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IBM Model M could have been < $50 shipped on ebay
« on: Tue, 12 November 2013, 07:49:32 »
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Re: IBM Model M < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 12 November 2013, 07:53:28 »
Dammit... I'm broke, and there's a Model M for sale for $39.75.

Someone will snatch this quickly. Whoever does is getting a good deal...
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Re: IBM Model M < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 12 November 2013, 08:08:15 »
It's hard to say, you can't tell much from the pic.

Description mentions left alt 'top' is missing.

Almost looks like F9 is also.
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Re: IBM Model M < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 12 November 2013, 09:14:22 »
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 12 November 2013, 08:08:15
It's hard to say, you can't tell much from the pic.

Description mentions left alt 'top' is missing.

Almost looks like F9 is also.

yeah, looks like two piece keycaps and the top of L_ALT is gone.
Hard to say on F9, but it looks the same size as the rest of the keys, so I think the flash bounced off it more directly.

The seller is clearly an Ace at taking the worst photos imaginable. I don't think I could have made a picture that poorly if I tried.
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Re: IBM Model M < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 12 November 2013, 09:15:59 »
The photo almost looks like a photo of a scan, scanned again haha.
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Re: IBM Model M < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 12 November 2013, 09:18:03 »
Yeah that F9 is definitely missing, you can see the tabs on the side of the stem that hold the cap in place.

Fortunately caps/stems are cheap to get from Unicomp, so replacing them shouldn't be much of a problem.
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Re: IBM Model M < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 13 November 2013, 20:47:37 »
I just sold my 1987 1391401 for $55 shipped last night.  In my opinion, the buyer got a steal.
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Re: IBM Model M < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 06:29:16 »
You shouldn't have put it on auction if the going prices are bad. Sell off the post 1993 Model Ms first; these don't have so much rarity or quality considerations. I suspect the average buyer will bid more for a newer Model M than an older one, even if the quality actually got watered down along the way.

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I just sold my 1987 1391401 for $55 shipped last night.  In my opinion, the buyer got a steal.
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Re: IBM Model M < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 06:44:58 »
Quote from: prdlm2009 on Wed, 13 November 2013, 20:47:37
I just sold my 1987 1391401 for $55 shipped last night.  In my opinion, the buyer got a steal.

People are erratic and unpredictable. There is one with the same description at $77 shipped right now, with 2 days left!
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That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
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Re: IBM Model M < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 06:53:56 »
Quote from: berserkfan on Thu, 14 November 2013, 06:29:16
You shouldn't have put it on auction if the going prices are bad. Sell off the post 1993 Model Ms first; these don't have so much rarity or quality considerations. I suspect the average buyer will bid more for a newer Model M than an older one, even if the quality actually got watered down along the way.

Quote from: prdlm2009 on Wed, 13 November 2013, 20:47:37
I just sold my 1987 1391401 for $55 shipped last night.  In my opinion, the buyer got a steal.

Eh.   I just wanted the quick cash more than anything.  I hate to have unused goods laying around my place.  Getting rid of stuff means more to me than an extra $20 or $30 down the road.
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Re: IBM Model M < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 07:47:16 »
I don't understand why you put the prices of auctions in the titles of these threads. If I was quick enough, I could have posted "$.99 M15" the other day, is it useful for anyone? not really. I could understand fixed pricing ebay listing, but auctions... idk meng.
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Re: IBM Model M < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #11 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 07:53:51 »
Quote from: kmiller8 on Thu, 14 November 2013, 07:47:16
I don't understand why you put the prices of auctions in the titles of these threads. If I was quick enough, I could have posted "$.99 M15" the other day, is it useful for anyone? not really. I could understand fixed pricing ebay listing, but auctions... idk meng.

I totally agree, and I do not often post auctions.

This was a $30 Buy-It-Now until some ******* put in a lowball bid and threw it into auction status.

Blame them, not me. Somebody could have had this keyboard for $47 and it would have been delivered today or tomorrow.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: IBM Model M < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 07:58:12 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 14 November 2013, 07:53:51
I totally agree, and I do not often post auctions.

This was a $30 Buy-It-Now until some ******* put in a lowball bid and threw it into auction status.

Blame them, not me. Somebody could have had this keyboard for $47 and it would have been delivered today or tomorrow.

I guess I'm thinking of some other topic starters 'round these parts. I've just been seeing it more and more lately I guess.

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Re: IBM Model M could have been < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 08:04:45 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 14 November 2013, 07:53:51
Quote from: kmiller8 on Thu, 14 November 2013, 07:47:16
I don't understand why you put the prices of auctions in the titles of these threads. If I was quick enough, I could have posted "$.99 M15" the other day, is it useful for anyone? not really. I could understand fixed pricing ebay listing, but auctions... idk meng.

I totally agree, and I do not often post auctions.

This was a $30 Buy-It-Now until some ******* put in a lowball bid and threw it into auction status.

Blame them, not me. Somebody could have had this keyboard for $47 and it would have been delivered today or tomorrow.


****s.
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Re: IBM Model M could have been < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #14 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 08:58:07 »
It is always a guessing game. If you think that the BIN is too high, then perhaps you stand a chance of getting it for less.

But when you see a reasonable (or, in this case, better than reasonable) price, you should pounce on it.

Whoever made the lowball bid will probably not pony up the winning bid, otherwise I would say that they had just cost themselves extra money.

All they did was give the seller more money, but make him wait a week for it.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: IBM Model M could have been < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #15 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 09:09:42 »
Actually I don't see the point of lowball bids. If I really liked the item, I would add it to my watchlist and wait. Otherwise I would BIN.

As a guy who is always late to BINs, I hate BINs because they allow other people to grab stuff at overly low prices. I would rather let the market decide because then I have a chance. That $400 I didn't spend on a Kmac or Poker or Ergodox, I can now spend defeating other buyers who have already put down $300 on an aluminium casing! And yes, Fohat, I'm quite happy that the market has decided the prices of Model Fs where they are now. I don't have money to buy everything at one shot, so I have to wait and bid...

Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 14 November 2013, 08:58:07
It is always a guessing game. If you think that the BIN is too high, then perhaps you stand a chance of getting it for less.

But when you see a reasonable (or, in this case, better than reasonable) price, you should pounce on it.

Whoever made the lowball bid will probably not pony up the winning bid, otherwise I would say that they had just cost themselves extra money.

All they did was give the seller more money, but make him wait a week for it.
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Re: IBM Model M could have been < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #16 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 12:02:45 »
Quote from: berserkfan on Thu, 14 November 2013, 09:09:42
I hate BINs because they allow other people to grab stuff at overly low prices.

I hate non-BINs because there are guessing games and bidding wars.

If you won't or can't pay the BIN, then put in a snipe at whatever you want to pay. If there are no other bids, your snipe will win at the starting price in the last minute.

If somebody else is willing to pay more than you, they will get it. But at least the waters do not get muddied until they have to.

Ebay frustrates people because everyone plays by different rules. Sellers and buyers are both stupid and irrational sometimes.

It took selling several hundred items before I really started to understand the psychology of it all. And selling first made me a better buyer.

But the seller has the power to set up his sale however he wants, and it can be less than optimal for himself and his buyers as well.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: IBM Model M could have been < $50 shipped on ebay
« Reply #17 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 19:03:32 »
There was a $50 BIN M up for about a day. It was $35 + $15 shipping. I notice it's gone now, though.

I thought this was referring to that ebay listing, but I guess not.
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