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OG SkiData on ebay
« on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 05:59:42 »

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:13:42 »
bought - thanks for posting the link

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:14:32 »
Bought before you posted this, people, grab them while you can, these are great boards with great keycaps.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:18:19 »
Bought before you posted this, people, grab them while you can, these are great boards with great keycaps.

Worth it for the caps alone

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:19:24 »
Bought before you posted this, people, grab them while you can, these are great boards with great keycaps.

Worth it for the caps alone

Yeah. I agree. If someone ends up getting an ISO Nordic version for some reason, you have to let me know, haha. ;)

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:21:16 »
wow nice find

sweet pickups guys

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:22:02 »
I also find it intriguing that they are fitted with Clears. A welcome change from boring Blacks these old boards come with.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:23:00 »
wow nice find

sweet pickups guys

expected shipping date: between 18 march and 5 may lol

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:23:25 »
I also find it intriguing that they are fitted with Clears. A welcome change from boring Blacks these old boards come with.

vintage clears are supposed to be pretty amazing - keen to see what they are like

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:24:19 »
wow nice find

sweet pickups guys
These have been on ebay for years.. :confused:
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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:25:27 »
wow nice find

sweet pickups guys
These have been on ebay for years.. :confused:

They have been gone for  ~a month now because they were sold out. 1 left.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:26:33 »
got the last one thanks for the link! its iso but I guess I can swallow that
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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:26:39 »
1 left.
I'm sure he has more. He only lists a small portion at a time.
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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:26:44 »
wow nice find

sweet pickups guys
These have been on ebay for years.. :confused:

This is peasant fodder for Photekq

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #14 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:27:43 »
This is peasant fodder for Photekq
They're a good source for clears. The ones in the board I had were pretty smooth. You'll find that some of the boards he sells are pristine and others are dog****. Shame these were never made with ANSI caps!
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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #15 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:28:27 »
wow nice find

sweet pickups guys

expected shipping date: between 18 march and 5 may lol

Quote from: ebay
Lieferung: Zwischen Fr, 19. Feb. und Sa, 20. Feb.

heh

Also the last Skidata on  ebay was sold for 60€ + some shipping. I think they are not THAT rare.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #16 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:28:43 »
1 left.
I'm sure he has more. He only lists a small portion at a time.

Yeah. That is probably the case. They told me something about ISO Nordic versions... My German isn't 100% though.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #17 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:29:37 »

Also the last Skidata on  ebay was sold for 60€ + some shipping. I think they are not THAT rare.

Yeah definitely email them to get a lower price. I did.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #18 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:29:53 »
I think they are not THAT rare.
Yeah, because of this seller. He has a monopoly on the supply. Seriously, I've seen about 2-5 found aside from the ones this guy sells. I reckon he must have had 100s originally.
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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #19 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:30:55 »

Also the last Skidata on  ebay was sold for 60€ + some shipping. I think they are not THAT rare.

Yeah definitely email them to get a lower price. I did.

**** why didnt i do this

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #20 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:31:51 »
This is peasant fodder for Photekq
They're a good source for clears. The ones in the board I had were pretty smooth. You'll find that some of the boards he sells are pristine and others are dog****. Shame these were never made with ANSI caps!

yeah the vintage clears were a pretty big factor for me

I remember hearing you say that you thought that they were pretty decent (maybe it was the livestream?)

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #21 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:35:30 »
yeah the vintage clears were a pretty big factor for me

I remember hearing you say that you thought that they were pretty decent (maybe it was the livestream?)
I wouldn't call them vintage. Old/worn in. I have some unfortunate news for you though.. Diodes! Have fun desoldering it!
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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #22 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:36:59 »
yeah the vintage clears were a pretty big factor for me

I remember hearing you say that you thought that they were pretty decent (maybe it was the livestream?)
I wouldn't call them vintage. Old/worn in. I have some unfortunate news for you though.. Diodes! Have fun desoldering it!

Gotta love some diodes :D

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #23 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:38:43 »

Also the last Skidata on  ebay was sold for 60€ + some shipping. I think they are not THAT rare.

Yeah definitely email them to get a lower price. I did.

As this guy is a commercial seller and has some more of this boards, he probably took whatever price ebay suggested and was surprised to get more than 20 bucks for one of them. I'll cast an eye on him.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #24 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:39:31 »
yeah the vintage clears were a pretty big factor for me

I remember hearing you say that you thought that they were pretty decent (maybe it was the livestream?)
I wouldn't call them vintage. Old/worn in. I have some unfortunate news for you though.. Diodes! Have fun desoldering it!

are these the ones with the diodes built into the switch?

time to get the desoldering gun out

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #25 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:40:59 »
yeah the vintage clears were a pretty big factor for me

I remember hearing you say that you thought that they were pretty decent (maybe it was the livestream?)
I wouldn't call them vintage. Old/worn in. I have some unfortunate news for you though.. Diodes! Have fun desoldering it!

