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Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: Half-Saint on Mon, 24 May 2010, 05:28:42

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230477498534&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123

The mice are used. He won't break-up the lot.

Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 24 May 2010, 10:59:43

If anyone is vaguely tempted to buy the lot, I will buy one of them.

Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: kishy on Mon, 24 May 2010, 11:01:01

Some people are laughably dumb...

Mice that will sell for 20-25 bucks each BIN and they insist on combining into one listing? Ha.

I'll function as an international shipping hub if anyone overseas is interested and seller agrees to ship to Canada. However, you're paying seller from your account, you would just give my address.

Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: Nonmouse on Mon, 24 May 2010, 11:17:05

Quote from: kishy;186384

Some people are laughably dumb...

Mice that will sell for 20-25 bucks each BIN and they insist on combining into one listing? Ha.

He's got 739 auctions listed right now.  I suspect he just doesn't think it's worth the time and effort to list, pack and ship each one separately, since he undoubtedly got them near free...

Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: kishy on Mon, 24 May 2010, 11:18:57

I had assumed that.

However, if I found myself with a bunch of free potentially valuable objects, I'd exploit that...

Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: Nonmouse on Mon, 24 May 2010, 11:22:23

Quote from: kishy;186399

I had assumed that.

However, if I found myself with a bunch of free potentially valuable objects, I'd exploit that...

So buy 'em for a hundred bucks, turn 'em around for $25 ea and pocket the $150...

Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: kishy on Mon, 24 May 2010, 11:23:30

Quote from: Nonmouse;186401

So buy 'em for a hundred bucks, turn 'em around for $25 ea and pocket the $150...

It's not quite the same thing when there's an initial investment involved.

Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: Rajagra on Tue, 25 May 2010, 00:07:08

Searching the web suggests that MO27FO is the version with a wheel, not a scrollpoint. But at least it seems to be the 'Pro' shape.

By the way I didn't have much luck with the Mouse Suite software for the scrollpoint mice I have. Without it the scrollpoint works well for vertical scrolling. But after installing the software, I can't scroll at all in Firefox. In IE vertical scrolling is smooth but horizontal scrolling is jerky / works like it is on a time delay. In Chrome it works properly! Since FF is my preference I uninstalled the driver.

Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: Infinite north on Wed, 26 May 2010, 21:57:58

why buy in tens when you can buy in thousands.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1000-PC-pS2-PS-2-Black-Optical-Mouse-800dpi-mice-NEW-/230470245370?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Mice&hash=item35a918dbfa (http://cgi.ebay.com/1000-PC-pS2-PS-2-Black-Optical-Mouse-800dpi-mice-NEW-/230470245370?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Mice&hash=item35a918dbfa)

Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: ricercar on Wed, 26 May 2010, 22:05:55

You *****! I wanted that auction, now everyone is gonna bid.

Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: EverythingIBM on Thu, 27 May 2010, 01:06:45

Yeah those are the wheel style:
(http://www.cndell.com.cn/p1/sy_20061130110405155.jpeg)

Although those ones probably aren't bad, I myself think the scrollpoint is more useful (use it for panning around in graphics and stuff), you can find ergonomic wheel mice a dime a dozen.

Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: kishy on Thu, 27 May 2010, 01:18:11

Does the wheel light up like the ScrollPoints on later ScrollPoint-equipped mice?

Title: eBay: LOT 10 IBM OPTICAL SCROLL POINT USB MICE-MO27FO
Post by: EverythingIBM on Thu, 27 May 2010, 01:19:39

Quote from: kishy;187276

Does the wheel light up like the ScrollPoints on later ScrollPoint-equipped mice?

Yeah it does, here's a stock photo:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JYER47VFL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

But not all of the scrollpoint pros or scrollpoints light up if I'm not mistaken.