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HigashiJun
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Re: LOLPRICE

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A new challenger comes:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/235533248834

It's not even an A5000 keyboard...

And the same one from the same guy for a normal price, but for Risc PC now:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/235533237632?

:lol:
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HigashiJun wrote: 23 Apr 2024 10:32 A new challenger comes:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/235533248834

It's not even an A5000 keyboard...

And the same one from the same guy for a normal price, but for Risc PC now:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/235533237632

:lol:
Ouch, not many folks will be buying that then.

Your 2nd link didn't seem to work BTW so I've fixed it.

It's exactly the same picture!!
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HigashiJun wrote: 23 Apr 2024 10:32 A new challenger comes:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/235533248834

It's not even an A5000 keyboard...
I think they uploaded the wrong photo. A5000 keyboards regularly sell for £150+ I don't know why.

I had to pay £80 for an A310 keyboard recently, which unfortunately the vendor thought was cheap, but when it arrived it was disgusting, keys stuck with gum/coke/hand cheese, lots of hairs in the keyboard, yellowed to hell, missing the plastic bit that holds the F keys tab sheet :(

I think keyboards must go missing / broken and there are less than there are computers
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I was rushing to get the 80% off fees before 12pm so I just put any photo on the listing. It's actually going to be an A5000 computer with Keyboard when I get the photos taken.
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Re: LOLPRICE

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@rubber_jonnie

Thanks for fixing the link !

@alexh

If the price is for an A5000 and its keyboard, then I'm reassured...

My A5000 keyboard was not so cheap, but was clean when I got it.
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Re: LOLPRICE

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204742520270

Notice it is 'not working'.

I'd say its quite a risk as to its repairability too with the dreaded green goo.
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Wow madness.
I've seen faulty falcon motherboards go for over £400. People sent me them to fix sometimes but when someone's shoved 12v into the 5v rail.. it just becomes to time consuming to replace every chip and buy them. A few people got very lucky. But it can end up costing a lot more to fix than just buying a working one.

(And no I don't fix such falcons anymore in case anyone in the future reads this)

I wouldn't pay more than £50 for a faulty motherboard personally.
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Aeberbach wrote: 27 Jun 2024 10:56 From a 0-feedback seller, no less:

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/22621112069 ... media=COPY
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Re: LOLPRICE

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Aeberbach wrote: 27 Jun 2024 10:56 From a 0-feedback seller, no less:

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/22621112069 ... media=COPY
:lol: :lol: :lol:

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