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Techno Trousers wrote: $660 and it sells in minutes. Seller kicking himself for not making it an auction.

I don't usually follow beamspring prices, but I feel like they've just SHOT up recently. Weren't some selling in the $300 range recently?

//gainsborough wrote:

Techno Trousers wrote: $660 and it sells in minutes. Seller kicking himself for not making it an auction.

I don't usually follow beamspring prices, but I feel like they've just SHOT up recently. Weren't some selling in the $300 range recently?

Yeah reminds me of the blue Alps madness last year on GREED_bay when KB's went for $600+, not sure if that ever normalised again?

Techno Trousers wrote:$660 and it sells in minutes. Seller kicking himself for not making it an auction.

Normally it was like 250-300$, maybe 350 for one with that, I wouldn't wanna spend more on it. He probably made at least 300$ profit and opens a bottle of wine now

seebart wrote: Yeah reminds me of the blue Alps madness last year on GREED_bay when KB's went for $600+, not sure if that ever normalised again?

Nope, Flebay set the benchmark hence it will always stay at that level or unless a seller wants a quick sale and some people either from here or Geekflat fail to bid on it, then someone may be fortunate in getting a "Cheap" Blue alps (but I doubt it).

The Blue Alps madness is here to stay, chalk that up to places like here that praise it so much that of course, has all sellers rubbing their hands with glee.

Now it's the reality of making a quick sale on a either a zip-bag of ICE or a Blue Alps and believe me, a keyboard is now worth more, go figure .

Elrick wrote:

seebart wrote: Yeah reminds me of the blue Alps madness last year on GREED_bay when KB's went for $600+, not sure if that ever normalised again?

Nope, Flebay set the benchmark hence it will always stay at that level or unless a seller wants a quick sale and some people either from here or Geekflat fail to bid on it, then someone may be fortunate in getting a "Cheap" Blue alps (but I doubt it).

The Blue Alps madness is here to stay, chalk that up to places like here that praise it so much that of course, has all sellers rubbing their hands with glee.

Right, the fact is that when a seller sets up his/her auction at GREED_bay there is an assitsant in the set-up process that tells you the going sales prices from the other auctions...

seebart wrote: Right, the fact is that when a seller sets up his/her auction at GREED_bay there is an assitsant in the set-up process that tells you the going sales prices from the other auctions...

Of course you are missing the MOST important ingredient here - the Buyers.

Without them "GREED-bay" wouldn't even exist. The buyers get informed via places like here and maybe elsewhere but I won't mention their felching name again.

Once the buyers do research, then they shall purchase these rare keyboards, bearing these type of alps switches. There is never any movement anywhere unless some interest is created (either via TV, Print or the Web) then it's let loose onto the market/people.

When dealing with a sought after product, always expect these type of price surges. The real shameful thing here is that even Blue alps degrades like any other, so spending over $1200+ for a keyboard that may not even work is something the buyer will finally come to terms with or offload it via Flebay .

Elrick wrote:

seebart wrote: Yeah reminds me of the blue Alps madness last year on GREED_bay when KB's went for $600+, not sure if that ever normalised again?

Nope, Flebay set the benchmark hence it will always stay at that level or unless a seller wants a quick sale and some people either from here or Geekflat fail to bid on it, then someone may be fortunate in getting a "Cheap" Blue alps (but I doubt it).

The Blue Alps madness is here to stay, chalk that up to places like here that praise it so much that of course, has all sellers rubbing their hands with glee.

Now it's the reality of making a quick sale on a either a zip-bag of ICE or a Blue Alps and believe me, a keyboard is now worth more, go figure .

Stop posting bull***t

210$ shipped *to europe*, still expensive but far far away from 600$
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Leading-Edge-D ... 2142415362

and here is another one, 175$ without shipping
https://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-leadin ... 2643463890

Slom wrote:
Stop posting bull***t

210$ shipped *to europe*, still expensive but far far away from 600$
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Leading-Edge-D ... 2142415362

and here is another one, 175$ without shipping
https://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-leadin ... 2643463890

I've gotten 2 of them for around $50 each within the last 6 months or so. Deals are out there.

Elrick wrote: Of course you are missing the MOST important ingredient here - the Buyers.

No I'm not missing anything, I just don't tend to think about myself in that context. I am that buyer, and that seller. For years now, and GREED_BAY just made it all about the $$$. Of course the world can see all this here. DUH.

