
« Reply #41 on: Sun, 03 November 2013, 00:08:32 »
Quote from: demik on Sat, 02 November 2013, 22:10:36
Quote from: esoomenona on Wed, 16 October 2013, 10:26:23
Why is this in keyboards? It should be in off-topic. Or great finds, these days...
We like to keep off topic keyboard less thank you


That's a good point.
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