Are these boards even plate mounted? One could harvest caps, sliders, switch tops without desoldering anything.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #26 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:41:06 »
yeah the vintage clears were a pretty big factor for me

I remember hearing you say that you thought that they were pretty decent (maybe it was the livestream?)
I wouldn't call them vintage. Old/worn in. I have some unfortunate news for you though.. Diodes! Have fun desoldering it!

are these the ones with the diodes built into the switch?

time to get the desoldering gun out

Yes they are.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #27 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:41:27 »
yeah the vintage clears were a pretty big factor for me

I remember hearing you say that you thought that they were pretty decent (maybe it was the livestream?)
I wouldn't call them vintage. Old/worn in. I have some unfortunate news for you though.. Diodes! Have fun desoldering it!

Are these boards even plate mounted? One could harvest caps, sliders, switch tops without desoldering anything.

PCB mounted.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #28 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:41:28 »
The clears they came with are really smooth. Seems like some of them were prelubed.
There is a good discussion to be found on Deskthority about this seller. They were about $50 until he realized keyboard enthusiasts were willing to pay much more.
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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #29 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:43:52 »
The clears they came with are really smooth. Seems like some of them were prelubed.
There is a good discussion to be found on Deskthority about this seller. They were about $50 until he realized keyboard enthusiasts were willing to pay much more.

Yup :/ I paid 50 EUR for the first one and 60 EUR for this. Shipping to me was rather expensive. I would have paid 100€ each easily. Very good condition, very high quality caps and way better than ISO UK for me. This over any new ISO UK GMK set anytime.


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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #30 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:44:55 »
Aaaaand it's gone.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #31 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:49:53 »
yeah the vintage clears were a pretty big factor for me

I remember hearing you say that you thought that they were pretty decent (maybe it was the livestream?)
I wouldn't call them vintage. Old/worn in. I have some unfortunate news for you though.. Diodes! Have fun desoldering it!


are these the ones with the diodes built into the switch?

time to get the desoldering gun out

Yes they are.

Eh little more time desoldering  :)
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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #32 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:51:51 »
yeah the vintage clears were a pretty big factor for me

I remember hearing you say that you thought that they were pretty decent (maybe it was the livestream?)
I wouldn't call them vintage. Old/worn in. I have some unfortunate news for you though.. Diodes! Have fun desoldering it!

Eh little more time desoldering  :)

are these the ones with the diodes built into the switch?

time to get the desoldering gun out

Yes they are.

Sometimes i don't read the whole post...

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #33 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:52:46 »
The clears they came with are really smooth. Seems like some of them were prelubed.
There is a good discussion to be found on Deskthority about this seller. They were about $50 until he realized keyboard enthusiasts were willing to pay much more.

Yup :/ I paid 50 EUR for the first one and 60 EUR for this. Shipping to me was rather expensive. I would have paid 100€ each easily. Very good condition, very high quality caps and way better than ISO UK for me. This over any new ISO UK GMK set anytime.

Should be arround 30€ shipping, if the board is <5kg, if I read correctly.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #34 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 06:53:50 »
The clears they came with are really smooth. Seems like some of them were prelubed.
There is a good discussion to be found on Deskthority about this seller. They were about $50 until he realized keyboard enthusiasts were willing to pay much more.

Yup :/ I paid 50 EUR for the first one and 60 EUR for this. Shipping to me was rather expensive. I would have paid 100€ each easily. Very good condition, very high quality caps and way better than ISO UK for me. This over any new ISO UK GMK set anytime.

Should be arround 30€ shipping, if the board is <5kg, if I read correctly.

Correct.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #35 on: Wed, 17 February 2016, 07:01:18 »
I hate you all

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #40 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 06:14:13 »
Now there's 4 more available. This guy's really milking it  ;D

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #41 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 06:25:07 »
Just out of interest, is there a commercial PC keyboard with more buttons than this one that we know of?
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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #42 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 07:24:58 »
Offered him 50, he told me how I wouldn't get them below 300 anywhere else. Offered him 70, no reply yet.  ;D

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #43 on: Fri, 19 February 2016, 15:37:23 »
To buy or not to buy. That is the question.

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #45 on: Sat, 20 February 2016, 03:36:45 »
rat bastard raised the price.
Still worth the money.
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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #46 on: Tue, 23 February 2016, 02:41:22 »
I got one too thanks for the link! :thumb:

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #48 on: Tue, 23 February 2016, 05:22:34 »
Oh my Gott, how come can I miss this :( always thrieving for ISO DE T.T

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Re: OG SkiData on ebay
« Reply #49 on: Tue, 23 February 2016, 05:41:36 »
i got the last  :p