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Title: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 09 August 2013, 09:38:23
I found this listing while browsing the local Craigslist:
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/ele/3988617228.html

The seller says it's very rare.
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 09 August 2013, 09:52:50
Definitely rare looking at that number pad layout :eek:
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: Glenn315 on Fri, 09 August 2013, 10:07:49
Definitely rare looking at that number pad layout :eek:
Lol...
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: digi on Fri, 09 August 2013, 10:11:55
You can't put a price on his 10 years of use and coffee stains.
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: berserkfan on Fri, 09 August 2013, 11:20:05
some people are totally shameless.

that crap keyboard, that he can't guarantee is working or not (despite having used it and stained it up so much), for $350?

Where is Mandolin when you need him? Mandolin could probably sell this keyboard for $800, calling it cocoa crystal deposits or something.

You can't put a price on his 10 years of use and coffee stains.
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 09 August 2013, 15:48:35
Chicony rubber dome, right?
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 09 August 2013, 15:54:48
Epic.

Those are the ones I don't even like to touch when I dig through junk piles. Missing keys is icing on the cake.
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 09 August 2013, 16:39:24
some people are totally shameless.

that crap keyboard, that he can't guarantee is working or not (despite having used it and stained it up so much), for $350?

Where is Mandolin when you need him? Mandolin could probably sell this keyboard for $800, calling it cocoa crystal deposits or something.

You can't put a price on his 10 years of use and coffee stains.

I ALREADY OFFERED A WONDERFUL RARE KEYBOARD FOR $800. IT'S STILL FOR SALE IF YOU'D LIKE IT:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37596.msg718370#msg718370
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: berserkfan on Sat, 10 August 2013, 09:51:55
ah, darn, so I didn't already offer 1 trillion (Zimbabwean) dollars for it?

Let me raise my offer by another trillion times.

Ok, how about 10,000 (Indonesian Rupiah) shipped instead? That should be equal to a few sextillion Zimbabwean dollars.
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 10 August 2013, 22:59:44
We have one very much like that, including the sticker above the arrows, at work.

I could probably sneak it out ...

So - anyone here interested in buying it?
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: do_Og@n on Sun, 11 August 2013, 00:03:14
There is fail, epic fail, and this!

Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: bazemk1979 on Sun, 11 August 2013, 00:08:07
why is this keyboard so rare to justify the price tag of $350? what year was it made and why is it rare? any history info on this board?
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: Findecanor on Sun, 11 August 2013, 06:57:56
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Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: hoggy on Sun, 11 August 2013, 07:06:57
It would save on shipping if you could get the seller to burn it on your behalf. Would save time too.
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: pexon on Sun, 11 August 2013, 07:18:20
With comments like, 'I am not sure it works,' 'no returns' and finally, 'I need the cash' only signal this seller is set out to take the piss.
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: berserkfan on Sun, 11 August 2013, 08:07:10
more like, he got drunk and pissed on it, found it doesn't work anymore, and decided to sell.

that;s why you have these stains.

With comments like, 'I am not sure it works,' 'no returns' and finally, 'I need the cash' only signal this seller is set out to take the piss.
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 11 August 2013, 19:20:02
I do have one like this, and the numpad has all the keys in the right places:

(http://i.imgur.com/qcZwHFd.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/48t1IZM.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/HXW1zNB.jpg)

For you special price only $200!
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: microsoft windows on Sun, 11 August 2013, 20:13:14
$200? THAT'S WAY TOO LOW! I KNOW A $500 KEYBOARD WHEN I SEE ONE. YOU SELL THAT THING FOR $200 AND YOU'LL BE GETTING ROBBED!
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 11 August 2013, 20:39:00
$200? THAT'S WAY TOO LOW! I KNOW A $500 KEYBOARD WHEN I SEE ONE. YOU SELL THAT THING FOR $200 AND YOU'LL BE GETTING ROBBED!

I won't be getting robbed, because technically it is not my keyboard.  But I can adopt it with minimal fuss.
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: calavera on Sun, 11 August 2013, 22:11:51
I think 'rare' was a typo, they probably meant to say 'retarded'
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 11 August 2013, 22:39:24
Nothing wrong with the keyboard - it is a run of the mill rubber dome.  Nothing particularly special about it either.

Now you consider my NEC APC-H4100E - that is special :)
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: phoenix1234 on Sun, 11 August 2013, 22:58:26
$200? THAT'S WAY TOO LOW! I KNOW A $500 KEYBOARD WHEN I SEE ONE. YOU SELL THAT THING FOR $200 AND YOU'LL BE GETTING ROBBED!

You can help him from not being robbed by purchasing the board from him at 200 USD and resell it at 500 USD. You can get 300 USD profit.
Is that a win-win solution and every body will be happy after all?
:thumb:
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 11 August 2013, 23:04:30
$200? THAT'S WAY TOO LOW! I KNOW A $500 KEYBOARD WHEN I SEE ONE. YOU SELL THAT THING FOR $200 AND YOU'LL BE GETTING ROBBED!

You can help him from not being robbed by purchasing the board from him at 200 USD and resell it at 500 USD. You can get 300 USD profit.
Is that a win-win solution and every body will be happy after all?
:thumb:

Everybody except the person who spends $500 on it and finds it is a not well maintained commonplace rubber dome keyboard.
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: nullstring on Mon, 12 August 2013, 21:55:13
You guys have too much time on your hands...
Title: Re: Extremely Rare Keyboard
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 12 August 2013, 22:44:46
You guys have too much time on your hands...

Mine is still for sale.