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Title: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: hudson0804 on Tue, 31 May 2016, 11:12:23
Hi Folks,

Long time no posting.

ive been planning my soon to be immediate migration to Sweden and thus offloading things I don't need or cannot take with me. 

As part of my "fire sale" i stumbled across two AT102W keyboards, one beige one black.  Both are PS2 and in working order.

Would this be something worth posting in the member forums or should i just junk them both?   

I figured i would ask here before posting up in the whats it worth section as I doubt these hold much value.

TIA

H
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: chyros on Tue, 31 May 2016, 11:41:23
The beige one is super common, they're so cheap I don't even bother selling them, I just give them to friends. You should try linearising the switches, they get super smooth :) .

The black one is much rarer and more valuable, you shouldn't have too much trouble unloading that one.
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: hudson0804 on Tue, 31 May 2016, 12:08:19
Thanks for the advice.

What would you imagine the value being.

Or should i just post in the appropriate section? 
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: chyros on Tue, 31 May 2016, 15:59:24
Thanks for the advice.

What would you imagine the value being.

Or should i just post in the appropriate section?
I'd post it in Classifieds :) .
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 01 June 2016, 06:04:11
I'd consider buying either, but I'd guess you're not in Australia, so the silly shipping cost would kinda kill that idea.
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: hudson0804 on Thu, 02 June 2016, 11:31:55
i'm in the UK sadly. 

the cheapest delivery to straya is just short of £20 - that's on a few assumptions mind.

I'll post in classifieds see what those sages think i should do. 

Thanks

H
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: chyros on Thu, 02 June 2016, 11:59:03
i'm in the UK sadly. 

the cheapest delivery to straya is just short of £20 - that's on a few assumptions mind.

I'll post in classifieds see what those sages think i should do. 

Thanks

H
It's not easy to ship a Bigfoot at under 2 kg, especially not if it has to survive the trip all the way to Straya Croikey Mite.
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: Moistgun on Thu, 02 June 2016, 12:04:00
There's also the free stuff pay it forward thread stickied in classifieds if you don't want to bother with selling the beige one.
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: mike52787 on Thu, 02 June 2016, 12:10:40
If you were in the us and it was ansi I would take the black one off your hands. I have never tried skcm black.
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: chyros on Thu, 02 June 2016, 13:50:09
Oh btw if you can't sell it here go to Deskthority, there's a lot more Europeans there. Last time I mentioned I had found a black AT102W I got several messages asking for it, so you might have more luck there if not here.
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: QuincyJones on Thu, 02 June 2016, 15:19:02
I'm in England. I'd pay for the postage for the beige one?
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: henz on Thu, 02 June 2016, 15:27:08
Hi Folks,

Long time no posting.

ive been planning my soon to be immediate migration to Sweden and thus offloading things I don't need or cannot take with me. 

As part of my "fire sale" i stumbled across two AT102W keyboards, one beige one black.  Both are PS2 and in working order.

Would this be something worth posting in the member forums or should i just junk them both?   

I figured i would ask here before posting up in the whats it worth section as I doubt these hold much value.

TIA

H

Welcome to Sweden!

What city?
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: Moistgun on Thu, 02 June 2016, 15:55:21
Don't send anything to Quincyjones. He's a **** and encourages theft through Ebay.

:thumb:

source: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=82226.msg2182825#msg2182825
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: QuincyJones on Thu, 02 June 2016, 16:10:20
Don't send anything to Quincyjones. He's a **** and encourages theft through Ebay.

:thumb:

source: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=82226.msg2182825#msg2182825

I assume "****" means "monk"? No, I am not a monk.

Ebay encourages theft (and have been taken to court over it in USA). Maybe you should sell something on it and find out.

Also, thanks for the shout out, and "sourcing" a thread that actually shows how foolish you are! I think anyone in double figures actually "gets" it.
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: Moistgun on Thu, 02 June 2016, 16:15:58

I assume "****" means "monk"? No, I am not a monk.

Ebay encourages theft (and have been taken to court over it in USA). Maybe you should sell something on it and find out.

Also, thanks for the shout out, and "sourcing" a thread that actually shows how foolish you are! I think anyone in double figures actually "gets" it.

Dont blame the site for you behaving unethically.

You got it dude!  :thumb:
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: QuincyJones on Thu, 02 June 2016, 16:19:02

I assume "****" means "monk"? No, I am not a monk.

Ebay encourages theft (and have been taken to court over it in USA). Maybe you should sell something on it and find out.

Also, thanks for the shout out, and "sourcing" a thread that actually shows how foolish you are! I think anyone in double figures actually "gets" it.

Dont blame the site for you behaving unethically.

You got it dude!  :thumb:

I behave unethically? If you can't discern sarcasm of Ebay's "buyer always right" computer algorigthm, then I don't think you can say such big words. Now, stay on topic, and stop making yourself look foolish.
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: spremino on Sun, 05 June 2016, 15:48:57
You should try linearising the switches, they get super smooth :) .

What do you mean by "linearising", please?

Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: emdude on Sun, 05 June 2016, 16:02:32
One can open an SKCM switch and remove the tactile/click leaf to make it linear.
Title: Re: Are they worth the effort?
Post by: chyros on Sun, 05 June 2016, 17:13:00
You should try linearising the switches, they get super smooth :) .

What do you mean by "linearising", please?
Making them linear. I published a video about this mod and how to do it: