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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Idiot_Hacker on Wed, 20 May 2009, 01:14:15
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Please let me know if there are Ebay sellers out there to avoid when purchasing keyboards....
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Not that they are bad sellers just ridiculously overpriced, but there are a couple of sellers (maybe someone can help me with the names; VintageComputing I think is one) that will put up stuff like Dell AT-101Ws for $50+. Just be aware of some of these sellers overcharging.
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I suspect that you're referring to Vintage Computer Museum. Another is recycledgoods.com...
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I suspect that you're referring to Vintage Computer Museum. Another is recycledgoods.com...
That's them. Good lookin', skriefal.
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I usually try not to buy from any seller with a feedback rating below 99.5% and on those occasions that I've done so, I've usually regretted it.
Of course there are exceptions that might cause me to forgo that self-imposed rule.
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I suspect that you're referring to Vintage Computer Museum. Another is recycledgoods.com...
Yeah, that Ebayer is trying to sell dirty 301s for $100. Cleaned up maybe but dirty, COME ON!
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Relating to dirty keyboards, from my experience, if the seller doesn't explicitly say that they've cleaned the board, it's most likely filthy.
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RNS Auctions. I've dealt with them on "fully working keyboards that have ended up arriving with broken spacebars (http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=74385&postcount=53) (Chicony KB-7001, I ended up repairing it myself)
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I avoid any ebay seller that won't give me a better deal on shipping :)
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I avoid cheap people. Especially when they're proud of it. Beyond shame.
We have a guy here at work that's like that. I mean, I am not going to overpay for something, but this guy goes overboard. He is on the phone daily with different stores/services trying to get better deals on things. I know it doesn't sound bad as I tell it, but when you listen to the guy and what he is negotiating on, it's sick.
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Vintage Computer Museum
They advertised the Marquardt that wouldn't work as "untested". And it was expensive.
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Nowsharing got a 1391401 missing a spacebar for $1.04 with a 5 cent bump 5 secs before bidding end. Made my day.
An '87 1401 no less!
This cheapness is new for me, probably a result being in Brazil for so long, where everyone wants to make a deal. I spent about $20 to ship a big espresso machine via UPS a while back, so it seems crazy for people to be asking $20-25 shipping on a keyboard, even one as heavy as an old M. Usually when I request actual shipping, it ends up being closer to $8 USPS, or $11 UPS. There are a few fees involved with ebay, but that's technically not supposed to be passed on to buyers.
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We have a guy here at work that's like that. I mean, I am not going to overpay for something, but this guy goes overboard. He is on the phone daily with different stores/services trying to get better deals on things. I know it doesn't sound bad as I tell it, but when you listen to the guy and what he is negotiating on, it's sick.
Yer breakin my balls.
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Whoah - that was bad. Didn't the seller offer any refund??
I don't know who bought it. It was right in the description, like:
"This board didn't work on any of our computers so we're selling it as untested".
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Don't you be dissin my mother. She still brings over coupons and free samples to my house whenever she visits.
My wife and I are big fans of weekly flyers and coupons. In the long run we have saved quite some money, especially on diapers. In the long run, a combination of coupons and sales can save a lot.
I don't negotiate on price though. But, if I don't like it for any single reason, I will return it. And God knows how many products I've returned. One time I bought a laptop at Staples and I made sure to ask for the return policy because they wanted me to apply for a credit and I would not have the physical card should I decide to return the product. . After 14 days, I decided to return it because I wanted to build two desktop instead. Summary:
CSR: You wan't to return this ? (like no energy at all )
Me : Yes.
CSR: Do you have the credit card with you?
Me: No, but I have the temporary card number.
CSR: I cannot refund you on the credit card or cash then. All I can give you is gift cards.
Me: EXCUSE ME??? YOU MUST BE KIDDING RIGHT? Because your manager did not say this when I was buying it. Call your manager please.
Manager: We can do a refund.
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Plus it's bragging rights. Nowsharing got a 1391401 missing a spacebar for $1.04 with a 5 cent bump 5 secs before bidding end. Made my day.
