Author Topic: [FA] Filco Majestouch w/Blue Switches (AUCTION ENDED) (Read 4561 times)

neeb · « **on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 13:27:10 »

I haven't found a buyer for my filco yet (not sure if price was too high or it was just my payment method/lack there of) so I'm going to auction it.

It's been used moderately and the keycaps do show some shine and a bit of lettering missing on keys that are used a lot. Also, as you can see from my "under the hood" picture below, it hasn't been cleaned very well. Everything does work fine on it though, I just didn't think to keep it clean because I wasn't very much into all of this stuff when I first got it; I originally just wanted to try out a mech keyboard for gaming.

Buyer will pay shipping so take that into consideration when bidding. Please keep all bids open as replies to this topic, no PM bids please.

Winning Bidder: foogamagoo for $65

Auction Ends Wednesday October 3rd at 8:00pm PDT

Here's a time thing http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/pacific-time/pacific-daylight-time.htm

Payment Method

Amazon Payments
Local Pickup - near Patterson, CA or
Postal money order, cash, or something like Western Union. Here's a quote from my other thread on that:

Quote from: neeb on Sat, 29 September 2012, 16:19:53

Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Sat, 29 September 2012, 15:54:26
I'm interested in this. But any reason why you can't accept paypal? It's the standard method around here. Cash, money order, and western union is not safe for the buyer, so do do you have any heatware feedback?

I don't use PayPal. The only thing I can really say for trusting me is that when I purchased this keyboard from GH (here's the link to that thread http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=16541) the guy that bought the fukka (wanabe) accidentally received my keyboard and I received his, he shipped mine to me and I shipped his to him. I'll PM him and see if he can vouch that I handled the mix up professionally, for whatever that's worth. That's the only user to user transaction I've ever done so I haven't had any reason to make a heatware account or something similar.

If someone has really positive feedback and is a known/trusted member around here, I wouldn't be entirely opposed to receiving payment after arrival of the keyboard. Idk, I would obviously prefer to receive payment first but I completely understand that it could seem a bit sketchy if it wasn't done through an escrow like PayPal.

Quote from: wanabe on Sat, 29 September 2012, 17:26:00

yup - i can vouch for what neeb said. we had a little mix up on a transaction a while back that was sorted out w/o any problems.

Let me know if you have any questions!

fl0w3n · « **Reply #1 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 16:20:43 »

$10

Have you considered Amazon payments or Google, I'd love to move away from PayPal myself.

neeb · « **Reply #2 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 16:32:07 »

Quote from: fl0w3n on Mon, 01 October 2012, 16:20:43

$10

Have you considered Amazon payments or Google, I'd love to move away from PayPal myself.

The issue right now is that I don't currently have a bank account. I guess I could have a check sent to me idk I'll have to look into it

IPT · « **Reply #3 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:24:40 »

basically if you want the Money order/Western Union, you're putting the cost of the transaction on the buyer.
Just take that into account, i believe the post office charges $1.15 or so for a Money order these days

If you accept personal check, the cost to cash that check out would be on you now, i dont know how much check cashing places take, but i assume around $2-5 dollars depending on the check amount.

Either way, i'll bid $25 + shipping USPS Postal Money Order =P
mainly cause i'll have to take that thing apart to clean it (no offense)

esoomenona · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:31:09 »

Cashing a check at the issuing bank is free of charge.

neeb · « **Reply #5 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:32:43 »

Quote from: projectD on Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:24:40

basically if you want the Money order/Western Union, you're putting the cost of the transaction on the buyer.
Just take that into account, i believe the post office charges $1.15 or so for a Money order these days

If you accept personal check, the cost to cash that check out would be on you now, i dont know how much check cashing places take, but i assume around $2-5 dollars depending on the check amount.

Either way, i'll bid $25 + shipping USPS Postal Money Order =P
mainly cause i'll have to take that thing apart to clean it (no offense)

No offense taken at all xD

If the cost of the postal order/western union transfer is being paid by the buyer, I wouldn't mind subtracting that from their offer (ie you bid $25, give me $23 if the postal order costs $2).

For the sake of keeping things less complicated though, let's leave that to discuss privately with the winning bidder. I'll leave your $25 bid as is for now.

metalliqaz · « **Reply #6 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:38:15 »

neeb's TODO list:
(1) Open bank account
(2) Start retirement fund
(3) Clean keyboards
(4) Profit!

neeb · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:41:35 »

Quote from: metalliqaz on Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:38:15

neeb's TODO list:
(1) Open bank account
(2) Start retirement fund
(3) Clean keyboards
(4) Profit!

I'm not the only one that's mistreated their first nice keyboard, am I?

!

esoomenona · « **Reply #8 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:44:48 »

Quote from: neeb on Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:41:35

I'm not the only one that's mistreated their first nice keyboard, am I? !

Yes. I'm going to go with yes.

neeb · « **Reply #9 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:46:59 »

Quote from: esoomenona on Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:44:48

Quote from: neeb on Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:41:35
I'm not the only one that's mistreated their first nice keyboard, am I? !
Yes. I'm going to go with yes.

You guys are mean :`(!!

esoomenona · « **Reply #10 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:48:34 »

Quote from: neeb on Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:46:59

You guys are mean :`(!!

