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Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: nowsharing on Tue, 04 January 2011, 21:36:20
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"IBM 1391472 Vintage 11-27-91 Model M short Keyboard PS2" http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-1391472-Vintage-11-27-91-Model-M-short-Keyboard-PS2-/310285372590 (http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-1391472-Vintage-11-27-91-Model-M-short-Keyboard-PS2-/310285372590)
You can consider this a Geekhack exclusive because of how poorly it's labeled.

$68 + $15 Shipping

Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: jpc on Tue, 04 January 2011, 21:50:47
nowsharing, I owe you one.
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: msiegel on Tue, 04 January 2011, 21:51:37
did you win it? dang, u guys r fast XD
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: MissileMike on Tue, 04 January 2011, 21:56:24
Wow, awesome steal!
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: jpc on Tue, 04 January 2011, 22:01:24
Yeah. Next step is new nuts, bolts, springs and hammers.

So much for spending Xmas money on a Leopold with blue MXes from elitekeyboards. Sorry majestouch.
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: nowsharing on Wed, 05 January 2011, 09:50:07
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Yeah. Next step is new nuts, bolts, springs and hammers.

Nice quick thinking jpc! That was a great buy. A bolt-modded space saver is probably most GHs' grail piece.

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Good Ebay trick people. NowSharing is a Master Ebay Sensei.

That's great advice. Do a search + descriptions for the model # that you're after and get email updates for a year. Now wax-off.
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: bigpook on Wed, 05 January 2011, 11:12:11
Quote from: ripster;273340
Good Ebay trick people.  NowSharing is a Master Ebay Sensei.

Load up these product numbers into your searches:

- 1392934
- 1395217
- 1397681
- 4163600 (the ever elusive gray Industrial Mini)

I'm sure there are others but these I own (all NIB except for the Bernie Madoff Special with BigPooks Big PawPrints all over it).


Surely you jest : )
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: bigpook on Wed, 05 January 2011, 11:34:29
Quote from: ripster;273504
Does your wife call you "Pookie"?


lol, no one calls me Pookie : )

If only; you should hear some of the names I have been called : )
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: bigpook on Wed, 05 January 2011, 11:41:34
I am thinking Snooki from the 'Jersey Shore'. Not that I would ever  watch that show.
But I have seen her picture on the interweb and quite frankly, she looks kind of skanky to me.
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: jpc on Wed, 05 January 2011, 12:25:28
My coworker just asked me what I'm going to name the new keyboard. All SSKs must have names, that is a rule. So... Snooki? XD
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: nowsharing on Wed, 05 January 2011, 12:34:21
Bambi, Thumper, Godzilla, and...Snooki. That sounds perfect. Much better than Carlton at least.
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: bigpook on Wed, 05 January 2011, 12:42:07
My Mini has a name too, Betty.
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: MissileMike on Wed, 05 January 2011, 15:47:00
There was also this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=120665512679&si=AosYBujI4ZxonKj8Aj8Dm%252BfxmBY%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT) that mysteriously ended early and nobody, including myself, got to bid.  73$
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: ricercar on Wed, 05 January 2011, 15:47:59
My mini has a first name
it's O - S - C - A - R ....
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: jpc on Wed, 05 January 2011, 16:04:29
Quote from: MissileMike;273645
There was also this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=120665512679&si=AosYBujI4ZxonKj8Aj8Dm%252BfxmBY%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT) that mysteriously ended early and nobody, including myself, got to bid.  73$


Somebody won it!

I had a snipe set up for that one, and canceled it after picking up the other.

$73 is a good deal compared with prices over $100 a few months back. There may be some space saver deflation happening. It's still the king of keyboards, regardless of price.
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: nowsharing on Wed, 05 January 2011, 17:32:18
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There may be some space saver deflation happening. It's still the king of keyboards, regardless of price.
I don't think that mini prices could deflate very easily, because of the lack of an increasing supply. Lower ending prices are usually matter of whether or not the auction is properly labeled. I bet that the $73 went for more than that, by means of a direct offer to the seller, which is why it ended early.

This one went for $125 in late Nov: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290502059728 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290502059728)
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: microsoft windows on Wed, 05 January 2011, 17:43:01
Quote from: jpc;273654
Somebody won it!

I had a snipe set up for that one, and canceled it after picking up the other.

$73 is a good deal compared with prices over $100 a few months back. There may be some space saver deflation happening. It's still the king of keyboards, regardless of price.


Nah. I'd have to call the Unicomp On-The-Ball Plus the king of keyboards. It's got buckling springs, a number pad, a trackpoint, and a trackball!
Title: '91 Space Saver $68 BIN
Post by: MissileMike on Wed, 05 January 2011, 19:27:19
And the current comptekw2k mini is at 250$ already...