deskthority

My 1995 Industrial has to be the best i have!

Hi guys, It's me again. Today I want to show you a loot of IBM boards that I found in a "Financial Company".

- x2 IBM 5281 Complete Terminal (Keyboard and Data Terminal)
- x2 IBM Terminal Model M (Silver and Blue badge)
- A bag full of diskettes and tapes for 5281 machines

The gold here is the ...

My Model M arrived from ebay - a 1401 from 1990. Nice cosmetic condition - 8 rivets missing.

Anyway, I also bought an Industrial Gray case from Unicomp for $30 with a proper lock lights sticker. (cool black logo w/ silver IBM in the mail)

It arrived and looks almost-great, however there is a ...

Good evening,

I am the chap who sold the keyboard 18 months ago to the seller that currently has it on eBay for £800, and I think I should clear things up as I am getting a number of threats and insults thrown at me via my eBay account.

I wake up at 4AM today and the first I hear about this ...

he replied,

The keyboard was bought initially.... [snip]



It has been brought to my attention that publishing Private Messages is illegal under EU laws. I don't have the legal expertise but while I don't believe the case applies here, I still find --and I've always found-- publishing ...

yayyyyyyyy,




https://www.ebay.com/usr/1188ru?ul_noapp=true
this is the seller that sold me the keyboard and his name is Howard
i will take the listing down, i cannot find the proper tools to open the case of the keyboard but i will send you photos when i can
thank you for letting me know ...

this is the seller that sold me the keyboard and his name is ******
i will take the listing down, i cannot find the proper tools to open the case of the keyboard but i will send you photos when i can
thank you for letting me know about my keyboard and for all your help
kind regards
Tim

i like how he hasnt replied prob setting up chat

Apparently hes gnna give me proof that he didn't know it was fake with chatting history

I replied,

That's a very fair point, but if your that clumsy to drop an $800 dollar keyboard that's made out of a very strong plastic, drops somewhere that high it would break? I think af that point you would deserve to have the title of owning an original industrial taken off you.

He replied,


I completely agree with what you say ,but let’s just , for the sake of argument ,assume that your keyboard that according to you is an original industrial ,for some unlucky reason you drop it and you damage the case but thankfully due to Unicomp you can order a new OEM Lexmark case ...

Ugh God can someone else message this guy, I'm so bad at making points

I sent this to him:



Because putting a beige ibm model m, in to a $30 case doesnt make it an industrial model m, as identical as it may be it's still not one, I completely understand where you are coming from, since it will ...

This is his reply,

i was selling the same keyboard , but on March i decided to end the listing and later changed my mind.
regarding the model number , how can one be sure of what part number corresponds to an original industrial ?
Also i still have the name of the seller that sold me this keyboard ...

he replied,

The keyboard was bought initially from a Swiss collector that informed me that the keyboard is original but the sticker badge had been replaced due to normal tear.
i had no reason not to believe him then
i don't think He was lying though because i had also bought a unicomp grey ...

he replied,

The keyboard was bought initially from a Swiss collector that informed me that the keyboard is original but the sticker badge had been replaced due to normal tear.
i had no reason not to believe him then
i don't think He was lying though because i had also bought a unicomp grey case ...

In theory it's fraud, but then again, if you're going to spend £800 on a keyboard without doing thorough research, you've only got yourself to blame really.
If you can prove to ebay that it's fraudulent (good luck) then they'd take it down, but the question is do they care enough about an obscure ...