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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: nowsharing on Wed, 14 April 2010, 20:39:52

Title: Holy f*n Chicony!
Post by: nowsharing on Wed, 14 April 2010, 20:39:52

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-CHICONY-KEYBOARD-BLUE-SLIDERS-5160AT-F1-F10_W0QQitemZ250611481403

Why would someone pay $179 for a Chicony 5160AT?

Title: Holy f*n Chicony!
Post by: kishy on Wed, 14 April 2010, 20:47:52

Magical blue sliders. Rumour has it they're blue.

Title: Holy f*n Chicony!
Post by: didjamatic on Thu, 15 April 2010, 00:00:53

Alps feel varies greatly, I'm convinced no two alps boards are the same, but the blues are made by small blue men who live in mushrooms and smuggle the switches out of the forest past a menacing cat and his owner, Gargamel.  This drives the price up.

Title: Holy f*n Chicony!
Post by: nowsharing on Thu, 15 April 2010, 00:03:29

Whoever the alps people are, they make me feel better about myself. We should thank them for that.

Thank you, crazy blue alps people.

Title: Holy f*n Chicony!
Post by: Half-Saint on Thu, 15 April 2010, 00:53:35

Has anyone read this guy's "Important note about feedback"? What a load of mumbo jumbo... I'm not giving anyone 5 stars, if they fail to satisfy my criterion in a category.

Title: Holy f*n Chicony!
Post by: nowsharing on Thu, 15 April 2010, 01:13:21

Ebay sellers...creative lot, but generally a bunch of idiots at best.

I received this message yesterday from a seller who's ebay username is basically "I want 100% poz:"
"Thank you for being so patient while i took my kids to disney last week."

I bought the item on March 4th, and you shipped it out on the 14th:
No, no 100% poz for you!