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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: frogthejam19 on Tue, 26 January 2016, 18:42:28
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Appears to be in excellent condition. I wonder if it has blue alps.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141888001408?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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That is not a gold label, it is a yellowed conventional label. This is the best Northgate layout, but it will be complicated white Alps.
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A Gold label should look something like this (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=75072.msg1873884#msg1873884).
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A Gold label should look something like this (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=75072.msg1873884#msg1873884).
Ah ok. 101 is usually white?
Although I saw a thread with a Blues on them.
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Ah ok. 101 is usually white?
Although I saw a thread with a Blues on them.
101 with new label is always whites, yes.
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If someone bought this under the notion that it had blue Alps. I'm sorry for them. On the flip side, you got an ANSI Omnikey, which is not the most common thing.
However, not the most uncommon either. I've seen at least four of these pass through eBay in the past month or so. One for only $30 or so in good condition, so this price is jacked.
As are most Alps prices right now.
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"Rare Alpine switches"? Oh, Alps. Ha ha.
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Indeed, there are two 101-key ANSI Omnikeys on auction right now.
One currently at $36.50 shipped, ending in a week, http://www.ebay.com/itm/201511123227
One currently at $35 + shipping, ending in 4.5 days, http://www.ebay.com/itm/252267084715
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If someone bought this under the notion that it had blue Alps. I'm sorry for them. On the flip side, you got an ANSI Omnikey, which is not the most common thing.
However, not the most uncommon either. I've seen at least four of these pass through eBay in the past month or so. One for only $30 or so in good condition, so this price is jacked.
As are most Alps prices right now.
Agreed. Alps is crazy right now. Especially SKCM Blue :eek:
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Alps is crazy right now. Especially SKCM Blue
I started looking for blue Alps 4 years ago, and it took me over a year and a half to find an old Leading Edge. Half a year after that, they started turning up somewhat more often, still at high prices, and over the next year or so there were marginally more for sale (still "uncommon" but perhaps not quite as "rare") and prices even came down a bit.
During the past year, prices have stayed high but quite a few people have (1) hunted down, or (2) stumbled onto them at reasonable prices.
Be patient and keep your eyes open.
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Alps is crazy right now. Especially SKCM Blue
I started looking for blue Alps 4 years ago, and it took me over a year and a half to find an old Leading Edge. Half a year after that, they started turning up somewhat more often, still at high prices, and over the next year or so there were marginally more for sale (still "uncommon" but perhaps not quite as "rare") and prices even came down a bit.
During the past year, prices have stayed high but quite a few people have (1) hunted down, or (2) stumbled onto them at reasonable prices.
Be patient and keep your eyes open.
The Leading Edge you speak of is the DC-2014, yeah? That one's a typical source for blues.
Sometimes those 1) and 2) conditions crross over. I've certainly had the fortune of both, myself, but I've mainly hunted down the boards I have. Don't wait for them on eBay, guys. Scour the lands of the world wide web for your booty.
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FrogTheJam19, it was thoughtful of you to go to the trouble to tell us about this, so thanks for that. Now that we've clarified this, would you mind editing your Subject so it doesn't say "gold label"? It's good to keep the references on here accurate.
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FrogTheJam19, it was thoughtful of you to go to the trouble to tell us about this, so thanks for that. Now that we've clarified this, would you mind editing your Subject so it doesn't say "gold label"? It's good to keep the references on here accurate.
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