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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: poxeclipse on Tue, 13 November 2012, 06:38:30
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http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/9242/subcatid/0/id/564989
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Considering what they usually go for on GH, that isn't too bad.
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That's a very sexy keyboard...
*wishes I were rich enough to buy it*
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You pay a significant premium when you buy from an established company, but you get peace of mind in return, knowing that you will get a clean, tested, well-packaged product with a warranty. For many people, that is worth a 20%-100% upcharge.
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That is well worth not having to clean a nasty old model m. The last one I bought took like a whole day to clean it was disgusting.
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AkinBRO is selling his SSK for $165, I'd FOR SURE buy from him because he's a bro
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^I was trying to do just that, but it went pending as I was inquring... Probably a good thing, as it allowed me to grab some other tasty items...
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That's a fairly big markup relative to their other prices, but what fohat says is true. I've had a lot of Model M's come through me via eBay and what I spent there to get a few beat boards I could have spent on a nice unit from these guys. In the end I did exactly that. Only one of the three SSKs I've bought was in perfect working order when I got it.
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Wasn't there just a stack of them on ebay for like 175?
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Wasn't there just a stack of them on ebay for like 175?
Yeah I believe so. But that's eBay, so who knows what you would have gotten from there...
Screw buying an SSK, I want to make my own out of a full-sized Model M...
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Screw buying an SSK, I want to make my own out of a full-sized Model M...
Is there a link to a guide on this? Ooh just had an idea- 60% Model M.
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Ooh just had an idea- 60% Model M.
It's been done already by o2dazone and ClickClack
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Is there a link to a guide on this?
Read this (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37367.0)
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That's a fairly big markup relative to their other prices, but what fohat says is true. I've had a lot of Model M's come through me via eBay and what I spent there to get a few beat boards I could have spent on a nice unit from these guys. In the end I did exactly that. Only one of the three SSKs I've bought was in perfect working order when I got it.
I'll third what fohat said. I've got two Model M's (one white label, one silver label). The first was from eBay and it was in good condition -- clean, a few keys needed tweaking, but otherwise what was offered by the seller. The second (silver label) was from clickykeyboards and it was immaculately clean, with no keys requiring any refitting.
I actually don't mind cleaning up a Model M, however.
If I were to buy a SSK (eventually I will) I'd go to clickykeyboards, or a GH member.
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<-- GH member! ;D
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so, if you really have to have a 100% authentic old stock ssk now, these are all great options. if you can hold out a bit, i'm really quite serious about the ssk revival (serious enough that i have several thousand us dollars in ssk parts at the moment).
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^Will there be Industrial cases?
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so, if you really have to have a 100% authentic old stock ssk now, these are all great options. if you can hold out a bit, i'm really quite serious about the ssk revival (serious enough that i have several thousand us dollars in ssk parts at the moment).
My wallet is ready.
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so, if you really have to have a 100% authentic old stock ssk now, these are all great options. if you can hold out a bit, i'm really quite serious about the ssk revival (serious enough that i have several thousand us dollars in ssk parts at the moment).
My wallet is ready.
(elbows out of the way)
My wallet is even more ready.
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You pay a significant premium when you buy from an established company, but you get peace of mind in return, knowing that you will get a clean, tested, well-packaged product with a warranty. For many people, that is worth a 20%-100% upcharge.
Yep, that was my thought process too, until I bought something from clickykeyboards that turned out to be broken and untested. They gave me the run around and basically told me to f-off. So don't count on them in that respect.
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surprised to hear that.
I have never bought anything but incidental parts from them, but I thought that they enjoyed a good reputation.
They aren't cheap, so they should supply good stuff, but, given their price structure (double the going ebay rate), I would figure that they would be selling a decent SSK @ $300-400.
In that scenario, a $250 SSK would fall into the "bargain basement" or "scratch and dent" category.
If the case is still nice, you can probably replace/upgrade almost everything else.
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I don't no why people are crying about prices ..
You can get a BRAND-NEW buckling-spring keyboard, it even has the bloody WIN-Keys !!, for 69somethingnexttonothing if you live in the US .
Germans and Brits can get one, brand-new, for just over 100 Euro, including shipping ...
How free does the price have to be before people stop *****ing about it ??
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I agree that Unicomps are a great value.
Although I, personally, like to buy old stuff and rehab it, if someone were interested in trying buckling springs I would absolutely recommend buying a new Unicomp.
You can get a smaller footprint, black (or other) color, native USB plug - all at half the price of a Filco - what's not to like?
If you decide to become a collector, that comes later.