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Something to do with the sale's "Amiga" title?

Muirium wrote: Something to do with the sale's "Amiga" title?

But that's too obvious? Hmm I'm expecting something now kbdfr?!? Just playing with our retardedness as usual?

It's interesting how someone would choose such a crappy keyboard to a) retrobright it and b) mod it.

guk wrote: It's interesting how someone would choose such a crappy keyboard to a) retrobright it and b) mod it.

I find it more disturbing than interesting. What a waste of time.

seebart wrote:

kbdfr wrote: Nasty rubber dome, neatly modded, nicely retrobrighted:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/331692110486

Hmm I suspect you are trying to tell us (me) something with your infinite wisdom? […]

You're suspecting wrongly. I just found this an interesting find because of the modding and the retrobrighting (even if applied to crap).

I'm not always oberlehrering

kbdfr wrote: I'm not always oberlehrering

How sympatric, guess I'm not used to that.

E3Eves wrote: Blaise170 might recall the sticker!

Yep, and I still regret selling that board.

guk wrote: It's interesting how someone would choose such a crappy keyboard to a) retrobright it and b) mod it.

I had one of them , years ago , its was ok.

The internal Amiga converter might still a very nice item if you have an Amiga 2000.

M0110 for $40.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Apple-M ... 1791996586

Seems a little high for the condition.

It's really not that bad...Except for the yellowed spacebar and the standard disintegration of the rubber feet...
Especially for someone in the US..I'd get it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Northga ... 1915020371

There's potential for this to have blue alps, and if so, it's a great price considering the last guy I saw selling one with blue alps was trying to gouge $250.

Intelli has mentioned that not all gold labels have blue alps for sure though, so it is a risk unless you ask the seller to show a switch.

Don't worry Blaise, your Chicony will stay alive in spirit! Sorry though. I know how it feels selling something and immediately regretting it. I sold one of these on eBay recently: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-NES-SNES- ... SwgQ9VpE3b

And almost all the money I made from it, something I was a little reluctant on selling, was taken by a scammer in the keyboard world. :/

Wow, look at that pincushion distortion in that Omnikey photo!

I hope twitchbot is enjoying the blue Alps board he got from me. Apparently he got an excellent deal on it.

XMIT wrote: Wow, look at that pincushion distortion in that Omnikey photo!

I hope twitchbot is enjoying the blue Alps board he got from me. Apparently he got an excellent deal on it.

Yeah, all of the blue alps boards I've gotten, I've paid $100 for every time. The first because I was fed up with no one seeming to have one at a decent price, and I probably shot way too high of an offer for a reddit user's NTC 6151N, even with a cracked case (which I did not notice in the photos). Then I bricked that by being an idiot.

I got the Fame keyboard through a friendly reseller in Australia I got to know as a replacement for my NTC. Came out to $100 because of shipping.

The cheapest blue alps board I got was a Leading Edge DC-2014 for $85. I really dislike that layout though and I'm not a big fan of the Leading Edge design (either 2014 or 3014) though the NKRO is nice.

What keyboard did twitchbot buy from you, XMIT?

Northgate is gone! Let's see if it turns up around here! I wonder if it's going to be salvaged for its switches or if the buyer is going to enjoy it as is.

Damn these great finds forums! I was waiting on a response from the seller regarding the blueness of the Alps on that Omnikey.

E3Eves wrote: What keyboard did twitchbot buy from you, XMIT?

http://coronthica.com/by-uuid/e818d188- ... 23ef2367e/



There are exceedingly few keyboards I regret selling but this is one of them. I enjoyed the layout and the switches, and did not ask nearly enough for it.

At least I still have some Monterey Blue boards, those are very nice.

I give credit to the ballsy person who submitted an offer given that at $99 some could have easily hit BIN. I saw another one of these sell a couple months ago for only about $90, but the auction was mislabeled.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DTK-SPK100-Data ... 1915022107

Get it while it's hot, guys! Same seller. I've only seen one of these on the forums and their example had blue alps. I'd say
there's a 90% chance this one does too.

EDIT: Serial # is lower for the one on eBay so I'd say it's a near certainty that this one has blue alps.

http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/is- ... t8772.html

I put in a $50 offer on that Northgate for the hell of it, so fear not, the offer wasn't drastically low. I have no way of knowing, but if it was a best offer, I bet it was from $75-85.

AND ITS GONE!

So what was the offer?

The Omnikey and DTK both sold for BIN price, I believe. If you go to sold listings they don't show that an offer was accepted. I don't know why, but sometimes on the auction page it will indicate best offer accepted even when you opt to buy it now. I noticed this on an item I once purchased.

I wouldn't be surprised if the buyer for both is the eBayer that appears to me only as b**a (1666). He is a prolific collector. He finds all the same keyboards that I find on eBay and outbids, outbuys, and generally outmaneuvers me. Must have deep pockets. We both made an offer on the DTK and I suspect he opted to BIN as a guarantee. The market is too competitive!

Tuntematon wrote: The Omnikey and DTK both sold for BIN price, I believe. If you go to sold listings they don't show that an offer was accepted. I don't know why, but sometimes on the auction page it will indicate best offer accepted even when you opt to buy it now. I noticed this on an item I once purchased.

Sounds about right, actually.

Ahh, I remember when eBay didn't hide the identities of the bidders. There must've been some harassing going on for them to hide bidder identities, but that was a long time ago anyway.

Yeah, the only real way to get a bargain these days is to buy directly from an e-cycler or business itself. You will seldom ever get a decent deal on eBay or online in general unless the person is blissfully unaware, surprisingly generous, or it goes under the radar thanks to a typo or poor keywords or something. Everyone is focused on making a profit, and it's hard to blame them. The only place I still see keyboards go for surprisingly cheap is eBay Germany.

cheap cherry amiga keyboard:

http://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anze ... 5-225-3065

Wow nice Amiga cap, wonder if it's DS.

Stabilized wrote:Wow nice Amiga cap, wonder if it's DS.

Yes, doubbleshot.
Hopefully you were not thinking at DyeSub :-p

Whoops yeah, should have just typed it out to avoid confusion.

Initialisms: one of my top, pet peeves.

Sorry, I mean OOMTPP.

Muirium wrote: Initialisms: one of my top, pet peeves.

Sorry, I mean OOMTPP.

ZOMG! ROFL ME2. AFAIK IMHO YMMV. LMAO!

Typing that just made me sick. I hate that crap. I always try to pronounce it out. One of the worst is "LOL" . I can't say that without gagging.

Hearing people actually say "loll" really brings home what an execrable shorthand it is. Meant to say OH YEAH I'M LITERALLY LAUGHING RIGHT NOW but sounds like "meh".

One of the dumbest things is when they use it for something they couldn't possibly be "laughing out loud" about.

"That really pisses me off! LOL"