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Offline didjamatic

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Northgate... mmmmkay
« on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 18:32:14 »
Northgate, yes it is rare and very cool but holy smokes that's a steep price.

I would buy a lot more from Ncbound10 if his shipping prices weren't so constantly high. And FYI, his cleaning jobs are deteriorating big time. The last board I bought from him was pretty dirty and definitely hadn't been cleaned well.
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Offline ricercar

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« Reply #1 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 18:43:13 »
There's a seller on eBay who prices Northgates at $400+. They regularly sell closer to $100+. I've never seen a $400 auction succeed.
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Offline TexasFlood

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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 18:46:24 »
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Northgate, yes it is rare and very cool but holy smokes that's a steep price.

I would buy a lot more from Ncbound10 if his shipping prices weren't so constantly high.  And FYI, his cleaning jobs are deteriorating big time.  The last board I bought from him was pretty dirty and definitely hadn't been cleaned well.


Holy crap! I'm going to list my Northgate if that sells! :jaw:
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Offline mr_a500

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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 18:51:15 »
Holy crap! He's really starting to jack up his prices.

You're right about his cleaning jobs deteriorating. A couple years ago I got a Model M off him and it was spotlessly clean. The last two keyboards I got from him were absolutely filthy.

He also has a disturbing habit of touching up keyboards with paint that rubs off easily. My Model F looked spotless in the pictures, but when I got it and wiped it down with a damp paper towel, the paint all rubbed off - showing all the chips and defects. I think it was the same kind of flat paint used for painting drywall.
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Offline mr_a500

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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 18:56:39 »
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Holy crap! I'm going to list my Northgate if that sells! :jaw:


Holy crap! What are the odds of two people writing "Holy crap!" simultaneously? :D

(...but your crap got posted faster than my crap because I had more crap to type.)
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Offline didjamatic

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« Reply #5 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 19:36:26 »
I think he's still a great source for keyboards, just not as clean as they used to be.  I also got a Model M from him a couple years ago that was as clean as they come, refurbed the way rarekeyboardstore and some others do, but the last couple from him weren't so clean.  It won't stop me from bidding though.
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Offline TexasFlood

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« Reply #6 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 19:50:48 »
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Holy crap! What are the odds of two people writing "Holy crap!" simultaneously? :D

(...but your crap got posted faster than my crap because I had more crap to type.)


I did notice this craptastic event.
"Holy crap, Batman!", which Robin never actually said, to my knowledge, although he did say "Holy atomic pile, Batman!", :eek:
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Offline didjamatic

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« Reply #7 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 20:26:32 »
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The $595 price is going a good enough job to stop me from bidding.


LOL, I meant on other auctions.  Definitely not this one.
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Offline bitflipper

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« Reply #8 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 20:58:06 »
Either he heard someone say "the recession is over"....

or he's now lurking here and figures "I bet webwit doesn't have one of these, let' s see if he bites on $595".....

or he saw the last M15 sold for $539.....

or he's just one of those greedy ebay sellers who over estimates what he has.

Pick one.
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Offline EverythingIBM

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« Reply #9 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 22:44:59 »
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Either he heard someone say "the recession is over"....

or he's now lurking here and figures "I bet webwit doesn't have one of these, let' s see if he bites on $595".....

or he saw the last M15 sold for $539.....

or he's just one of those greedy ebay sellers who over estimates what he has.

Pick one.


Mmm, I choose:
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"I bet webwit doesn't have one of these, let' s see if he bites on $595
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Offline ricercar

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« Reply #10 on: Thu, 13 May 2010, 01:11:28 »
My view has no bids, no private listing, no indication anyone bid at all.

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