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Title: NOS DC-3014
Post by: mike52787 on Mon, 08 August 2016, 11:19:27: Well, if it wasnt 700$, I would be all over this!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-3014-LEADING-EDGE-AT-KEYBOARD-NEW-OLD-STOCK-ALPS-SWITCHES-/162162770199?hash=item25c1a78117%3Ag%3ARvIAAOSw6n5XqJxL&_trkparms=pageci%3D47f99732-2bb0-4855-aafc-411a06f86613%2Cparentrq%3D6af14d7e1560a861ac457d27ffff2d5d%2Ciid%3D1%2Cobjectid%3D175690 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-3014-LEADING-EDGE-AT-KEYBOARD-NEW-OLD-STOCK-ALPS-SWITCHES-/162162770199?hash=item25c1a78117%3Ag%3ARvIAAOSw6n5XqJxL&_trkparms=pageci%3D47f99732-2bb0-4855-aafc-411a06f86613%2Cparentrq%3D6af14d7e1560a861ac457d27ffff2d5d%2Ciid%3D1%2Cobjectid%3D175690)
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: Techno Trousers on Mon, 08 August 2016, 12:13:14: I think it might sell at $300. $700 is definitely a stretch.
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: chyros on Mon, 08 August 2016, 12:32:35: Hot damn! Someone else is going to going the brotherhood soon, I guess :D .
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: digi on Mon, 08 August 2016, 12:51:01: Wow, new in package too...deezam she's a beaut!
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 08 August 2016, 15:56:45: Quote from: chyros on Mon, 08 August 2016, 12:32:35
Someone else is going to going the brotherhood soon,

Probably a Korean collector, at that price.
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: Hypersphere on Mon, 08 August 2016, 17:06:41: Yes, I spotted this earlier today. Sadly, too rich for my blood.
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: chyros on Mon, 08 August 2016, 17:34:28: Quote from: fohat.digs on Mon, 08 August 2016, 15:56:45
Quote from: chyros on Mon, 08 August 2016, 12:32:35
Someone else is going to going the brotherhood soon,

Probably a Korean collector, at that price.
Yes, I guess that's a fair bet...
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: jwaz on Mon, 08 August 2016, 17:38:41: Saw that this morning, what a steal! ^-^
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: jwaz on Mon, 08 August 2016, 19:20:04: BMing eBay sellers with the terms field.. FeelsGoodMan

(http://i.imgur.com/ft1yQMKh.jpg)
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: Halverson on Mon, 08 August 2016, 19:43:25: Quote from: jwaz on Mon, 08 August 2016, 19:20:04
BMing eBay sellers with the terms field.. FeelsGoodMan

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/ft1yQMKh.jpg)

Rude! How dare YE!
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: ThoughtArtist on Mon, 08 August 2016, 21:56:14: Is this a good keyboard?
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: ThoughtArtist on Mon, 08 August 2016, 22:22:56: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: emdude on Mon, 08 August 2016, 23:24:59: I wish I had your kind of money. ^-^
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: chyros on Tue, 09 August 2016, 03:35:32: Quote from: ThoughtArtist on Mon, 08 August 2016, 22:22:56
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Attachment Link)
Does that mean you bought it?

Now let's hope you didn't get the version with SKCL Brown instead! :P
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: Hypersphere on Tue, 09 August 2016, 07:20:18: Last night I sent the seller an email asking about the color of the switch sliders. No reply yet.
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: chyros on Tue, 09 August 2016, 08:44:44: Most likely blue, but they have been spotted with linear browns. I guess for this kind of money, you'd want to make sure, though xD .
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: Flyersfan1 on Tue, 09 August 2016, 16:39:00: Wow, someone bought it for his asking price.
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 09 August 2016, 16:44:40: Quote from: Flyersfan1 on Tue, 09 August 2016, 16:39:00
Wow, someone bought it for his asking price.

If I was obscenely wealthy, I would have. Yesterday.
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: ThoughtArtist on Tue, 09 August 2016, 17:03:56: I sooo should have taken the $650 counter offer I got. What was I thinking? :(
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: Flyersfan1 on Tue, 09 August 2016, 17:15:16: Quote from: ThoughtArtist on Tue, 09 August 2016, 17:03:56
What was I thinking? :(
You were thinking clearly.
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: ThoughtArtist on Tue, 09 August 2016, 17:19:56: Quote from: Flyersfan1 on Tue, 09 August 2016, 17:15:16
Quote from: ThoughtArtist on Tue, 09 August 2016, 17:03:56
What was I thinking? :(
You were thinking clearly.

I know. I should have been drunk. I always make more fun financial decisions that way.
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: Hypersphere on Tue, 09 August 2016, 22:09:43: I contacted the seller before the keyboard was marked sold to ask about the switches. He showed me a pic -- they were apparently white Alps. If so, this is the first I have heard of anything but SKCM blue or SKCL brown in a DC-3014. However, documentation on that keyboard is a bit sparse. If someone bought the board at the asking price expecting blue Alps ....
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: ThoughtArtist on Tue, 09 August 2016, 22:35:41: Quote from: Hypersphere on Tue, 09 August 2016, 22:09:43
I contacted the seller before the keyboard was marked sold to ask about the switches. He showed me a pic -- they were apparently white Alps. If so, this is the first I have heard of anything but SKCM blue or SKCL brown in a DC-3014. However, documentation on that keyboard is a bit sparse. If someone bought the board at the asking price expecting blue Alps ....

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Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: mike52787 on Tue, 09 August 2016, 22:45:46: ****, this might hold the record for the most expensive white alps board. sorry thoughtartist, you may have gotten ****ed
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: digi on Tue, 09 August 2016, 22:54:54: If there was ever an appropriate time to link this gif, now is it..

