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IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« on: Fri, 26 September 2014, 06:21:37 »
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 26 September 2014, 22:13:07 »
"36 people watching"

I think there's probably going to be a few.
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 28 September 2014, 07:37:11 »
Quote from: fanpeople on Fri, 26 September 2014, 06:21:37
Anyone going for this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171470090992?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I'm going to go for this unless someone else really wants it - let me know so we dont start a bidding war.....

-John
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 28 September 2014, 11:41:41 »
We all know it's the last seconds that are the snipers solace.
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 28 September 2014, 23:44:18 »
Quote from: Vanilla on Sun, 28 September 2014, 11:41:41
We all know it's the last seconds that are the snipers solace.

Someone's picked it up for $257.00USD not bad  :thumb: .  Especially when everyone else has gone over $300+ for these babies.
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 29 September 2014, 01:08:15 »
Quote from: jmolino on Sun, 28 September 2014, 07:37:11
Quote from: fanpeople on Fri, 26 September 2014, 06:21:37
Anyone going for this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171470090992?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I'm going to go for this unless someone else really wants it - let me know so we dont start a bidding war.....

-John

Were you successful?
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 29 September 2014, 03:04:33 »
Quote from: Elrick on Sun, 28 September 2014, 23:44:18
Quote from: Vanilla on Sun, 28 September 2014, 11:41:41
We all know it's the last seconds that are the snipers solace.

Someone's picked it up for $257.00USD not bad  :thumb: .  Especially when everyone else has gone over $300+ for these babies.

Augh my views of SSK pricing has been spoiled by the prices I've got mine for...
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 29 September 2014, 07:04:02 »
Prices must be up.

I thought that was half again what they have been bringing lately.
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 29 September 2014, 11:34:22 »
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 29 September 2014, 01:08:15
Quote from: jmolino on Sun, 28 September 2014, 07:37:11
Quote from: fanpeople on Fri, 26 September 2014, 06:21:37
Anyone going for this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171470090992?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I'm going to go for this unless someone else really wants it - let me know so we dont start a bidding war.....

-John

Were you successful?

I'm so MAD.. I used some sniping service... I think AuctionSniper .com but my max bid was $253 and I got a report back that when the price went to $250 (in the last few seconds) that $255 was the minimum next bid (so my $253 was not good... I should have used $260)... but that isn't to say that the winning guy didn't go up to $300 or more so I may have lost anyways... but still a bummer.

Oh well - my Type-S is coming in ANY MINUTE now!  So I'm super excited to compare against my modded HHKB Pro 2 (non Type-S)....

I'll post results at this thread:  http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=63255

-John
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 30 September 2014, 05:35:11 »
Quote from: jmolino on Mon, 29 September 2014, 11:34:22
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 29 September 2014, 01:08:15
Quote from: jmolino on Sun, 28 September 2014, 07:37:11
Quote from: fanpeople on Fri, 26 September 2014, 06:21:37
Anyone going for this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171470090992?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I'm going to go for this unless someone else really wants it - let me know so we dont start a bidding war.....

-John

Were you successful?

I'm so MAD.. I used some sniping service... I think AuctionSniper .com but my max bid was $253 and I got a report back that when the price went to $250 (in the last few seconds) that $255 was the minimum next bid (so my $253 was not good... I should have used $260)... but that isn't to say that the winning guy didn't go up to $300 or more so I may have lost anyways... but still a bummer.

Oh well - my Type-S is coming in ANY MINUTE now!  So I'm super excited to compare against my modded HHKB Pro 2 (non Type-S)....

I'll post results at this thread:  http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=63255

-John


I've learned not to second-guess myself when I don't win something (not that it happens often, but anyway).  If I had put $260, someone else might have gone $261.  But if I went $280 someone else might have gone $281.  Then it quickly gets way too expensive and I feel better for saving my money to try again one day.
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 30 September 2014, 06:45:16 »
Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 30 September 2014, 05:35:11

If I had put $260, someone else might have gone $261.


I think that he is saying that the increments go to $5 at higher price levels.

I did not know that, but would be interested to know where the break points are.
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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."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 30 September 2014, 15:00:56 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 30 September 2014, 06:45:16
Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 30 September 2014, 05:35:11

If I had put $260, someone else might have gone $261.


I think that he is saying that the increments go to $5 at higher price levels.

I did not know that, but would be interested to know where the break points are.


They do?  I've never id on anything that expensive :eek:

My same out-guessing principal applies though :p
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NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #13 on: Fri, 03 October 2014, 03:23:25 »
I like that enter key where the right ctrl should be!
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 05 October 2014, 19:53:16 »
Quote from: Sniping on Fri, 03 October 2014, 03:23:25
I like that enter key where the right ctrl should be!

yeah you can tell it's a terminal model. Some very uncommon keycaps on it too. They could have come from a non-ssk though.
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Re: IBM Model M SpaceSaver Keyboard 1391472 - 'Clicky' mechanical keys SSK (1991)
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