geekhack

geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: nubbinator on Fri, 10 April 2015, 22:22:17

Title: IBM Displaywriter, starting at $200 with free expedited shipping
Post by: nubbinator on Fri, 10 April 2015, 22:22:17

These have been going for around $200 + shipping lately, so just keep that in mind when bidding

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Displaywriter-Keyboard-Clicky-Display-Writer-/251913671687?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aa7399407

Title: Re: IBM Displaywriter, starting at $200 with free expedited shipping
Post by: jacobolus on Sat, 11 April 2015, 00:02:21

You already made a thread about this seller’s auction, and I think it was also mentioned in another thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69816

Anyway, silly guy...

$150 starting price, no bids, ended 18 March: http://www.ebay.com/itm/251875200756
$175 starting price, no bids, ended 26 March: http://www.ebay.com/itm/251885559859
$195 starting price, no bids, ended 3 April: http://www.ebay.com/itm/251895477695

And of course now $199 starting price, no bids, ongoing.

One kinda crappy picture and a brief ungrammatical description. No idea what he’s thinking. (At least he put a picture up of the keyboard itself though. His first auction originally showed a crop from another seller’s picture of a different keyboard.)

Title: Re: IBM Displaywriter, starting at $200 with free expedited shipping
Post by: orihalcon on Sat, 11 April 2015, 00:05:10

Well, at least the shipping free now.  Was something around $18 shipping for me before.

Title: Re: IBM Displaywriter, starting at $200 with free expedited shipping
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 11 April 2015, 00:07:42

It's a new listing, so I posted it.  Is the price raise ridiculous?  Yes, but the price is still decent.

Title: Re: IBM Displaywriter, starting at $200 with free expedited shipping
Post by: jacobolus on Sat, 11 April 2015, 00:08:36

Sure. Why not keep it in the previous thread though, and if necessary update the title?

Title: Re: IBM Displaywriter, starting at $200 with free expedited shipping
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 11 April 2015, 00:10:21

Because I don't keep up on every deal I post.  If I did, I'd be tracking 50 at any given time.

Title: Re: IBM Displaywriter, starting at $200 with free expedited shipping
Post by: ander on Sat, 11 April 2015, 02:50:00

Yikes, and what's all that other IBM stuff in the photo? It looks water-damaged.

Title: Re: IBM Displaywriter, starting at $200 with free expedited shipping
Post by: jacobolus on Sun, 26 April 2015, 08:56:32

Starting bid now $225. Not sure the seller understands how this works...

Title: Re: IBM Displaywriter, starting at $200 with free expedited shipping
Post by: Ludovician on Sun, 26 April 2015, 10:20:22

Haha, really? I wonder how high he or she will go.