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Offline RoastPotatoes

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How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« on: Sun, 10 May 2015, 17:01:51 »
Do you ever feel sad when you are selling or trading a keyboard? Or do you feel remorse? Or do you see it as an opportunity for another keyboard and look to the future?


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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 10 May 2015, 17:10:03 »
Personally, nope, I have never felt any feelings or regret whenever I sell anything that deals with keyboards, even though I think I would.

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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 10 May 2015, 17:16:59 »
I usually feel pretty good.

When I sell a keyboard it is to make (back) some money and clear out the clutter. If I sell it at break-even, at least I have opened up some (literal and financial) space. A profit is good and a loss is bad, but, either way, I am moving on.

There have only been a couple of occasions when I regretted selling one right away (and once I made a profit and replaced it quickly for cheap) but several occasions when the price went up significantly after a year or 2 and I wished that I had waited.
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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 10 May 2015, 18:11:39 »
Great but then I start looking for things to buy :(

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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 10 May 2015, 18:29:17 »
Usually regret because I almost always lose money.

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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 10 May 2015, 18:32:53 »
I've only felt regret with 1 board. All the others, I've felt fairly good about selling since I no longer needed them.
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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 10 May 2015, 18:45:46 »
Never regret selling one until last week

Someone wanna buy my first keyboard which I modded to my favorite switch and have aluminium case (filco), I packaged it and ready to ship it but than I was too afraid I'm gonna regret it

Luckily the seller not even 100% sure to buy due to the price,  so both of us backed out lol
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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 10 May 2015, 20:23:28 »
How would you feel if you adopted a child, and then returned him to the orphanage.

Yea..  That's how your keyboard feels...


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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 10 May 2015, 21:46:56 »
How would you feel if you adopted a child, and then returned him to the orphanage.

Yea..  That's how your keyboard and ramen feels...


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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 10 May 2015, 21:57:00 »
I felt a little sad when I sold my very first mech board (Filco Yellow Edition) but it's in a better home now where it will see renewed usage and love.

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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #10 on: Mon, 11 May 2015, 00:47:44 »
doesn't have much feeling...except the time I sold my mx5000

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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #11 on: Mon, 11 May 2015, 01:16:23 »
Huh. I haven't actually sold a board yet.
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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #12 on: Mon, 11 May 2015, 02:29:53 »
I've sold all my boards for profit back before I even used reddit but I regret selling the Filco TKL that I got for $40 although I sold it for like $90+ I still would rather have kept it.
Oh well, I got a GON TKL now lol
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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #13 on: Mon, 11 May 2015, 08:19:25 »
Relief.  When it's out the door, I never regret it.  They are just objects. They mEan little in the grand scheme of things.
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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #14 on: Mon, 11 May 2015, 08:22:16 »
I've been thinking about selling my ErgoDox and was wondering if I would miss it. It was my first mechanical keyboard and the first one I built. Without it, who am I?

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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #15 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 06:42:35 »
Ive never sold a keyboard, one I traded away and two Ive given away. But I had its replacement when I did it so no love lost
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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 06:53:48 »
I've been thinking about selling my ErgoDox and was wondering if I would miss it. It was my first mechanical keyboard and the first one I built. Without it, who am I?

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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #17 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 08:31:51 »
I've been thinking about selling my ErgoDox and was wondering if I would miss it. It was my first mechanical keyboard and the first one I built. Without it, who am I?

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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 10:54:03 »
I've been thinking about selling my ErgoDox and was wondering if I would miss it. It was my first mechanical keyboard and the first one I built. Without it, who am I?

A bag of bones and water.
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Re: How do you feel when you sell a keyboard?
« Reply #19 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:25:26 »
I sold my KBP v60 on r/mechmarket a couple months ago.

Kind of wish I sold the Poker 2 instead, the v60 had spunk. And terrible keycaps..but I miss the dual red/green LED (and it doesn't seem to be available anymore either). Once I get my Granite set and an aluminum case...yeah. It'll hit me then  :(