Awww, :hugs:

I'll bid $30 on that dirty ol' board. I'm close enough I could pick it up. Would probably be less expensive.

neeb · « **Reply #11 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:50:40 »

Quote from: esoomenona on Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:48:34

Quote from: neeb on Mon, 01 October 2012, 17:46:59
You guys are mean :`(!!
Awww, :hugs:

I'll bid $30 on that dirty ol' board. I'm close enough I could pick it up. Would probably be less expensive.

Thanks

And to my credit I have at least been upfront about it not being taken care of properly lol, that counts for something right xD

WhiteFireDragon · « **Reply #12 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 18:19:17 »

Well the considerate thing to do as a seller is to at least clean it before shipping it off. Only takes about 10 minutes. It actually should have been done before taking the pics, because seeing something that grimy is a big turn-off. Can you confirm if it's a MJ1 or MJ2? I think posting the model number up will tell us. And also, is that a yellow filco logo?

Anyways, I'll bid $45

neeb · « **Reply #13 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 18:29:49 »

Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Mon, 01 October 2012, 18:19:17

Well the considerate thing to do as a seller is to at least clean it before shipping it off. Only takes about 10 minutes. It actually should have been done before taking the pics, because seeing something that grimy is a big turn-off. Can you confirm if it's a MJ1 or MJ2? I think posting the model number up will tell us. And also, is that a yellow filco logo?

Anyways, I'll bid $45

To be completely honest I don't know how to properly clean it. Yes I could look into how to do so but I would rather sell it cheaper and let the buyer worry about it. I understand most (if not just about every) keyboard on here is in clean condition, but I don't think it's unheard of to sell an item "as is". You guys are significantly more experienced than me with keyboards and I don't really feel comfortable trying to take it apart to clean it before selling it.

I did remove all of the keycaps, soak them in warm water for a little while, and clean under them as best as I could (prior to taking those pictures) but I didn't feel comfortable doing anything beyond that.

Yes the filco logo is yellow/gold and the label reads:

FILCO DIATEC

Majestouch
N-key rollover

Model/N. FKBN104MC/EB

S/N. 10010127

danielucf · « **Reply #14 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 19:16:51 »

You should probably open a bank account sooner rather than later. Pretty helpful thing to have when it comes to getting paid from work, and buying/selling things. Even if you don't have much in there just get a regular checking account that doesn't require a specific balance. If you are a young student most banks have free accounts that are easy to sign up for with help of a parental unit.

neeb · « **Reply #15 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 19:21:21 »

Quote from: danielucf on Mon, 01 October 2012, 19:16:51

You should probably open a bank account sooner rather than later. Pretty helpful thing to have when it comes to getting paid from work, and buying/selling things. Even if you don't have much in there just get a regular checking account that doesn't require a specific balance. If you are a young student most banks have free accounts that are easy to sign up for with help of a parental unit.

Yeah I need to set up a student checking account or something. I used to have an account but I ended up closing it because I wasn't using it and it had a ~$10 monthly fee on it

alaricljs · « **Reply #16 on:** Mon, 01 October 2012, 21:15:59 »

INGDirect.com

tinlong117 · « **Reply #17 on:** Tue, 02 October 2012, 04:42:53 »

45 USD

IPT · « **Reply #18 on:** Tue, 02 October 2012, 09:30:21 »

$55!

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neeb · « **Reply #19 on:** Tue, 02 October 2012, 13:29:16 »

Thanks for the bids guys

IPT · « **Reply #20 on:** Tue, 02 October 2012, 15:03:48 »

hope you accept personal check in the end

neeb · « **Reply #21 on:** Tue, 02 October 2012, 15:33:00 »

Quote from: projectD on Tue, 02 October 2012, 15:03:48

hope you accept personal check in the end

That's fine as long as it clears lol xD

I also may be able to accept Amazon Payments by the time this auction ends, I'll let you guys know

neeb · « **Reply #22 on:** Tue, 02 October 2012, 21:33:47 »

Quote from: neeb on Tue, 02 October 2012, 15:33:00

Quote from: projectD on Tue, 02 October 2012, 15:03:48
hope you accept personal check in the end

That's fine as long as it clears lol xD

I also may be able to accept Amazon Payments by the time this auction ends, I'll let you guys know

Amazon Payments is all set up and good to go! So I can now accept that as well, which may make things easier for a lot of potential buyers.

poopmat · « **Reply #23 on:** Wed, 03 October 2012, 00:05:55 »

$60.00

neeb · « **Reply #24 on:** Wed, 03 October 2012, 12:22:00 »

Quote from: poopmat on Wed, 03 October 2012, 00:05:55

$60.00

Thanks

foogamagoo · « **Reply #25 on:** Wed, 03 October 2012, 13:24:47 »

I’ll bid $65.

neeb · « **Reply #26 on:** Wed, 03 October 2012, 14:01:40 »

Quote from: foogamagoo on Wed, 03 October 2012, 13:24:47

I’ll bid $65.

Thanks!

neeb · « **Reply #27 on:** Wed, 03 October 2012, 19:00:18 »

3 hours left in this auction as I'm posting this.

Current bid is $65 from foogamagoo

neeb · « **Reply #28 on:** Wed, 03 October 2012, 21:00:11 »

About 1 hour until this auction ends!

neeb · « **Reply #29 on:** Wed, 03 October 2012, 22:00:23 »

Auction is over, thanks to everyone that participated!

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