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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Pacifist on Wed, 19 March 2014, 17:34:02

Title: M 1393464
Post by: Pacifist on Wed, 19 March 2014, 17:34:02: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Model-M-Airline-Clicky-Keyboard-No-1393464-/151257461476
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 19 March 2014, 17:35:53: OK, nobody will get in your way when you go to buy this.
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 19 March 2014, 18:25:58: :eek:
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: digi on Wed, 19 March 2014, 18:26:35: seems legit.
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: Photekq on Wed, 19 March 2014, 18:31:39: :)) not even a 'make an offer' button.
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 19 March 2014, 19:01:36: Quote from: Photekq on Wed, 19 March 2014, 18:31:39
:)) not even a 'make an offer' button.

That's confidence for ya!
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: thecableguy on Wed, 19 March 2014, 19:46:12: So cheap!! :D
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: berserkfan on Wed, 19 March 2014, 21:52:13: Quote from: thecableguy on Wed, 19 March 2014, 19:46:12
So cheap!! :D

Yeah, makes Mandolin look like a flea market seller.
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: Pacifist on Wed, 19 March 2014, 21:52:46: Quote from: berserkfan on Wed, 19 March 2014, 21:52:13
Quote from: thecableguy on Wed, 19 March 2014, 19:46:12
So cheap!! :D

Yeah, makes Mandolin look like a flea market seller.

But dem crystals :-X
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: thecableguy on Wed, 19 March 2014, 21:59:09: Quote from: berserkfan on Wed, 19 March 2014, 21:52:13
Quote from: thecableguy on Wed, 19 March 2014, 19:46:12
So cheap!! :D

Yeah, makes Mandolin look like a flea market seller.

So true! ;D
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: semyorka on Thu, 20 March 2014, 01:35:47: *looks at price*

Wat.

I mean, it's a neat variant, but it's not a particularly rare one. ClickyKeyboards has sold many of these, and at one point, I found four of these in the Physics Dept trash.
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: berserkfan on Thu, 20 March 2014, 02:21:09: OMG, your physics department geeks threw out $8k of keyboards! :p

These guys must be very well funded. By the Department of Defense, which funds $200 toilet paper?
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: semyorka on Thu, 20 March 2014, 02:26:02: I still have two of them, and one is the cleanest M I've ever seen that wasn't actually NIB. I never though I'd own a $2k keyboard! I should sit on them for a while longer, though, I'm sure they'll hit $4k/ea in the next year or so. Prices are going up! :p
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: berserkfan on Thu, 20 March 2014, 12:44:05: Quote from: semyorka on Thu, 20 March 2014, 02:26:02
I still have two of them, and one is the cleanest M I've ever seen that wasn't actually NIB. I never though I'd own a $2k keyboard! I should sit on them for a while longer, though, I'm sure they'll hit $4k/ea in the next year or so. Prices are going up! :p

When you list, don't forget, say that it was used as cushion for you (you did say you had been sitting on them)... might fetch higher bids as a result.

After all, I'm sure there are people who would pay thousands for anything Justin Bleiber or Miley Cyrus' asses touched. :thumb:
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: thecableguy on Thu, 20 March 2014, 20:39:36: Vintage IBM 3161 Terminal Model M Keyboard Part Number 1386303 Nov 22 1985

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121299852418

BIN $1800 :eek:
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: Vibex on Thu, 20 March 2014, 20:43:58: It's got free shipping! How can I possibly resist?
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: berserkfan on Thu, 20 March 2014, 20:59:42: Quote from: Vibex on Thu, 20 March 2014, 20:43:58
It's got free shipping! How can I possibly resist?

For idiot sellers like that, if you can put up $1800, just buy it.

Then when it comes, take out your magnifying lens and 30-megapixel camera and ultraviolet light and go over it. Record every single micro-crack and speck of dirt.

File complaint with pp or cc company. Say that it isn't worth $1800. Remember, paying $1800 for 'good condition' means the condition has to be damn damn damn good, not 'thrift store good'.

You are guaranteed to win. Return it and laugh at seller.
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: dorkvader on Thu, 20 March 2014, 22:20:14: Quote from: thecableguy on Thu, 20 March 2014, 20:39:36
Vintage IBM 3161 Terminal Model M Keyboard Part Number 1386303 Nov 22 1985

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121299852418

BIN $1800 :eek:
This should have the crystal.
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: Pacifist on Thu, 20 March 2014, 22:23:49: Quote from: dorkvader on Thu, 20 March 2014, 22:20:14
Quote from: thecableguy on Thu, 20 March 2014, 20:39:36
Vintage IBM 3161 Terminal Model M Keyboard Part Number 1386303 Nov 22 1985

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121299852418

BIN $1800 :eek:
This should have the crystal.

oh yea :cool:
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: thecableguy on Thu, 20 March 2014, 22:30:56: Quote from: dorkvader on Thu, 20 March 2014, 22:20:14
Quote from: thecableguy on Thu, 20 March 2014, 20:39:36
Vintage IBM 3161 Terminal Model M Keyboard Part Number 1386303 Nov 22 1985

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121299852418

BIN $1800 :eek:
This should have the crystal.

At this price, it better be a small piece of real diamond. :))
Title: Re: M 1393464
Post by: katushkin on Fri, 21 March 2014, 00:58:02: Quote from: thecableguy on Thu, 20 March 2014, 20:39:36
Vintage IBM 3161 Terminal Model M Keyboard Part Number 1386303 Nov 22 1985

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121299852418

BIN $1800 :eek:

Two year warranty for only an extra $349.99! What great value!

And semyorka, are you a for reals Astronaut on STS-61-C?