(https://media.giphy.com/media/zRjsGx92PB79K/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: ThoughtArtist on Tue, 09 August 2016, 23:44:50: Quote from: mike52787 on Tue, 09 August 2016, 22:45:46
****, this might hold the record for the most expensive white alps board. sorry thoughtartist, you may have gotten ****ed

haha, wasn't me ;D. I may be depressed, but not because of this :thumb:
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: mike52787 on Tue, 09 August 2016, 23:45:56: Quote from: ThoughtArtist on Tue, 09 August 2016, 23:44:50
Quote from: mike52787 on Tue, 09 August 2016, 22:45:46
****, this might hold the record for the most expensive white alps board. sorry thoughtartist, you may have gotten ****ed

haha, wasn't me ;D. I may be depressed, but not because of this :thumb:
then WHO bought it? hopefully none of us
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: jwaz on Thu, 11 August 2016, 21:35:39: Quote from: digi on Tue, 09 August 2016, 22:54:54
If there was ever an appropriate time to link this gif, now is it..

Show Image
(https://media.giphy.com/media/zRjsGx92PB79K/giphy.gif)

FeelsBadMan ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\

but this is sorta like karma right?
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: mike52787 on Wed, 17 August 2016, 23:23:31: The legend returns: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-3014-LEADING-EDGE-AT-KEYBOARD-NEW-OLD-STOCK-ALPS-SWITCHES-/162170527500?hash=item25c21ddf0c:g:RvIAAOSw6n5XqJxL (http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-3014-LEADING-EDGE-AT-KEYBOARD-NEW-OLD-STOCK-ALPS-SWITCHES-/162170527500?hash=item25c21ddf0c:g:RvIAAOSw6n5XqJxL) Looks like the original buyer wasnt happy with it, or the seller just has another one.
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: Hypersphere on Thu, 18 August 2016, 07:42:33: Quote from: mike52787 on Wed, 17 August 2016, 23:23:31
The legend returns: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-3014-LEADING-EDGE-AT-KEYBOARD-NEW-OLD-STOCK-ALPS-SWITCHES-/162170527500?hash=item25c21ddf0c:g:RvIAAOSw6n5XqJxL (http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-3014-LEADING-EDGE-AT-KEYBOARD-NEW-OLD-STOCK-ALPS-SWITCHES-/162170527500?hash=item25c21ddf0c:g:RvIAAOSw6n5XqJxL) Looks like the original buyer wasnt happy with it, or the seller just has another one.
Yes, and the seller persists in saying "Alps" without specifying the sub-type of the switches. Moreover, the price is far too high even if the board had blue Alps. My impression is that Leading Edge build quality is not all that great.
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: mike52787 on Thu, 18 August 2016, 10:47:56: Quote from: Hypersphere on Thu, 18 August 2016, 07:42:33
Quote from: mike52787 on Wed, 17 August 2016, 23:23:31
The legend returns: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-3014-LEADING-EDGE-AT-KEYBOARD-NEW-OLD-STOCK-ALPS-SWITCHES-/162170527500?hash=item25c21ddf0c:g:RvIAAOSw6n5XqJxL (http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-3014-LEADING-EDGE-AT-KEYBOARD-NEW-OLD-STOCK-ALPS-SWITCHES-/162170527500?hash=item25c21ddf0c:g:RvIAAOSw6n5XqJxL) Looks like the original buyer wasnt happy with it, or the seller just has another one.
Yes, and the seller persists in saying "Alps" without specifying the sub-type of the switches. Moreover, the price is far too high even if the board had blue Alps. My impression is that Leading Edge build quality is not all that great.
especially since there is one on open auction starting at 40$ that is confirmed to have blue alps
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: Dihedral on Thu, 18 August 2016, 14:10:48: Quote from: chyros on Mon, 08 August 2016, 12:32:35
Hot damn! Someone else is going to going the brotherhood soon, I guess :D .

I saw this on ebay and wept slightly. A NOS Blue Alps board is about as close to a Unicorn as it gets. (as you well know!)
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: chyros on Thu, 18 August 2016, 16:09:35: Quote from: Dihedral on Thu, 18 August 2016, 14:10:48
Quote from: chyros on Mon, 08 August 2016, 12:32:35
Hot damn! Someone else is going to going the brotherhood soon, I guess :D .

I saw this on ebay and wept slightly. A NOS Blue Alps board is about as close to a Unicorn as it gets. (as you well know!)
:D ^^
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: mike52787 on Thu, 18 August 2016, 16:11:17: Quote from: Dihedral on Thu, 18 August 2016, 14:10:48
Quote from: chyros on Mon, 08 August 2016, 12:32:35
Hot damn! Someone else is going to going the brotherhood soon, I guess :D .

I saw this on ebay and wept slightly. A NOS Blue Alps board is about as close to a Unicorn as it gets. (as you well know!)
One problem. This one appears to have white alps, as said earlier.
Title: Re: NOS DC-3014
Post by: Dihedral on Thu, 18 August 2016, 16:20:40: Quote from: mike52787 on Thu, 18 August 2016, 16:11:17
Quote from: Dihedral on Thu, 18 August 2016, 14:10:48
Quote from: chyros on Mon, 08 August 2016, 12:32:35
Hot damn! Someone else is going to going the brotherhood soon, I guess :D .

I saw this on ebay and wept slightly. A NOS Blue Alps board is about as close to a Unicorn as it gets. (as you well know!)
One problem. This one appears to have white alps, as said earlier.

Ah, still a remarkable board (with a remarkable price)