and yet another M15 on eBay... sold fast

[Meg]

Another M15 on eBay... sold in one day for $850. Perhaps was a Buy It Now item, although it shows one bidder making three bids:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130439679415&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

[didjamatic]

It wasn't buy it now because the winner put in 3 bids, must have increased it to avoid being outbid.

[Laggy-gaga]

This price makes no sense

[didjamatic]

The $850 one or the $1625 one?

[WhiteRice]

At these prices I would rather have a uTron shipped from Japan.

[DesktopJinx]

Looks like the same guy bought both, and rebid on both to prevent sniping.

Smells like a long-term investor / dumb collector. I mean, one, sure, but two? I don't know; maybe somebody spilled acid on their precious and had to buy two right away to make sure they'd never be without one again, but... damn.

And on the $850 one, a hairline crack on the adjustment knob... the thing weighs a pound. Thrown hard it could crack a guy's skull. I don't see how it'd get a hairline crack.

[netwebber]

Looks like the same guy bought both, and rebid on both to prevent sniping.

Smells like a long-term investor / dumb collector. I mean, one, sure, but two? I don't know; maybe somebody spilled acid on their precious and had to buy two right away to make sure they'd never be without one again, but... damn.

And on the $850 one, a hairline crack on the adjustment knob... the thing weighs a pound. Thrown hard it could crack a guy's skull. I don't see how it'd get a hairline crack.

The plastic is susceptible to hairline cracks apparently. The one that sold at the beginning of August had one near the ESC key, mine has one on the right side, and it doesn't surprise me that the plastic around the metal knob as one. The seller is right, though, the hairline cracks don't change the function or feel of the keyboard. They're literally the length and thickness of a small hair.

[DesktopJinx]

I can understand a crack in the hard plastic of the body, but the plastic of the knob itself? It's a different kind of plastic, seems more pliable and dense, and it's the embedded metal disk that takes all the clamping stress when it's screwed down. I dunno, maybe it was dropped on its knob onto concrete. Anyway, it's one I wouldn't have purchased unless there was no other choice -- even though it has the coveted blue IBM logo.

Really weird pair of buys, these two.

[Meg]

OK, so it must have been a one-day listing.