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Offline Magna224

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Monterey keyboard
« on: Sun, 25 December 2011, 18:52:07 »
I found a chicony keyboard with montereys very used and  very yellowed. I could clean it up. How much do you guys think its worth?
« Last Edit: Sun, 25 December 2011, 20:18:51 by Magna224 »
If you live in AZ you can try my keyboards. I usually keep plenty of different ALPS and MX and buckling springs.

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Monterey keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 25 December 2011, 20:47:45 »
You are referring to the KB5181, I suppose?

Those are GREAT switches but lame keyboards. The construction is mediocre at best and the layout is odd with a big-ass "Enter" key. That does not bother me very much, but the single-width "Backspace" is a deal-killer for me because, apparently, I usually hit it on the front (wrong) side.

I have owned 3-4 and sold all but one on ebay. The ones I sold were in decent used condition and I think I got $20-30 for them (cleaned up, some amount of work in itself) after having them listed for periods of more than a week.

I have not sold one in a while, but the rational thing to do is go to ebay and view the current listings, and completed listings. Ignore high "Buy-It-Now" prices unless there are completed sales to back them up.

My advice: clean it up as well as you can, test it, list it with a good accurate description at about $35-40 BIN, and drop the price by $5 per week until it sells.
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