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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: y11971alex on Sun, 31 July 2016, 12:38:26

Title: 3276/5251 Beam Spring
Post by: y11971alex on Sun, 31 July 2016, 12:38:26: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/152188332805

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Very-Rare-IBM-7362149-IBM-5251-Display-Station-83-Key-Keyboard-Ships-Worldwide/191935312521?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140620091118%26meid%3Dd4364f9ea2bb48ee86156dcced2fefab%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D152188332805
Title: Re: 3276 Beam Spring
Post by: pr0ximity on Sun, 31 July 2016, 12:51:36: Hnnnng, that price tho. This is a nice one, all metal, decent angle :X

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Title: Re: 3276 Beam Spring
Post by: Aran.E99 on Sun, 31 July 2016, 12:53:26: tempted but 3 problems

1. poor because i spent all my money on keyboards

2. have too many keyboards because i spent all my money

3. i'm not paying £70 shipping
Title: Re: 3276 Beam Spring
Post by: ThoughtArtist on Sun, 31 July 2016, 13:02:10: "Some wear due to ~~age~~ neglect"
Title: Re: 3276 Beam Spring
Post by: ThoughtArtist on Sun, 31 July 2016, 13:20:27: These folks have some of the most inflated prices. It's disgusting. I hope someone can afford to rescue this thing from their grimy hands.
Title: Re: 3276 Beam Spring
Post by: 1391406 on Mon, 01 August 2016, 11:36:11: It shouldn't be missing a key at that price, in my opinion.
Title: Re: 3276 Beam Spring
Post by: CPTBadAss on Mon, 01 August 2016, 11:45:43: Quote from: 1391406 on Mon, 01 August 2016, 11:36:11
It shouldn't be missing a key at that price, in my opinion.

Agreed. Really wish I could pick this up but it's out of my budget range :(.
Title: Re: 3276 Beam Spring
Post by: Aran.E99 on Mon, 01 August 2016, 11:50:00: Quote from: CPTBadAss on Mon, 01 August 2016, 11:45:43
Quote from: 1391406 on Mon, 01 August 2016, 11:36:11
It shouldn't be missing a key at that price, in my opinion.

Agreed. Really wish I could pick this up but it's out of my budget range :(.

not sure if it's in anyone's budget range :eek:
Title: Re: 3276 Beam Spring
Post by: emdude on Mon, 01 August 2016, 12:00:36: Quote from: 1391406 on Mon, 01 August 2016, 11:36:11
It shouldn't be missing a key at that price, in my opinion.

I am rather neurotic when it comes to completeness, so I personally wouldn't pay more than a fraction of that price, especially since it will likely be extremely difficult to replace that single, missing key.

Seeing insane prices like these makes me very thankful for my incredibly lucky beam spring find.
Title: Re: 3276 Beam Spring
Post by: y11971alex on Mon, 01 August 2016, 12:40:33: Quote from: emdude on Mon, 01 August 2016, 12:00:36
Quote from: 1391406 on Mon, 01 August 2016, 11:36:11
It shouldn't be missing a key at that price, in my opinion.

I am rather neurotic when it comes to completeness, so I personally wouldn't pay more than a fraction of that price, especially since it will likely be extremely difficult to replace that single, missing key.

Seeing insane prices like these makes me very thankful for my incredibly lucky beam spring find.
I understand that Selectric keys are compatible with them. There are sellers on eBay that sell replacement Selectric keys. :p
Title: Re: 3276/5251 Beam Spring
Post by: emdude on Mon, 01 August 2016, 12:44:21: Ah, I had forgot, you are right. Just need to grab a key cap that is the correct profile and reasonably close to the original cap, then.