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Title: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: whyarentfilcobacklit on Thu, 27 September 2018, 16:09:07
I like trying new ones out, but selling is such a pain.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: LightningXI on Thu, 27 September 2018, 16:09:34
I like trying new ones out, but selling is such a pain.

Sell, trade, cycle through them daily.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: HPE1000 on Thu, 27 September 2018, 16:13:34
I usually just throw them out
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 27 September 2018, 17:27:22
If they are worth at least $10-$15 + shipping and fees, sell them on ebay.

Otherwise, give them to acquaintances using junk keyboards or donate them to charity.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: wholypantalones on Thu, 27 September 2018, 18:12:43
Plan on losing money each time you buy something, get sad and don't buy more keyboards.

I like to put them in a pile, get anxious and mutter to myself about how I should sell them. Wait about a month and forget I have them and then do it all over again when the new pile shows up in the post.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: killyou on Thu, 27 September 2018, 18:50:05
Selling is not that bad. Until now I sold 4 keyboards and plenty of other stuff all thanks to local trades and mechmarket. Try buing used or on sale so you won't be at loss.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 27 September 2018, 20:27:27
I don't understand the terminology used in the OP...

'too many keyboards'

:confused:

Is there even such a thing??

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Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: Kevadu on Fri, 28 September 2018, 02:13:26
I am also confused by this concept of 'selling' keyboards.  Just keep acquiring them... forever.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: whyarentfilcobacklit on Fri, 28 September 2018, 02:57:14
I've been donating them to Goodwill. Keep wondering if anyone who appreciates them ever finds them.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 28 September 2018, 03:18:37
If you have a spare vintage and/or unusual keyboard, by all means please do sell it on a collector's forum or eBay so that it could go to a good home.

Even some rubber domes can scissor domes could be of interest. Thrift stores and charity shops throw away those things that don't sell in due time, and that is such a waste.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 28 September 2018, 07:44:12
You can't have too many keyboards..


m0ar keyboards = m0ar WIN @ life..
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: JP on Fri, 28 September 2018, 08:51:25
Keep buying more  :))
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: portbaron on Fri, 28 September 2018, 10:24:04
As long as I keep it in the double digits it's ok. I have thrown away a couple that I didn't want contaminating my collection though, including a hhkb layout (hate).
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: Touch_It on Fri, 28 September 2018, 11:58:29
Selling seems like a pain to me.  Buying is easy and exciting.  I doubt I'll ever come to a point where I think I have too many keyboards.  When I'm old though, if I have no one close to me who is interested, I'll probably donate or sell mine, so they can go to good homes.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: nachie on Fri, 28 September 2018, 12:46:34
Just as others said, you can never have too many. There are ones you like and you keep, others you trade/sell.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: Blaise170 on Fri, 28 September 2018, 13:21:20
I know it's fun to joke about never having too many, but yes you can have too many. It stops being funny when you have 120+ (like I used to) keyboards and realize how much time and money you've wasted on them. As it is, I have a box full of them that I want to sell, but I can't bring myself to take the time to meticulously photograph, document, list, ship, etc.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: whyarentfilcobacklit on Fri, 28 September 2018, 15:10:51
Why doesn't geekhack have a classified section?
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: SBJ on Fri, 28 September 2018, 15:20:39
Why doesn't geekhack have a classified section?
It does.
Has a post requirement though.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: Olumin on Mon, 01 October 2018, 09:32:13
Keep buying more and once you have enough, start to tile your bathroom walls with them.

That way you've always something to play with when you're bored.

I know what you're thinking, "OMG you're such a Genius :-* I would have never though of that  :confused:..." blablabla. Yea I know, thank me later now get to work.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: jamster on Wed, 03 October 2018, 01:07:06
I sell them or give them to friends people who will use and appreciate them.

I like keyboards that I can use. I don't want to be a keyboard collector.

I do make an exception for my Model Ms. I haven't used those in a very long time, but when I eventually move to a bigger place where noise isn't such a concern, I do plan to return them to service.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: ander on Wed, 03 October 2018, 03:05:00
What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?

Er, you become like the rest of us?
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: livewirerc on Wed, 03 October 2018, 13:37:15
What is your definition of "too many"? I'm currently enamored with HHKB, so I have four of them: two for home (desk and couch), one for work, and one for travel. I'm getting a fifth (Tokyo60) for layout experimentation/modding, and that doesn't include the odds and ends Vortex keebs and TKLs that I used before converting to the One True 60% Layout.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: Blaise170 on Thu, 04 October 2018, 10:14:25
What is your definition of "too many"? I'm currently enamored with HHKB, so I have four of them: two for home (desk and couch), one for work, and one for travel. I'm getting a fifth (Tokyo60) for layout experimentation/modding, and that doesn't include the odds and ends Vortex keebs and TKLs that I used before converting to the One True 60% Layout.

That's subjective. I have probably 30-40 at home right now and they are overwhelming.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: Hyde on Thu, 04 October 2018, 10:51:19
I like trying new ones out, but selling is such a pain.

I know it's fun to joke about never having too many, but yes you can have too many. It stops being funny when you have 120+ (like I used to) keyboards and realize how much time and money you've wasted on them. As it is, I have a box full of them that I want to sell, but I can't bring myself to take the time to meticulously photograph, document, list, ship, etc.

At least with keyboards I always try to get different layout / form factor / switch type so it's meaningful to keep a few different ones around because they're different enough to be different.  So at the moment I don't feel too bad for having 12 keyboards.

On the other hand I should really sell off my extra headphones but like you guys said I've been too lazy to take pictures and post online and meeting people in person to sell them.  I only need 1 headphone for work (at home I use speaker) and I have 2 headphones that can sell for $400 CAD each (about $310 USD) so it's quite a bit of money and a few that will sell for around $100 USD so I should really just get down and do it sigh.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: kohtachi on Thu, 04 October 2018, 12:54:29
Sell me one?
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: chyros on Thu, 04 October 2018, 13:02:54
I have over two hundred keyboards and still it's NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH I NEED MORE
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: portbaron on Thu, 04 October 2018, 14:07:29
I have over two hundred keyboards and still it's NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH I NEED MORE
Since you share them with people on the internet it's not hoarding, it's a public service lol.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: HPE1000 on Thu, 04 October 2018, 14:28:48
I think I have like 18 or so keyboards and I usually only use 1 or 2 😖
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: CommonCurt on Thu, 04 October 2018, 19:23:01
I think I have like 18 or so keyboards and I usually only use 1 or 2
I think I'm down to 18 also, with 4 or 5 that I mainly cycle through the most.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: HPE1000 on Thu, 04 October 2018, 21:29:13
I think I have like 18 or so keyboards and I usually only use 1 or 2
I think I'm down to 18 also, with 4 or 5 that I mainly cycle through the most.
It's really hard to hold back on buying more so I've just started rebuilding my current keyboards because a lot had minor issues that made me not exactly want to use them or just switched I am not really in to.
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: ramblinrose on Fri, 05 October 2018, 08:43:05
As with anything I collect - like retro video games, the general order is - accumulate accumulate, start trading / selling to accumulate more!! Ideally I'd like to have one vintage board for old computer hijinks, one board for work (tkl - 1800 size), and 2-3 for home usage. I'm over my limit now, especially with vintage boards, so it's time to move em along, ideally for something that takes up a lot less space!
Title: Re: What do you do when you end up with too many keyboards?
Post by: Hypersphere on Fri, 05 October 2018, 08:59:22
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