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Offline berserkfan

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Butt keyboard for an amazing price
« on: Thu, 25 December 2014, 10:51:13 »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Truly-Ergonomic-Mechanical-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-Brown-TEK-N-209-US-Wired-USB-/141512035321?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item20f2c64bf9

Notorious manufacturer, fugly design, non stock keycaps, used, seller has zero feedback.

$111.50 and counting.

I wish I could sell all the inferior keyboards I have this way.

BTW, not trying to sell my stuff, but I really think a split matrix layout on two smaller keyboards is far superior to this TEK layout.
Most of the modding can be done on your own once you break through the psychological barriers.

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Re: Butt keyboard for an amazing price
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 25 December 2014, 11:11:17 »
Notorious manufacturer, fugly design, non stock keycaps, used, seller has zero feedback.

$111.50 and counting.
Considering these sell for $250 new and many people like them, seems like a fair price for a lightly used one with the original box &c.

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I wish I could sell all the inferior keyboards I have this way.
If you have keyboards that you bought new within the last 2–3 years for >$200, still in good working order, I’m sure you could resell them for a substantial portion of their sale price.

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Re: Butt keyboard for an amazing price
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 25 December 2014, 17:26:47 »

Here are some excellent reasons why this is a ‘good’ deal:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=66999.msg1572322#msg1572322
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=25055.0
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=66222.msg1549891#msg1549891
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=66222.0
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=65778.0

Still hoping I can talk more people into trying out GH36 as a split matrix keyboard instead of craptastic stuff like TECK where the customer service doesn't exist until you file paypal complaint. It’ll have most of the standard layout or keycap commonality sorely lacking on the TECK, with the advantages of greater reliability, better customer service (known as Geekhack Help Thread or PM Samwisekoi) and programmability.


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I wish I could sell all the inferior keyboards I have this way.
If you have keyboards that you bought new within the last 2–3 years for >$200, still in good working order, I’m sure you could resell them for a substantial portion of their sale price.

Inferior keyboards and new >$200 not quite compatible... actually my only inferior keyboards remaining are those I bought cheap and modded for fun. The rest I won't consider inferior, just too odd to be marketable. EG if I could cover most of my costs on Tipro I would be happy to sell my new, unused one (since I modded my other one and didn't kill it in the process) but I just don't see how I can get 3/5 of my costs covered. (Costs from USA were about $100, but who's gonna pay $60 for a Tipro when shipping will add another $40?)
Most of the modding can be done on your own once you break through the psychological barriers.