That was you? I have a mortal enemy on this board!!! These are fighting words! =) Congrats. Can you tell me the exact date?
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Not sure what you're asking the date of the auction (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=5865) or the date of the keyboard.
I didn't bid on it. Trust me. I'll never post an Ebay auction if I'm gonna bid on it. Blame Nowsharing.
And I DO have to whack you on this post title. "Is there any Ebay sellers to avoid?" Arrrgh.....times like this we gotta petition iMav for the ability to change post titles.:boink:
All is forgiven if English is your second language.
Yes, I was about to go to bed when I wrote that..... As for the keyboard, I was the one that bid .99 but wasn't close to a computer when the auction closed. I was slightly pissed but I have gotten crazy deals on ebay and lost crazy deals as well. So no harm no foul. Yes, I want to know the date of the keyboard. And if my any chance, you are willing to resell it.
Thanks
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Arrrgh.....times like this we gotta petition iMav for the ability to change post titles.:boink:
You can change thread titles, bring up the edit box for the first post and then hit edit again.
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professional geekhack poster didn't know he could change his title? F*cken shame...
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and then can't help but negotiate a lower shipping price like you're in some 2nd or 3rd world bazaar and the brick does not have to be shipped to another country or even continent, it is bad style and one of the nuisances why some dealers don't care to ship outside the US - it is not worth the trouble.
I've never negotiated a better shipping price AFTER winning an auction. I press the ask seller a question button and make a request for actual shipping. If a seller has dishonest shipping costs, I simply won't bid unless they come down.
edit: removed my *****y comment :)
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That was you? I have a mortal enemy on this board!!! These are fighting words! =) Congrats.
I'm never surprised to find the competition hanging out here at geekhack :) This place breeds ebay keyboard stalkers.
Can you tell me the exact date?
The date of the keyboard is 6-02-87, and the date the auction closed was May 5.
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I'm never surprised to find the competition hanging out here at geekhack :) This place breeds ebay keyboard stalkers.
The date of the keyboard is 6-02-87, and the date the auction closed was May 5.
Damn, that is a steal!!! Please let us in all your other purchases.
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Is your friend plugging them into a computer for you?? Or are all the boxes stacking up unopened?
They're stacking unopened at the moment. I'm going to be writing reviews of a number of them, and maybe look into seeing if I can crack the PT # mystery (I'm in the Plate Number Camp).
Please let us in all your other purchases.
I think that thread would turn into a book with page after page of old Ms, some of which could be pretty scarry.
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They're stacking unopened at the moment. I'm going to be writing reviews of a number of them, and maybe look into seeing if I can crack the PT # mystery (I'm in the Plate Number Camp).
I think that thread would turn into a book with page after page of old Ms, some of which could be pretty scarry.
Exactly how many Model Ms do you have, if you don't mind me asking? I thought I had a lot of Model M. I have close to 10 at the moment.
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Exactly how many Model Ms do you have, if you don't mind me asking? I thought I had a lot of Model M. I have close to 10 at the moment.
I'm one ahead of you, but I plan to sell off a bunch of them toward the end of the year.
We need Tom Hanks to solve this mystery of the Church of IBM!
The answer may be far darker than any of us imagine :)
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I'll give you $1 each for them and complain about shipping costs.
I think we're in agreement that that would be dishonest, but I'll point out again that I don't advocate such behavior. My advice is to avoid sellers that will not negotiate actual shipping costs, before making a decision to bid. It's a widespread practice of less-than-admirable sellers to try and make extra earnings on shipping costs.
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Actually I don't think so, I just tried to make sure iMav didn't change this.
If you change the title of the first post it doesn't flow to the thread title.
Don't ask me why - my HTML knowledge is limited to pasting in smiley faces.
Well I did it for the retractable numpad keyboard thread I posted in the keyboards from so it definitely does work under some circumstances - possibly when nobody's yet replied to the thread?
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IBI, please try modifying the post title (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?p=92440#post92440) now and see if it flows to the thread title.
Yeah, it's not working there. It looks like it's just for threads without replies then.