I don't think anyone here will seriously bid on this, but it is fun to look at and certainly interesting

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Comput ... SwhIFZnbb8

digital_matthew wrote: I don't think anyone here will seriously bid on this, but it is fun to look at and certainly interesting

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Comput ... SwhIFZnbb8

See even if someone gave this to me for free I would pass. There would be a lot of expenses from loading, unloading, moving, storage, testing, shipping, PayPal / eBay fees, and of course any local, state, and federal income taxes for any sold items

I think that it is generally agreed that the owner (who has been buying and selling gear for a few years now) has surely cherry-picked (no pun intended) and sold off any keyboards that were interesting or valuable by now.

fohat wrote: I think that it is generally agreed that the owner (who has been buying and selling gear for a few years now) has surely cherry-picked (no pun intended) and sold off any keyboards that were interesting or valuable by now.

like this one ?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEC-Keyboard-M ... XQ4uJR9oVO

Just imagine having "1000s of XT, AT, PS2 and Unique Keyboards"! The owner would be better off maybe doing an actual auction since there is such a massive pile of stuff. That way folks here could go to New York and bid on this stuff.

JP! wrote:

digital_matthew wrote: I don't think anyone here will seriously bid on this, but it is fun to look at and certainly interesting

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Comput ... SwhIFZnbb8

See even if someone gave this to me for free I would pass. There would be a lot of expenses from loading, unloading, moving, storage, testing, shipping, PayPal / eBay fees, and of course any local, state, and federal income taxes for any sold items

Yep, seems like it is mostly 1990's junk anyway

How much do you think it will be to ship the whole thing to France (to Myoth)?

I think it would be quite a few times more than the actual warehouse's inside. I really don't know, I paid about 100usd for 10kg of stuff from the US, soooo too much ? haha

Myoth wrote: I think it would be quite a few times more than the actual warehouse's inside. I really don't know, I paid about 100usd for 10kg of stuff from the US, soooo too much ? haha

Don't worry, we have you covered.

Slom wrote: Stop posting bull***t

210$ shipped *to europe*, still expensive but far far away from 600$
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Leading-Edge-D ... 2142415362

and here is another one, 175$ without shipping
https://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-leadin ... 2643463890

Geez thanks for posting fvckholed keyboards here that are not worth it. I forgot to mention actual blue alps NIB versions. I stopped buying pre-owned alps keyboards about a month ago, not worth it at any price.

When purchasing any older alps keyboards, is always far safer buying it New In Box, due to the fragile nature of that switch compared to much older (used) versions of Cherry MX's .

Elrick wrote:

Slom wrote: Stop posting bull***t

210$ shipped *to europe*, still expensive but far far away from 600$
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Leading-Edge-D ... 2142415362

and here is another one, 175$ without shipping
https://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-leadin ... 2643463890

Geez thanks for posting fvckholed keyboards here that are not worth it. I forgot to mention actual blue alps NIB versions. I stopped buying pre-owned alps keyboards about a month ago, not worth it at any price.

When purchasing any older alps keyboards, is always far safer buying it New In Box, due to the fragile nature of that switch compared to much older (used) versions of Cherry MX's .

Are you being serious or are you trying to bait a reaction?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tektro ... 2834046477

//gainsborough wrote: Are you being serious or are you trying to bait a reaction?

Exactly .

xxhellfirexx wrote: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tektro ... 2834046477

Love the Green PCB design (Flebay images), almost looks like an aerial photo of some tributary.....

Tektronix are often quite interesting but again that's well overpriced...no case as so often with the vintage ones.

SM-101 (Alps buckling spring): https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Alps-SM ... SwttVaTQAJ

£100 and only posts to UK. Kinda expensive, but you don't find Alps buckling spring keyboards that often in Europe.

Chyros wrote: SM-101 (Alps buckling spring): https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Alps-SM ... SwttVaTQAJ

£100 and only posts to UK. Kinda expensive, but you don't find Alps buckling spring keyboards that often in Europe.

Nice, and what looks like blue printing on the keycaps; you know those unappreciative pesky kids in the "County Upper School" didn't appreciate that.

DSA Sublimated Ortholinear Keycap Set -> https://www.ebay.com/itm/122897299520

This same set is about $60 at the pimpmykeyboard.com store.

Someone got a really good deal on a clean 5251
https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/com ... al_trades/

FXT wrote:Someone got a really good deal on a clean 5251
https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/com ... al_trades/

That feels relatively close to reasonable. I still think they should be about $200-250, but demand is obviously far outstripping supply at the moment.

Maybe beam spring time shares should be a thing?