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Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: MissileMike on Mon, 04 October 2010, 17:49:57

What was the best deal you ever got on a good keyboard?  Here's mine:

I was at a computer show/sale thing in Illinois around 2005.  This guy had a box of 20 keyboards he was selling for 4$ each.  They were all model m's, a lot of them being the 42H from Scottland.  So I said, "how much for the whole box?".  The price: 20$ for the whole box.

The only downside was attempting to carry a box of 20 model m keyboards to my car... HEAVY

So what was YOUR deal?

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 04 October 2010, 17:56:53

I think $215 shipped for my second Realforce 103UB 55g was a pretty rockin' deal. Especially since it was like new when I got it.

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: mr_a500 on Mon, 04 October 2010, 18:53:52

I got a perfect condition 1991 Model M for $4.24 - on eBay last year. It must have been a slow day or something because every other Model M I saw that month went for over $50 - and a lot of them looked like crap.

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: didjamatic on Mon, 04 October 2010, 19:18:18

Armload of fantastic boards including my first and favorite Northgate "Northy"... Free.  

(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-sQ6TN93LvU/TA_5wPA_VII/AAAAAAAAA3U/ZC_qTLFgQC8/s800/Northy%20-%20Northgate%20Omni%20Plus%201.jpg)

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: elbowglue on Mon, 04 October 2010, 19:22:12

Ricercar SPOS, $1 + shipping.  It was missing a few of the crystal relegendable key covers though.

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: WhiteRice on Mon, 04 October 2010, 19:28:02

I got a 91 Model M for $10.

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: TexasFlood on Mon, 04 October 2010, 19:30:24

Quote from: didjamatic;229732

Armload of fantastic boards including my first and favorite Northgate "Northy"... Free.

From where might I ask?

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: wellington1869 on Mon, 04 October 2010, 19:49:00

probably my best deals were:
<$10 for NIB at101w alps
~$25 for NIB tvs gold blue cherry

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: laden3 on Mon, 04 October 2010, 20:58:55

$5 Macally MK-96 + $7 shipping for a bunch of clicky ALPS switches

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: MissileMike on Mon, 04 October 2010, 21:05:28

Ahhh sorry for the duplicate thread- the old one was before my time and I didn't see it in search.

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: Phaedrus2129 on Mon, 04 October 2010, 22:29:29

A brand new $160 XArmor U9BL for free plus about two hours of picture taking and writing.

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: 8_INCH_FLOPPY on Mon, 04 October 2010, 23:40:03

Gateway 2000 Anykey: 1.50
Black Cherry keyboard with built in trackpad : 2.50
Really dirty black Cherry board: 2.00
Blue ALPS keyboard : 2.00
Black ALPS usb keyboard : 2.50
3 83-key black Cherry XT keyboards: 2.00 each.
My favorite Fujitsu Peerless : 3.00

I go to a lot of swap meets, and my 'new' keyboards usually take a lot of cleaning up, so I spend more $ in time than actual cash.

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: hoggy on Tue, 05 October 2010, 00:31:29

M2 without the IBM logo - 99 pence (plus shipping)
Goldtouch keyboard with cherry brown keypad 6 pence (plus shipping)

The fujitsu peerless I got for free is NOT the best deal...

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: hoggy on Tue, 05 October 2010, 00:32:32

Edit: double post - please feel free to delete...

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: Findecanor on Tue, 05 October 2010, 02:46:36

Like new AEK clone with white clicky ALPS for 1 SEK (0.14 USD). Won at net auction but I picked it up locally. I have no ADB converter, but I will transplant the switches to another board.

Then there are the dumpster finds ...

Title: Time to brag about the best deal you got on a keyboard.
Post by: Senor_Cartmenez on Tue, 05 October 2010, 05:09:21

Reading all this my 66€ Das Model S Ultimate (new) doesn't seem like such a great deal anymore :D