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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: ComradeSniper on Sat, 18 October 2014, 15:09:10

Title: Sony BKE9400A
Post by: ComradeSniper on Sat, 18 October 2014, 15:09:10

Hardly a great find, I'm just wondering how it's up to $120 shipped already. Maybe someone's looking for Topre caps and doesn't realize that this is the omron one. It's still overpriced either way, though.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-BKE-9400A-Editing-Keyboard-/121461108064?ssPageName=ADME:SS:SS:US:1120

Title: Re: Sony BKE9400A
Post by: bazh on Sat, 18 October 2014, 15:22:34

that's why I always feel the 'interesting find' of deskthority was the one proper name for the subforum like this :))

Title: Re: Sony BKE9400A
Post by: salcan on Sat, 18 October 2014, 15:37:03

fwiw - These aren't all topre. I'm not sure if there is a way to tell w/ buying or asking the seller to pull a cap though.

Title: Re: Sony BKE9400A
Post by: ComradeSniper on Sat, 18 October 2014, 16:43:01

Quote from: salcan on Sat, 18 October 2014, 15:37:03

fwiw - These aren't all topre. I'm not sure if there is a way to tell w/ buying or asking the seller to pull a cap though.

Ones with rectangular windowed caps are omron; circular windows mean Topre. I unfortunately found out the hard way, but at least it gives me some interesting caps for my kingsaver.

Title: Re: Sony BKE9400A
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 18 October 2014, 17:49:05

yeah, I saw when this first came up on eBay (I keep track of 9400A's because I want one now) noticed it was the non-topre (alps or omron I think) and LOL'd at the bidding.