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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: nowsharing on Sat, 01 August 2009, 07:52:18

Title: Four of Space Savers ending soon - steals
Post by: nowsharing on Sat, 01 August 2009, 07:52:18

:mod: :mod:
These all end in the next two days:

This '87 is poorly labeled: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190323918243

Another '87:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150361965952

A '91: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150361966814

And an improperly labeled NIB '92: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170364874549

Title: Four of Space Savers ending soon - steals
Post by: rdjack21 on Sat, 01 August 2009, 15:15:05

Wow those are some really good deals. Really like that last one. I hope someone here gets them. If my fingers would let me use one for any length of time I would be grabbing one of these.

Title: Four of Space Savers ending soon - steals
Post by: xyzzy on Mon, 03 August 2009, 12:18:51

Wow, the first 3 boards went for around US$ 60 each. Quite a good deal.

The NIB one ends in less than two hours and it's currently around the same price mark. Hope everybody setup their sniping tool correctly.

EDIT: The NIB one sold for US$ 63, impressive. A couple of months ago NIB Model M spacesavers used to go for 3x as much...

Title: Four of Space Savers ending soon - steals
Post by: Rajagra on Mon, 03 August 2009, 14:05:26

Quote from: nowsharing;105988

And an improperly labeled NIB '92: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170364874549

Went for $63. I held back because of $46 postage to the UK, but now I wonder how much I could have got it for.

Title: Four of Space Savers ending soon - steals
Post by: rdjack21 on Mon, 03 August 2009, 14:13:24

Wow - Now I regret not bidding on it. At that price I could have held onto it for a while and make a nice profit on it. But then again knowing myself I would have just kept it :)

Title: Four of Space Savers ending soon - steals
Post by: nowsharing on Thu, 06 August 2009, 08:52:45

Oof! I'd blame a market crash for that cheap NIB SS, but in reality it's jjust what happens when a seller doesn't do their homework.

My space saver finally arrived after months of waiting, and although I like the extra space, my wife hates the lack of a numpad.

More details later, I have to get back to vacationing :)

Title: Four of Space Savers ending soon - steals
Post by: eugenius on Thu, 13 August 2009, 03:58:02

So which mini has lighter key action than the normal M's?

Is it possible to order them by label / year?

I used an UK layont one in university, it had the blue label I think and was way lighter touch that the rest.

Title: Four of Space Savers ending soon - steals
Post by: wellington1869 on Thu, 13 August 2009, 11:18:07

Quote from: ripster;109444

Unfortunately Model Ms in general vary a lot, not just the Minis.  Age, usage, day of the week - all seem to make a difference.  IBM's spec gave the Buckling Spring a +/- 15g tolerance - not exactly helpful.

while in actual practice the variance is prolly 5g, can you imagine if it were actually 15g? Cuz that would solve our light-spring problem. Everyone measure their springs, if you find one at 45 or 50g, collect those, over time you might have (or sell or swap) them and acquire enough 50g springs for a whole board, and voila, there's your light ibm bs board. :)

Title: Four of Space Savers ending soon - steals
Post by: keyb_gr on Thu, 13 August 2009, 14:12:12

Or in engineer's terms, a pretty conservative spec. I'd assume this to apply for the entire rated life though, and well-worn blacks are somewhat lighter indeed.

Title: Four of Space Savers ending soon - steals
Post by: Rajagra on Thu, 13 August 2009, 17:20:16

Quote from: keyb_gr;109510

Or in engineer's terms, a pretty conservative spec.

Scotty said it best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xRqXYsksFg