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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Sam on Sat, 30 July 2011, 18:32:23

Title: M15
Post by: Sam on Sat, 30 July 2011, 18:32:23

This (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150636384447) M15 just went unsold for $499.  Seems the market for M15s is slowing also.

Another one (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230649904047) is currently at $510 and might go for cheap if the previous one is any indication.  This one comes with the keypad.  But there's a reserve on it, so who knows if it'll even sell.  Only four hours left for this auction.

Title: M15
Post by: Laggy-gaga on Sat, 30 July 2011, 21:40:14

Yep,
I was thinking about listing my NIB M15,
but obviously it is not a good time.

Title: M15
Post by: Sam on Sat, 30 July 2011, 22:44:35

Sold for $650.

Quote from: Laggy-gaga;390203

Yep,
I was thinking about listing my NIB M15,
but obviously it is not a good time.

Yes, I'd agree now is not a good time.  North American summers seem to bring a lull in a lot of markets.  If I was selling, I'd wait till around October and see if it appears to pick up by then.

Title: M15
Post by: netwebber on Mon, 01 August 2011, 08:21:55

This time last year M15s were going for $350-$600. That's a much more reasonable price for this piece of hardware.  The $1600 prices were an aberration. Before Ripster breaks into microeconomics: eBay auctions don't represent the "supply vs. demand" curve. To get the price up all you need is two people willing to pay near that price, and have a perceived supply of one.

For comparison, take the IBM T221, another piece of hardware that regularly goes for $1000-$1600. It's a 22" 3840x2400 monitor that still compares favorably in other respects to many high-end monitors available for around the same price. It won't be obsolete until desktop 2160p monitors arrive. Those will be priced in the same range. And that may or may not happen soon. So the price makes sense as a "market" price.

The "market" price for an adjustable mechanical ergonomic keyboard should reflect the premiums people will pay for each of those features, plus perhaps an added value of having all three together. Does anyone reasoably believe that's more than $600? Higher, inflated prices probably come from collectors of keyboards and/or IBM hardware. Let's put things into perspective: $510 isn't "cheap" at all.

Title: M15
Post by: DesktopJinx on Mon, 08 August 2011, 21:51:14

Egad, a ten-key... don't see one of those every year.