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Offline Techno Trousers

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IBM Early model M
« on: Sat, 14 June 2014, 13:24:48 »
Here's a 1390131 with the old school bar code label, manufactured April 86. Appears to be in good shape. I haven't seen a bar coded model for sale in a while. Starting bid is $100.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=261505736622
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Re: IBM Early model M
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 14 June 2014, 13:54:59 »
Looks nice, but I don't think it's worth that premium price. $100 shipped is pushing it, really, and $200? No way.
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Re: IBM Early model M
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 14 June 2014, 14:02:14 »
Quote from: jdcarpe on Sat, 14 June 2014, 13:54:59
Looks nice, but I don't think it's worth that premium price. $100 shipped is pushing it, really, and $200? No way.

Has 6 watchers, though. Maybe they're waiting for the price to go down.
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Re: IBM Early model M
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 14 June 2014, 14:23:46 »
I don't think $100 shipped is pushing it that hard.  Maybe a little, but I think he'll get it.
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Re: IBM Early model M
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 14 June 2014, 14:55:17 »
Drool.

I love the 1390131, it is my favorite, and I have always wanted an old-school label. I thought that they were only seen on 1390120s.

If blue-label 1990s Ms are selling for $60-80, this one should be worth well over $100.

If I was more flush right now, I would gladly go $120-130 shipped, but alas.

Rarely do I get excited over Model Ms anymore, but this one is really special.
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Re: IBM Early model M
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 14 June 2014, 15:08:29 »
Quote from: jdcarpe on Sat, 14 June 2014, 13:54:59
Looks nice, but I don't think it's worth that premium price. $100 shipped is pushing it, really, and $200? No way.
But dude, free shipping
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Re: IBM Early model M
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 14 June 2014, 21:42:44 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Sat, 14 June 2014, 14:55:17
Drool.

I love the 1390131, it is my favorite, and I have always wanted an old-school label. I thought that they were only seen on 1390120s.

If blue-label 1990s Ms are selling for $60-80, this one should be worth well over $100.

If I was more flush right now, I would gladly go $120-130 shipped, but alas.

Rarely do I get excited over Model Ms anymore, but this one is really special.
Different plants changed over at different dates, but it seems that the new labels started appearing in or around june or july of that year.

You can check this by looking at the serial numbers in clickykeyboards' archive, since they changed the SNs to a longer format when they updated the label.
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Re: IBM Early model M
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 14 June 2014, 22:21:57 »
Holy moly, somebody used buy it now for $200? I didn't see that coming!
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Re: IBM Early model M
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 15 June 2014, 09:05:49 »
Quote from: Techno Trousers on Sat, 14 June 2014, 22:21:57
Holy moly, somebody used buy it now for $200? I didn't see that coming!

I am not particularly surprised.

Friday, somebody bought a 1995 used 82G for $92 shipped. That surprises me more than this.

It is only fair that there should be a large jump in price for truly rare and special top-shelf items.

This one selling for 2.5x the going rate for an ordinary specimen seems appropriate to me.
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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.
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Re: IBM Early model M
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 15 June 2014, 09:29:05 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Sun, 15 June 2014, 09:05:49
Quote from: Techno Trousers on Sat, 14 June 2014, 22:21:57
Holy moly, somebody used buy it now for $200? I didn't see that coming!

I am not particularly surprised.

Friday, somebody bought a 1995 used 82G for $92 shipped. That surprises me more than this.

It is only fair that there should be a large jump in price for truly rare and special top-shelf items.

This one selling for 2.5x the going rate for an ordinary specimen seems appropriate to me.

I would have bought it but the seller did not want to ship to Austria. I was thinking about finding a proxy. Congrats to whoever got this. Was it someone from GH?
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