What do you do with unused keyboards?

[jcoffin1981]

I have about 13 keyboards, and I have about 5 of them in regular rotation at work and home and the remainder just gather dust (figuratively, they are covered and protected).  The unused boards all cost between $80- $120 new- boards like Anne Pro II, Poker 3, and KBP Paradise.  The ones I am using consistently are Leopold variations and DROP variations. 

I have considered selling them, but I expect them to yield something like $0.30 to the dollar, then you have to factor in all the listing and transaction fees to sell them.  Then you factor in what additional money and labor you have sunk on them- springs, switches, lube, etc.  Unfortunately these add zippo to the actual value.  I bet the enthusiast-grade $500 boards hold their value better.  What do you guys do with these unused boards.  I almost feel it's better to keep them for the one day a year that they may get used.

[YALE70]

I'm in a similar boat. I have like seven freebie sub-$100 keyboards that I only used for a couple days each. They're neither reputable nor exotic enough to garner much secondhand interest. I did try selling them locally but I have almost no time to meet these days and the listings got so little attention anyways that I just pulled them. I would probably get more traction if I tried selling them on eBay but yeah, I'd get reamed on seller fees and I don't really want to deal with packaging for all of them.

At this point, I'm considering just selling them in a bulk lot and taking what I can get, or cannibalizing them for parts. That or maybe hang onto them - save them for a friend's birthday or something.

[zegonix]

unless they are a pain to work with, i use them to test switches.

[jcoffin1981]

I'm in a similar boat. I have like seven freebie sub-$100 keyboards that I only used for a couple days each. They're neither reputable nor exotic enough to garner much secondhand interest. I did try selling them locally but I have almost no time to meet these days and the listings got so little attention anyways that I just pulled them. I would probably get more traction if I tried selling them on eBay but yeah, I'd get reamed on seller fees and I don't really want to deal with packaging for all of them.

At this point, I'm considering just selling them in a bulk lot and taking what I can get, or cannibalizing them for parts. That or maybe hang onto them - save them for a friend's birthday or something.

Unfortunately, I have no friends that are into the hobby.  Selling on Ebay is an option, but as you said the seller fees are exorbitant.  But you then have to decide if you want to sell a board for $20 that you purchased for $80- $100, .  On the relatively inexpensive item you have to factor in shipping also.  $15 for shipping on a $20 item makes it much less desirable.  Also, fraud is pretty rampant on anything electronic sold.  Certainly not as bad as say with cell phones, but something else to consider.
People have learned to mild the system, and if they claim that something is not working, you have to refund and you lose the shipping both ways.  People will make their claim and the seller will often let them keep the item and refund. 

These things are taking up space and I have to decide what I'm doing with them. 

[jcoffin1981]

unless they are a pain to work with, i use them to test switches.

This is an option.  I have a few with hot swap switches.  I don't mind soldering, but this is a great feature.  The boards I have with this I think are all DROP and these are the ones I want to keep.