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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #52 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:35:04 »
I wouldn't touch this at all.  It just seems way too good to be true.  They're most likely fakes.  It doesn't help that the seller has like no previous records.

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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #53 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:45:56 »
If it's too good to be true, then it usually is.
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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #54 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 11:17:43 »
pls refer to this

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44895.0
This is what is going to happen sadly... feel bad for anybody who bought one of those, and the people who bought or will buy one of these to good to be true hhkbs. :confused:

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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #55 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 12:08:49 »
Trust me to forget about that thread. I might as well contact Ebay then.
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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #56 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 13:38:44 »
Trust me to forget about that thread. I might as well contact Ebay then.
They told me to wait 7 days then i can get a refund. I also told them about the other listings.

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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #57 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 13:49:31 »
Trust me to forget about that thread. I might as well contact Ebay then.
They told me to wait 7 days then i can get a refund. I also told them about the other listings.

Just as I am doing right now. We'll see what comes of it.
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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #58 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 18:05:41 »
So what is a "fake" HHKB?  A plastic model?  Or a HHKB box with a book in it instead of a keyboard?
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #59 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 18:08:26 »
So what is a "fake" HHKB?  A plastic model?  Or a HHKB box with a book in it instead of a keyboard?

stupidity wrapped up in ignorance.

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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #60 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 18:36:23 »
I bet they're fake and rubber dome...

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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #61 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 19:28:50 »
So what is a "fake" HHKB?  A plastic model?  Or a HHKB box with a book in it instead of a keyboard?

stupidity wrapped up in ignorance.

Cushioned by the bubble wrap of hope, with all the bubbles squashed?
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #62 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 19:54:35 »
So what is a "fake" HHKB?  A plastic model?  Or a HHKB box with a book in it instead of a keyboard?

The HHKB Lite comes to mind.

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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #63 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 20:05:39 »
So what is a "fake" HHKB?  A plastic model?  Or a HHKB box with a book in it instead of a keyboard?

The HHKB Lite comes to mind.

Except these are advertised as Pro 2, and the picture is a Pro 2.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #64 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 20:24:27 »
Lol, the winner gave them a negative that says "scam".

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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #65 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 20:34:01 »
Already? There is no chance that the winner could have received it yet. What makes the winner mark it as scam at this early stage?
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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #66 on: Sat, 04 January 2014, 06:51:16 »
Looks like a couple more just went for higher prices.
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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #67 on: Sat, 04 January 2014, 07:45:36 »
Looks like a couple more just went for higher prices.
Ebay know about the other listings that look bad. Hopefully other people wont get ripped off.
« Last Edit: Sat, 04 January 2014, 07:54:51 by PixelScript »

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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #68 on: Sat, 04 January 2014, 08:56:30 »
Already? There is no chance that the winner could have received it yet. What makes the winner mark it as scam at this early stage?

they probably found out that they weren't going to get the keyboard. its an obvious scam there's no way someone would sell these keyboards that cheap.

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Re: Just got a really good deal on a HHKB. Is this too good to be true?
« Reply #69 on: Sat, 04 January 2014, 16:23:52 »
Already? There is no chance that the winner could have received it yet. What makes the winner mark it as scam at this early stage?

they probably found out that they weren't going to get the keyboard. its an obvious scam there's no way someone would sell these keyboards that cheap.

Really it should be fairly obvious that this is suspicious from the fact that hardly anyone else is bidding.  If these were legit, the price would escalate fairly quickly.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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