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Title: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: nubbinator on Fri, 03 January 2014, 00:11:17: Sometimes I like to dig through the depths of Taobao and see what I can find. When it's something that I don't want but think someone might want or if it's something I want, but it's out of my price range, sometimes I like to share it. So here's some of the treasures from recent searches. Keep in mind, some of this may be sold already and some may need some work, but there are some awesome things that can be found.

IBM SSK: SSK1 ¥448.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.253.1Ln0vu&id=3495181644), SSK 2 ¥398.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.172.OaYlQh&id=9912443001), SSK 3 ¥330.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.214.w9PYow&id=8178239594), SSK 4 ¥398.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.274.OaYlQh&id=3459409143), SSK 5 ¥378.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.81.HNJGm1&id=14322995910), SSK 6 ¥438.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.257.so1LQ5&id=4821818431), SSK 7 ¥359.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.110.wjrTIP&id=13782154767),
SSK 8 ¥299.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.211.2DDw8n&id=15756920412), SSK 9 ¥588.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.174.qSE2t9&id=36870245469)

IBM Industrial Model M: M 1 ¥999.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.0.0.Nstsl0&scm=1007.10009.257.0&id=16328599470), M 2 ¥1099.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.0.0.a0PWOH&scm=1007.10009.257.0&id=15730246875), M 3 ¥498.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.171.so1LQ5&id=13609570737), M 4 ¥528.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.31.vi1iHh&id=14754467194)

IBM PC AT: PC AT 1 ¥588.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.223.FfEyZ7&id=7245387340), PC AT 2 ¥588.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.181.ivOOqK&id=25917164993), PC AT 3 ¥588.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.74.OaYlQh&id=15164245627), PC AT 4 ¥288.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.260.wfmBSQ&id=12648491729), PC AT 5 ¥588.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.33.wfmBSQ&id=4892098191)

Industrial Model M M13: M13 1 ¥788.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.274.j9lwJe&id=36870549169)

Black Model M13: M13 1 ¥ 398.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.273.aDtjDi&id=36863518375), M13 2 ¥198.00 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.178.9hs8j9&id=10030811282)

NCR CHERRY G80-0577 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.107.CTvvRv&id=6288638456)

NCR CHERRY CTD7YSNCRKB11 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.137.iXUQ57&id=20315538398)

Cherry G80-9009HAU (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.325.THFAVS&id=13621819071), Cherry G80-9009HAU (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.117.irAPVs&id=15028571320)

Cherry G80-0832H (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.84.uZ3smA&id=16805874126)

CHERRY G80-1838 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.239.7pD7qg&id=10515026911), another (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.44.Sjwybl&id=14449012222), yet another (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.115.Sjwybl&id=13532165338), and the last one (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.164.5TLRGJ&id=14650792321)

Dolch CHERRY G80-1838 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.152.Sjwybl&id=23450732752) and another (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.158.cgdR65&id=35992135762)

CHERRY G80-3309HFU (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.72.139jMl&id=35283800574)

CHERRY MX1950 G80-1950PBAXB (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.86.PLugYw&id=27619864277)

Some interesting beige and creamn doubleshots and dyesubs (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.93.5G9iGr&id=21512736971)

Other interesting dyesubs and doubleshots (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.293.uZ3smA&id=36452636933)
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: dragonxx21 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 00:41:21: Those prices seem a little tooooo good. Italics for emphasis.
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: blueSmoke on Fri, 03 January 2014, 00:41:59: hmmm. Interesting finds...

Can somebody actually buy from there and do a group buy type of thing? Is this remotely possible?

Why dont our Chinese members (out there, or the ones that visit China once in a while) buy some of these and save us the hassle of the taobao transaction?

Anybody planning to do that?
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: bueller on Fri, 03 January 2014, 00:43:42: Yeah the prices are good, when they have stock. In my experience with buying rare keyboards on taobao tells me like 90% of those model M's are gone.
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: Shadovved on Fri, 03 January 2014, 00:55:12: qtan does offer forwarding and buying services :thumb:
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: tinlong117 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 03:49:18: Ssk 1 and ssk 9 are in stock. Both of the listing have one ssk. 3 and 8 have no stock. For the others, I've no idea.

Also, most of the cherry should be in stock.
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: bueller on Fri, 03 January 2014, 03:53:06: Quote from: tinlong117 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 03:49:18
Ssk 1 and ssk 9 are in stock. Both of the listing have one ssk. For the others, I've no idea.

Also, most of the cherry should be in stock.

