Author Topic: [eBay US] M15 with 10key ended unsold (Read 2609 times)

DesktopJinx · « **on:** Tue, 01 May 2012, 09:56:44 »

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D1%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8104687340217298091&_trksid=p4340.l2557&autorefresh=true&item=150804209343&nma=true&rt=nc&si=eOflmr9hK%252F2TU9POaV9q%252B3OrUcI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

With box and manual and foam-rubber wrist pads (but no box for the 10key).

Seller set the opening price at $995. I wonder how soon it will relist.

fohat.digs · « **Reply #1 on:** Tue, 01 May 2012, 10:00:01 »

Not that I am in the market, but I thought that these things sold in the $1200-1500 range.

bootstrap · « **Reply #2 on:** Tue, 01 May 2012, 10:27:01 »

Quote from: fohat.digs;587263

Not that I am in the market, but I thought that these things sold in the $1200-1500 range.

This was the second time that I've seen this item being listed on eBay. For the previous (i.e., first) listing, the starting bid was $1600.

tsangan · « **Reply #3 on:** Tue, 01 May 2012, 11:07:54 »

This one is not really overpriced now, $1,600 before was but this for $995 with the 10keypad isn't bad, just don't know how much higher it will go in today's market

DesktopJinx · « **Reply #4 on:** Tue, 01 May 2012, 15:19:26 »

The description made a point of that M15 sold in late 2010 for over $1600... but that one was New In Box IIRC, and that was a price peak we haven't seen since, at least not that I've noticed. Used one two weeks earlier only topped $800.

I'd say $995 is a decent price for a complete-with-box original-owner M15 plus an inherited 10-key, but not a great price, unless you really covet the 10-key.
As a starting bid, meh.

I think I paid $655 last year for my M15 with the original box (internal cardboard is fine, external glossy box is a little ratty).

486 · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 02 May 2012, 04:08:52 »

Good price, suprising it didn't sell. And the Options by IBM one are rarer than the standard IBM ones. I realised you can make about 25% more if you list Model M's in the Vintage Computers catagory.
It's a nice board but I personally not a fan of ergonomics.

ch_123 · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 02 May 2012, 04:32:04 »

People will probably wait till the price is lowered by the seller to about $500. Then bidding will push the price up to about $1-1.5k anyway. Moral of the story is to not get too greedy when setting the initial price.

christoffer.braathen · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 02 May 2012, 04:46:40 »

Have to consider that the market in this price range isn't all that big, and I suppose most of the MUST HAVE guyd already own one.

bootstrap · « **Reply #8 on:** Wed, 02 May 2012, 05:10:58 »

Quote from: ch_123;587935

People will probably wait till the price is lowered by the seller to about $500. Then bidding will push the price up to about $1-1.5k anyway. Moral of the story is to not get too greedy when setting the initial price.

Couldn't agree more. Same thing happening with this NIB SIIG MiniTouch with blue Montereys, except the seller dropped his BIN price from $159 to $139 after a couple of days. But the price is still high IMHO - interesting to see if anyone bites at the new BIN price. The alternative approach would have been to start at, say, $97, in a normal auction format and see how high it goes. Someone was selling a few of these NIB for $100 not long ago.

DesktopJinx · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 02 May 2012, 11:05:24 »

Quote from: 486;587929

Good price, suprising it didn't sell. And the Options by IBM one are rarer than the standard IBM ones.

Options by IBM examples get listed all the time. Blue-windowshade-IBM logo'd examples are rarer than hen's teeth. (See sig.) The latter keyboards were only sold with IBM PCs (PS/2s); the former were sold separately.

DesktopJinx · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 03 May 2012, 11:33:55 »

Relisted for the same $995 starting bid, now with an $1195 Buy It Now -- new post here.

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Author Topic: [eBay US] M15 with 10key ended unsold (Read 2609 times)