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Gone a Taobao-ing
« on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 00:11:17 »
Sometimes I like to dig through the depths of Taobao and see what I can find.  When it's something that I don't want but think someone might want or if it's something I want, but it's out of my price range, sometimes I like to share it.  So here's some of the treasures from recent searches.  Keep in mind, some of this may be sold already and some may need some work, but there are some awesome things that can be found.

IBM SSK:  SSK1 ¥448.00, SSK 2 ¥398.00, SSK 3 ¥330.00, SSK 4 ¥398.00, SSK 5 ¥378.00, SSK 6 ¥438.00, SSK 7 ¥359.00,
SSK 8 ¥299.00, SSK 9 ¥588.00

IBM Industrial Model M: M 1 ¥999.00, M 2 ¥1099.00, M 3 ¥498.00, M 4 ¥528.00

IBM PC AT: PC AT 1 ¥588.00, PC AT 2 ¥588.00, PC AT 3 ¥588.00, PC AT 4 ¥288.00, PC AT 5 ¥588.00

Industrial Model M M13: M13 1 ¥788.00

Black Model M13: M13 1 ¥ 398.00, M13 2 ¥198.00

NCR CHERRY G80-0577

NCR CHERRY CTD7YSNCRKB11

Cherry G80-9009HAU, Cherry G80-9009HAU

Cherry G80-0832H

CHERRY G80-1838, another, yet another, and the last one

Dolch CHERRY G80-1838 and another

CHERRY G80-3309HFU

CHERRY MX1950 G80-1950PBAXB

Some interesting beige and creamn doubleshots and dyesubs

Other interesting dyesubs and doubleshots
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Offline dragonxx21

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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 00:41:21 »
Those prices seem a little tooooo good. Italics for emphasis.
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 00:41:59 »
hmmm. Interesting finds...

Can somebody actually buy from there and do a group buy type of thing? Is this remotely possible?

Why dont our Chinese members (out there, or the ones that visit China once in a while) buy some of these and save us the hassle of the taobao transaction?

Anybody planning to do that?
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 00:43:42 »
Yeah the prices are good, when they have stock. In my experience with buying rare keyboards on taobao tells me like 90% of those model M's are gone.
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Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Tue, 20 January 2015, 19:52:41
It's a good width!  If it's half-width it's too narrow, and full-width is too wide. 

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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 00:55:12 »
qtan does offer forwarding and buying services :thumb:
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 03:49:18 »
Ssk 1 and ssk 9 are in stock. Both of the listing have one ssk. 3 and 8 have no stock. For the others, I've no idea.

Also, most of the cherry should be in stock.
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 03:53:06 »
Quote from: tinlong117 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 03:49:18
Ssk 1 and ssk 9 are in stock. Both of the listing have one ssk. For the others, I've no idea.


Also, most of the cherry should be in stock.

Yeah Cherry stuff tends to be far easier to get in general.
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Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Tue, 20 January 2015, 19:52:41
It's a good width!  If it's half-width it's too narrow, and full-width is too wide. 

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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 04:14:44 »
If I remember I picked up the last of SSK 5 a while ago.
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:46:10 »
Knowing the amount of fakes coming out of China, I'm a little skeptical about these but maybe someone can shed some info regarding these.
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:49:45 »
Quote from: digi on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:46:10
Knowing the amount of fakes coming out of China, I'm a little skeptical about these but maybe someone can shed some info regarding these.

fake what... Show me one fake IBM keyboard, show me one fake Topre keyboard. China has faked MX switches, that's it...

Most vintage keyboards coming out of china are junk, not fake...
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:53:27 »
Quote from: kmiller8 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:49:45

fake what... Show me one fake IBM keyboard, show me one fake Topre keyboard. China has faked MX switches, that's it...

Most vintage keyboards coming out of china are junk, not fake...

Here's one, I can probably find more if you'd like - http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-Part-1394100-/111145302317?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e0c6b92d
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« Reply #11 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:57:09 »
Quote from: digi on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:53:27
Here's one, I can probably find more if you'd like - http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-Part-1394100-/111145302317?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e0c6b92d

That is a trash board with a new sticker printed on it wrapped in plastic. That is a real IBM keyboard, it is not new, it was not manufactured on that date, it was found in an e-recycler type program.

It is junk, yes, it is not fake.
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #12 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:58:27 »
Quote from: digi on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:53:27
Quote from: kmiller8 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:49:45

fake what... Show me one fake IBM keyboard, show me one fake Topre keyboard. China has faked MX switches, that's it...

Most vintage keyboards coming out of china are junk, not fake...

Here's one, I can probably find more if you'd like - http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-Part-1394100-/111145302317?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e0c6b92d

The label is dubious but doesn't necessarily mean it's a fake. That board is from the US as well.
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Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Tue, 20 January 2015, 19:52:41
It's a good width!  If it's half-width it's too narrow, and full-width is too wide. 

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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #13 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 11:01:16 »
Ah I might stand corrected then, my apologies, thought it was fake. So no fake vintage keyboards from China then? Could have sworn I read something about some fake SSK's going around.
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #14 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 11:01:21 »
Quote from: digi on Fri, 03 January 2014, 10:53:27

Here's one, I can probably find more if you'd like - http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-Part-1394100-/111145302317?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e0c6b92d

That's a faked sticker, not a faked keyboard.  AFAIK, there aren't any keyboards that look like an SSK, M13, F AT, or Industrial IBM.  As such, you can't just slap a fake sticker on a.similar looking keyboard and hope someone buys it.
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #15 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 11:19:35 »
I'll post some stuff here too when I get the chance. I've been going through taobao a lot lately.

Also, 'some interesting beige and creamn doubleshots and dyesubs' is a desko set. The ones with subtext = cherry/bsp dyesubs, the ones without subtext = cherry/gmk doubleshots.

Bunch of original Cherry dyesubs/doubleshots, etc. including a very rare set or two
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #16 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 13:30:44 »
$100ish for the NCR G80-0528 is kind of tempting... 832 is gorgeous too, but that price damn.
Dolch is 1813 too by the way... 1838 is the model of the Compaq.
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« Reply #17 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 16:13:52 »
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #18 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 16:39:54 »
How I wish I had an 84 key board for a set of dyesubs :S
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Re: Gone a Taobao-ing
« Reply #19 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 16:49:28 »
Most thing that annoys me with taobao... when things are not available anymore the listing remains anyway.
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