HIGH-DEMAND
KEYCAPS FOR APPLE IIe
INFO. NEEDED WHEN ORDERING
APPLE IIe KEYCAPS:
(1) What color is the BOTTOM of your keycaps: OLIVE GREEN
or BLACK?
(2) Does your IIe keyboard have a NUMERIC KEYPAD at the right?
(3) If I lack the correct bottom color of your keycaps, can the
other bottom color be substituted?
(4) What is the color of your KEYSWITCH STEMS: Either
round BLACK-CROSS-STEM or THIN-CREAM-STEM ?
(5) If the keycap is WIDE, how many "cross-sockets" are
on the keycap's bottom side? For most keycaps, there is
just one cross-socket; a few keycaps have two or even
three cross-sockets.
These were salvaged from several 1984-1989
junked IIe keyboards, with olive-green keycaps.
Plenty of olive-green-bottom
keycaps are available, with the
cross-mount on the bottom of the
keycap. Both the black and the "thin-
white-stem" key-switches are still
available.
The photos show olive- green keycaps; some
with olive-green bottoms, others with
black bottoms. Specify which bottom
color is preferred.
The $3.40 price is for each item,
but higher price of $6.80 each for
SPACEBAR or ESC.
$3.40 each, except that TWO are
double this price @ $6.80 each:
SPACEBAR and ESC. These two
are very high demand, and are
often out-of-stock. If buying the
SPACEBAR, tell me its LENGTH
NEEDED; the Apple IIe keyboards
had three different spacebar lengths.
NO GUARANTEE ON THE KEYCAP COLOR!
Note that the IIE keycaps are nearly
40 years old. Color changes are likely
to happen to plastic during that very
long time interval.
"HIGH-DEMAND" IIE KEYCAPS:
These are now sold in this Ebay ad,
at a higher price, because the "H.D."
keycaps are in high demand. The "H.D."
IIe keycaps include the following:
SPACEBAR DELETE SHIFT RETURN
OPEN-APPLE CLOSED-APPLE TAB
ENTER ESC CONTROL CAPS-LOCK
The price for the SPACEBAR or ESC keycaps
is $6.80 each, with no minimum number.
For the two most popular keycaps:
SPACEBAR or ESC, purchase limit is
one of each, per buyer, @ $6.80 each.
IN FLAT-RATE
PRIORITY BOXES.
Look at my other ads! If you buy any larger items that
ship in a medium or large priority mail box, then it is likely
that other items can fit into the box also, enabling a
refund on the smaller items' shipping box. To save
money on shipping, "Fill the flat-rate shipping box!"
60-Day Return
if Dissatisfied
If returned for refund, buyer pays shipping in both
directions. Items returned for refund must be in
their original condition, without modifications.
(editorial comment)
REGARDING APPLE II
"KEYCAP SHARKS"
I looked through the Ebay ads at others' offers
for these keycaps - some are charging as high as
$8.95 each for these keycaps or keyswitches.
Yes, $8.95 for EACH KEYCAP! That high price
is outrageously disgusting. No one at the annual
KansasFest conference overcharges at all; Some
at K-Fest give away their surplus items for free.
The Ebay predators who overcharge are not part of
the Apple II community; they are "sharks" who have
heard that there is big money to be made from Apple
II loyalists. These "sharks" would likely sell admission
tickets to their mother's funeral if they believed that
anyone would pay. They calculate that Apple II users
are so desperate for particular items that they will pay
ridiculously high prices. I hope that my lower price
on these keyswitches and keycaps underprices
all the sharks, and puts them out of business!
Generous combined
shipping discount
You pay mainly the single largest shipping cost.
Other items in same parcel, will be shipped with minimal
extra cost. Weighed shipments will be the actual cost.
Free local pickup at Gallup NM 87301
I am a self-proclaimed Apple II expert, having authored five articles
in Apple II magazines during the 1990s. My Apple II inventions were
featured at these Apple II conferences: KANSASFEST 1996,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019, at Kansas City MO.
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INTERNATIONAL: SALES
TO OTHER COUNTRIES
During the past three years, I sold keycaps via Ebay's
Global Shipping Program (GSP). But now, I am
returning to international first class mail because
correspondents report that Ebay's GSP fees are
extremely high when lightweight small items
such as keycaps are shipped. International
first class rates are approx, $17.00 dollars
for a small shipment of ten keycaps, to
approx. $19.00 for a full set of keycaps. Any
overpayment above actual postage cost
will be refunded to the buyer immediately
after the shipment has been mailed. S.B.
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Stephen Buggie, psychology professor, UNM-Gallup