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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: MissileMike on Thu, 09 December 2010, 19:57:39

Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: MissileMike on Thu, 09 December 2010, 19:57:39
Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-IBM-INDUSTRIAL-Grey-Model-M13-Keyboard-NIB-M-clicky-/320622940748?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item4aa69dd24c)

Starting bid is 175$
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: nowsharing on Thu, 09 December 2010, 22:54:30
That's my auction. I'm just testing the water.

I always put high res pictures in my auctions, but I'm 5000 miles away from the keyboard and had to use pictures from the person that I bought from.

It probably won't sell, but I am offering shipping to Japan ;)
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: Laggy-gaga on Fri, 10 December 2010, 01:31:28
put $200 on  it without any hope
hate myself spending all my coins on Christmas gift
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: Sam on Fri, 10 December 2010, 01:45:34
Quote from: nowsharing;260460
It probably won't sell

Looks like it will, even if nobody outbids Laggy.  Any idea of the history of what past comparable keyboards have sold for?
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: Rhaullan on Fri, 10 December 2010, 02:05:25
I think it's sexy.  Hope you get a fair price for it.
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: ch_123 on Fri, 10 December 2010, 02:45:54
For that sort of money, I'd be wanting one of the Maxiswitch ones, with a real IBM trackpoint and a silver-on-black IBM label.
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: Laggy-gaga on Fri, 10 December 2010, 06:20:31
It turns out I can get some used M13s at $40 from taobao
anyway, which color is better? white or black
or depend on the date?
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: MissileMike on Fri, 10 December 2010, 07:05:06
This is the first M13 in industrial grey I have seen on ebay.  How often to industrial grey M13s show up on ebay?  This is the first I have seen, but I have only been looking for about 6 months.  If you don't mind answering, nowsharingm how much did you buy it for?
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: nowsharing on Fri, 10 December 2010, 08:14:57
$50! It was the deal of the century. I shared the deal here (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=9159) and Ripster and Webwit picked a few up too.
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: MissileMike on Fri, 10 December 2010, 08:22:43
Wow, that was the deal of the century indeed!
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 10 December 2010, 13:07:15
Quote from: MissileMike;260594
This is the first M13 in industrial grey I have seen on ebay.  How often to industrial grey M13s show up on ebay?  This is the first I have seen, but I have only been looking for about 6 months.  If you don't mind answering, nowsharingm how much did you buy it for?


I used to see a few that went for $40 to $50.
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 11 December 2010, 03:09:27
Quote from: Laggy-gaga;260571
It turns out I can get some used M13s at $40 from taobao
anyway, which color is better? white or black
or depend on the date?


Best ones are the ones made by Maxiswitch or Lexmark - both of whom made White, Black and Industrial models. Unicomp made some industrial IBM ones (and white ones under their own brand) which used a lesser pointing stick.
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 11 December 2010, 17:56:28
Considering that I paid $20 on ebay to ship a full ATX tower computer halfway across the nation, does it really cost $15 in postage to send this keyboard?
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: nowsharing on Sat, 11 December 2010, 18:47:40
I approximated the shipping, so it might be high or low. I plan on packing the hell out of it, so I imagine that it will be $15 give or take.

BTW I bought a full tower case and they shipped it for free!
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: codek on Sun, 19 December 2010, 03:05:10
Quote from: microsoft windows;261484
Considering that I paid $20 on ebay to ship a full ATX tower computer halfway across the nation, does it really cost $15 in postage to send this keyboard?


It might cost more.  Model m's are heavy.  It's not about size.  It's about the weight
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: nowsharing on Wed, 05 January 2011, 09:54:59
This went for $202.50 to a Geekhacker in Beijing. Somehow it was delivered in 6 days. Who knew that you could get delivery confirmation through USPS to China?
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: nowsharing on Wed, 05 January 2011, 12:21:22
$58 from USA to China w/delivery confirmation. I was home for Christmas. I sent it as a gift with a value of $15, so it wasn't held up at customs apparently. I wouldn't normally have shipped there, but the buyer claimed to be a Geekhacker.

I'm now comfortable opening up Ebay sales to China & Japan. They're the big buyers apparently, and shipping has been no problem for the few that I've attempted. An MP3 player that I sent to Texas took the same amount of time as the M13 to China. I still won't ship to Europeans though. They're all a bunch of old-world scammers in my book ;)
Title: Industrial M13 (new)
Post by: Laggy-gaga on Thu, 06 January 2011, 07:04:11
Never thought about claiming to be a geekhacker so the seller open shipping to OZ.
but around $60 postage is too expensive to purchase any items unless valued over $200