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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: y11971alex on Thu, 25 August 2016, 13:31:36

Title: 3278 $199
Post by: y11971alex on Thu, 25 August 2016, 13:31:36

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/311683246131

Some keys seriously knocked over.

Title: Re: 3278 $199
Post by: pr0ximity on Thu, 25 August 2016, 13:43:42

Dividers between the key clusters have been ripped off too :( Thing must have gone through hell.

Very tempting, but I'm not sure I'm $200-tempted.

Title: Re: 3278 $199
Post by: HighPlainsDrafter on Sat, 27 August 2016, 18:51:01

Anyone ask the seller whether they have more to sell?

Title: Re: 3278 $199
Post by: y11971alex on Mon, 29 August 2016, 19:25:43

They just replied: this is the only one.  I obviously believe them.  :D

Title: Re: 3278 $199
Post by: y11971alex on Tue, 30 August 2016, 09:57:12

On the other hand, it looks pretty beat up.  The manual looks all right though, so all the damage probably came from a crash landing. 

Title: Re: 3278 $199
Post by: pr0ximity on Tue, 30 August 2016, 10:16:47

Yup, I'd grab it and fix it but the case is the big appeal to me and the ripped off dividers make me :(

Just needs to be opened and some switches replaced. Sourcing them isn't easy but isn't impossible. Someone over on DT would probably cough some up.

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Title: Re: 3278 $199
Post by: y11971alex on Tue, 30 August 2016, 10:58:09

Quote from: pr0ximity on Tue, 30 August 2016, 10:16:47

Yup, I'd grab it and fix it but the case is the big appeal to me and the ripped off dividers make me :(

Just needs to be opened and some switches replaced. Sourcing them isn't easy but isn't impossible. Someone over on DT would probably cough some up.

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orihalcon has some switch testers; wonder if they work.

Title: Re: 3278 $199
Post by: pr0ximity on Tue, 30 August 2016, 12:07:03

You might be able to bend them back, but they probably wouldn't ever be 100% correct. Not commonly-used keys tho.

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