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Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: armenws on Thu, 17 June 2010, 19:15:09: http://cgi.ebay.ca/Vintage-IBM-Model-M-Space-Saver-Keyboard-1397681-/290444646061?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item439fd996ad#ht_5925wt_1048]

wtf? It's all scratched up too.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/IBM-Model-M-Space-Saver-Clicky-Keyboard-NIB-/180520075808?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item2a07d5c220#ht_1394wt_1048

even more expensive, but at least it's mostly NIB.
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: vhaarr on Thu, 17 June 2010, 19:23:09: It's not so unrealistic if you've been following the price trends of Model M Space Savers lately.

Last NIB one from comptekw2k went for over $220 I think? And he sells a new one every week.
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: armenws on Thu, 17 June 2010, 19:30:33: Quote from: vhaarr;194069
It's not so unrealistic if you've been following the price trends of Model M Space Savers lately.

Last NIB one from comptekw2k went for over $220 I think? And he sells a new one every week.

fair enough. Just seemed steep to me. I guess it's a price trend.
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: chimera15 on Thu, 17 June 2010, 19:30:38: Oh oops, cancel that.

Pretty amazing to see the canadian dollar exchange rate is almost 1 to 1.
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: kishy on Thu, 17 June 2010, 22:43:30: Not really...it's been hovering around that point for ages now (CAD exchange, that is).
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: aegrotatio on Thu, 17 June 2010, 22:48:16: I just discovered I have three Model M space savers, not two as I thought. I bought them new in 2000 or 2001 but the boxes are long gone.

Oh, and I noticed the amazing $28 shipping fee. WUT?

I have a question: are all of these keyboard single-piece keycaps or did they make them in two-piece?
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: kishy on Thu, 17 June 2010, 23:04:50: $28 is shipping to Canada - it's ebay.ca

That's likely exact cost as well, not marked up by seller for box or anything.
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: aegrotatio on Thu, 17 June 2010, 23:20:32: I gotcha, I understand.
There's lots of good keyboard treasure in the Great White North. I even bought some. Heheh. Thanks!!
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: aegrotatio on Fri, 18 June 2010, 10:22:33: Quote from: ripster;194128
Those were $100 boxes!

The minis are like M's, some have two piece keys, some do not.

Oh. If I sold them then the buyer would be pissed. I took one apart for cleaning and noticed that I had replaced several of the keycaps with the wrong types many years ago. Oops. Of course I have the originals but it was a weird finding.
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 18 June 2010, 16:10:20: $200 for a Model M and it doesn't even have a trackball.
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: InSanCen on Fri, 18 June 2010, 16:37:46: M$, could you just, for once, STFU with your comments?

You don't like the prices, fine, go read another thread.
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: EverythingIBM on Fri, 18 June 2010, 19:01:25: Quote from: chimera15;194072
Oh oops, cancel that.

Pretty amazing to see the canadian dollar exchange rate is almost 1 to 1.

Canadian dollar used to be worth more until an idiot named "Pierre Trudeau" came along.
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: Necroleachate on Fri, 18 June 2010, 22:45:01: Is this a in a fair price for everyone? I think it's cheap because is "without numpad". :P

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310227905287&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310227905287&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT)

Mine.
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: didjamatic on Fri, 18 June 2010, 22:53:56: WOW, that was a score! Congrats, I would have snagged it in under 5 seconds.
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: chimera15 on Fri, 18 June 2010, 23:30:00: OMG I knew I shouldn't have stopped reading this thread. lol

These look cool from the same seller, too bad they're terminal:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Keyboard-Link-WT6DR-Terminal-909073-01-/310134294429?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483571c79d (http://cgi.ebay.com/Keyboard-Link-WT6DR-Terminal-909073-01-/310134294429?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483571c79d)

Hehe footpedals.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bilbo-Computer-Control-Foot-Pedals-PC-Keyboard-/310163076322?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483728f4e2 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Bilbo-Computer-Control-Foot-Pedals-PC-Keyboard-/310163076322?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483728f4e2)
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: kishy on Sat, 19 June 2010, 11:00:30: Quote from: EverythingIBM;194465
idiot named "EverythingIBM"

There, fixed that for you.
Title: Model M space savers at unrealistically high prices
Post by: armenws on Wed, 23 June 2010, 01:56:19: Quote from: InSanCen;194425
M$, could you just, for once, STFU with your comments?

You don't like the prices, fine, go read another thread.

I thought he was just kidding.... :-|