Yeah Cherry stuff tends to be far easier to get in general.
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: Alessandro on Fri, 03 January 2014, 04:14:44: If I remember I picked up the last of SSK 5 a while ago.
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: digi on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:46:10: Knowing the amount of fakes coming out of China, I'm a little skeptical about these but maybe someone can shed some info regarding these.
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: kmiller8 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:49:45: Quote from: digi on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:46:10
Knowing the amount of fakes coming out of China, I'm a little skeptical about these but maybe someone can shed some info regarding these.

fake what... Show me one fake IBM keyboard, show me one fake Topre keyboard. China has faked MX switches, that's it...

Most vintage keyboards coming out of china are junk, not fake...
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: digi on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:53:27: Quote from: kmiller8 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:49:45

fake what... Show me one fake IBM keyboard, show me one fake Topre keyboard. China has faked MX switches, that's it...

Most vintage keyboards coming out of china are junk, not fake...

Here's one, I can probably find more if you'd like - http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-Part-1394100-/111145302317?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e0c6b92d (http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-Part-1394100-/111145302317?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e0c6b92d)
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: kmiller8 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:57:09: Quote from: digi on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:53:27
Here's one, I can probably find more if you'd like - http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-Part-1394100-/111145302317?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e0c6b92d (http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-Part-1394100-/111145302317?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e0c6b92d)

That is a trash board with a new sticker printed on it wrapped in plastic. That is a real IBM keyboard, it is not new, it was not manufactured on that date, it was found in an e-recycler type program.

It is junk, yes, it is not fake.
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: bueller on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:58:27: Quote from: digi on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:53:27
Quote from: kmiller8 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:49:45

fake what... Show me one fake IBM keyboard, show me one fake Topre keyboard. China has faked MX switches, that's it...

Most vintage keyboards coming out of china are junk, not fake...

Here's one, I can probably find more if you'd like - http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-Part-1394100-/111145302317?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e0c6b92d (http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-Part-1394100-/111145302317?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e0c6b92d)

The label is dubious but doesn't necessarily mean it's a fake. That board is from the US as well.
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: digi on Fri, 03 January 2014, 11:01:16: Ah I might stand corrected then, my apologies, thought it was fake. So no fake vintage keyboards from China then? Could have sworn I read something about some fake SSK's going around.
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: nubbinator on Fri, 03 January 2014, 11:01:21: Quote from: digi on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:53:27

Here's one, I can probably find more if you'd like - http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-Part-1394100-/111145302317?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e0c6b92d (http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-Part-1394100-/111145302317?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e0c6b92d)

That's a faked sticker, not a faked keyboard. AFAIK, there aren't any keyboards that look like an SSK, M13, F AT, or Industrial IBM. As such, you can't just slap a fake sticker on a.similar looking keyboard and hope someone buys it.
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: Photekq on Fri, 03 January 2014, 11:19:35: I'll post some stuff here too when I get the chance. I've been going through taobao a lot lately.

Also, 'some interesting beige and creamn doubleshots and dyesubs' is a desko set. The ones with subtext = cherry/bsp dyesubs, the ones without subtext = cherry/gmk doubleshots.

Bunch of original Cherry dyesubs/doubleshots, etc. including a very rare set or two (http://shop107253296.taobao.com/category-820052253.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4010-4494308193.7.Nqo9HI&search=y&catName=%BC%FC%C5%CC%C0%E0#bd)
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 03 January 2014, 13:30:44: $100ish for the NCR G80-0528 is kind of tempting... 832 is gorgeous too, but that price damn.
Dolch is 1813 too by the way... 1838 is the model of the Compaq.
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: Photekq on Fri, 03 January 2014, 16:13:52: Some of the rarer items I've come across. I won't list 3000s/1800s etc. since they're very common on taobao.

Cherry G80-0832H (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.138.g9aubn&id=16805874126)
NCR G81-3007HAU (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.156.1pMepy&id=19404511090)
NCR G81-3007HAU (keycaps only?) (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.287.c1Am2e&id=22451676496)
NCR G81-3007HAU (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.17.rIgfp5&id=18824819600)
NCR G81-3077SAU - Condition of keycaps seems to be pretty crappy, price is very high (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.53.n6irVD&id=35690692525)
G80-1191HBU - These are common on taobao, but unlike the rest the keycaps all seem to be in great condition on this one. (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.232.wBnQgs&id=36870345069)
Black on white ANSI 1800 doubleshots (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.9.n6irVD&id=35755832257)
Original ANSI Cherry dyesubs - hard to know the condition, but if the condition is any good then the price is great (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.170.BHMyFs&id=17735137988)
G83 rubber dome with dyesubs (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.163.wBnQgs&id=36075679225)
NIB? G80-3190HPG - UK ISO w/ fulltouch capslock (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.249.SOcqSZ&id=24663056384)
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: Moosecraft on Fri, 03 January 2014, 16:39:54: How I wish I had an 84 key board for a set of dyesubs :S
Title: Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 03 January 2014, 16:49:28: Most thing that annoys me with taobao... when things are not available anymore the listing remains anyway.