IBM SSK give-away thread from the guy who found 4 'NIB' SSKs in a barn.

[scubaste]

Current give-away through /r/mechanicalkeyboards

Original GH link I posted about it.

[dustinhxc]

Saw that on reddit pretty crazy!

[scubaste]

Saw that on reddit pretty crazy!

I can't really imagine a find like that. Also, so many awesome giveaways lately(Like yours cough cough)!

[Touch_It]

Thanks for posting.  Some amazing people we have on the most prominent keyboard forms.

[fohat.digs]

I was going to enter this until I saw that you have to register with he-whose-pseudonym-should-not-be-expressed.

Now I will stay away on general principle.

[Evo_Spec]

I saw this too, pretty crazy. hope someone here wins one!

[rowdy]

I was going to enter this until I saw that you have to register with he-whose-pseudonym-should-not-be-expressed.

Now I will stay away on general principle.

+1

Besides I doubt he would ship to Australia.

[Nover]

I was going to enter this until I saw that you have to register with he-whose-pseudonym-should-not-be-expressed.

Now I will stay away on general principle.

+1, that's way beyond of what I'm willing to sacrifice. 

[Evo_Spec]

I was going to enter this until I saw that you have to register with he-whose-pseudonym-should-not-be-expressed.

Now I will stay away on general principle.

+1

Besides I doubt he would ship to Australia.

I'm not following, what? 

I'd imagine he'd ship at the cost of the winner though no?

[swill]

Would he worth it for me to enter so I have a shot at trying one of these without committing mad cash towards it.

[faceyourfaces]

It's nearly been a week since the guy said he would contact a winner and there still hasn't been an update. Interesting.

[scubaste]

It's nearly been a week since the guy said he would contact a winner and there still hasn't been an update. Interesting.

I've also been wondering about this, I haven't seen anything to indicate that he followed through.

[esoomenona]

.

[Evo_Spec]

yeah i figured someone was going to post an update but he hasn't even left a message anywhere else according to his reddit history.

[hwood34]

It's nearly been a week since the guy said he would contact a winner and there still hasn't been an update. Interesting.

Must be bunnylake,  promising to ship you **** and never delivering

[intelli78]

I figured this would happen. Unfortunately, the whole reddit format does not promote accountability.

[Xonar]

Admittedly, I did enter this. That's disappointing that he didn't follow though for the tons of people who entered.

[fohat.digs]

The whole affair smelled of fish.

Occasionally we do see Geekhackers "giving back to the community" but this "barn deal" seemed different.

[Lu_e]

$$$

Probably kept getting told how rare the keycaps were etc. annnnd... daaamnnn money on the mind.

[scubaste]

The only decent reason I guess would be that the guy said he went to some friends place and found those. Well that means the friend probably didn't know what they were worth. Here is 800-1200 bucks friend. Or maybe they weren't really the 'friend's' keyboards to give away in the first place but a parent or relative. What I do know is one of the first things he posted keyboard related was an upside down SSK asking for help identifying it. Then said he had found 4 of them in boxes inside of a barn, and he was selling 1, giving one away, and he and the friend were keeping the other 2. Or something close to that. /r/mechmarket seems to show him selling 1 of them. So I just hope that if someone kept the other 2-3 that it would be whoever really owned them in the first place. That kind of money is not insignificant to most people, and it could have been OP being overzealous and not passing on relevant info before proceeding with his idea. 99.9% of the entries were going to not get a boxed SSK anyway so its kind of like the same outcome? Anyway I'm done speculating haha. I hope a friendship wasn't ruined over it, let the SSKs go to wherever they really belonged. Maybe thats in a barn somewhere all boxed up with a pile of dusty mice sitting on the floor beside it. I'd like to believe they went to enthusiast and the money went to the barn owner.

[parcel98]

I can provide somewhat of an update on this. The guy who made the post is actually one of my closer Dota 2 friends. He said he still hasn't gotten around to shipping it, but he did pick someone in Canada. I think he even mentioned in passing that he would cover the shipping costs. He probably just hasn't gotten around to it because he's been working pretty long hours and has been pretty tired when he gets home. His job requires a lot of physical labor, so I'm sure it's hard to muster up the energy to do anything after working long shifts.

[Evo_Spec]

I can provide somewhat of an update on this. The guy who made the post is actually one of my closer Dota 2 friends. He said he still hasn't gotten around to shipping it, but he did pick someone in Canada. I think he even mentioned in passing that he would cover the shipping costs. He probably just hasn't gotten around to it because he's been working pretty long hours and has been pretty tired when he gets home. His job requires a lot of physical labor, so I'm sure it's hard to muster up the energy to do anything after working long shifts.

Assuming this is real then that's nice that someone that busy still too the time to do a giveaway.
Sad i didn't win XD

[Lpwl]

I can provide somewhat of an update on this. The guy who made the post is actually one of my closer Dota 2 friends. He said he still hasn't gotten around to shipping it, but he did pick someone in Canada. I think he even mentioned in passing that he would cover the shipping costs. He probably just hasn't gotten around to it because he's been working pretty long hours and has been pretty tired when he gets home. His job requires a lot of physical labor, so I'm sure it's hard to muster up the energy to do anything after working long shifts.

Assuming this is real then that's nice that someone that busy still too the time to do a giveaway.
Sad i didn't win XD

You can't win every giveaway ahah

[Evo_Spec]

I can provide somewhat of an update on this. The guy who made the post is actually one of my closer Dota 2 friends. He said he still hasn't gotten around to shipping it, but he did pick someone in Canada. I think he even mentioned in passing that he would cover the shipping costs. He probably just hasn't gotten around to it because he's been working pretty long hours and has been pretty tired when he gets home. His job requires a lot of physical labor, so I'm sure it's hard to muster up the energy to do anything after working long shifts.

Assuming this is real then that's nice that someone that busy still too the time to do a giveaway.
Sad i didn't win XD

You can't win every giveaway ahah

why~~~~~~~ lol

[Evo_Spec]

Looks like he came through.

http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/2stbsv/photos_my_new_ssk_from_uchuy_two_four_ma_nig_and/

[rowdy]

Looks like he came through.

http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/2stbsv/photos_my_new_ssk_from_uchuy_two_four_ma_nig_and/

Also looks like the guy supports fake Clacks

[Evo_Spec]

Looks like he came through.

http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/2stbsv/photos_my_new_ssk_from_uchuy_two_four_ma_nig_and/

Also looks like the guy supports fake Clacks

Yeah, I noticed that -_-