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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: gator456 on Fri, 18 February 2011, 21:34:08

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: gator456 on Fri, 18 February 2011, 21:34:08

OOPS: I should have put this in the other sub-forum.

Well a Datahand Personal just sold for US $1002.02

http://cgi.ebay.com/Datahand-Personal-Computer-Ergonomic-Keyboard-RARE-/170600794340?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item27b89988e4

I thought what I paid for my DH Personal was a bit pricy.

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: funn404 on Sat, 19 February 2011, 01:05:25

I was hoping on getting that datahand for a nice price but I guess not. Why someone would pay that much when you can buy a brand new pro II from the website for $10 cheaper is beyond me.

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: JBert on Sat, 19 February 2011, 17:12:33

Look at the bids: some smart guy entered a very high bid on 9 february while other early bidders kept raising the bar, only to discover the first guy's bid was astonishingly high.

For that price, you might as well get a new Pro model from Datahand themselves. That way, the warranty is still running and you'd get more features to boot.

So remember kids: early bidders always lose.

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: JBert on Sat, 19 February 2011, 17:27:08

You're right, they are out of stock according to their website. Still, paying $1000 for a used Personal model sounds like Ebay folly to me.

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: keyboardlover on Sat, 19 February 2011, 17:37:44

Webwit said they start to smell bad after a while...

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sun, 20 February 2011, 15:57:45

Keep in mind, the winner may not pay....

Make no mistake, you will still be able to get Datahand Pro IIs directly from Datahand for the foreseeable future.

Plus, who wants a plain old Datahand anymore? Have you seen what gator456 did to his????? AW-SUM!!!

http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:12212 (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:12212)

Slick! Slicker! Slickest!

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sun, 20 February 2011, 16:08:52

i think it's interesting a couple other people (with 0 feedback) that lost were willing to pay $800+ when Datahands almost always sell for $400-$600 on ebay.

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sun, 20 February 2011, 16:18:20

A Supply/Demand matrix doesn't really account for the hyper-inflated price on this particular auction nearly as much as the idea a couple ill-informed noobs with excess cash all hitting at the same time. Odd.

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sun, 20 February 2011, 16:26:05

Oh. Oops.

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: bluecar5556 on Sat, 12 March 2011, 06:06:06

There was an ebay auction for the original datahand about 2 months ago for slightly more than $200, if only I knew people would actually pay that much much for a keyboard...

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: kill will on Sat, 12 March 2011, 10:09:49

ripster dont ruin it for all of us!

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: kill will on Sat, 12 March 2011, 10:11:44

ripster i have an econ degree. that chart means nothing when you own the paper its printed on.

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: kill will on Sat, 12 March 2011, 10:14:16

in the real world the graph is more linear.

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: kill will on Sat, 12 March 2011, 10:14:47

x marks the spot

Title: Used Datahand Personal for US $1,002.02 Insane!!!
Post by: JBert on Sat, 12 March 2011, 17:27:35

Do you need to hit some magical post count? If so, good luck.