OLIVE-GREEN
"LOW-COST"
KEYCAPS FOR APPLE IIe
I dislike Biden-Flation! I am lowering the cost of low-demand
Apple IIe keycaps. PREVIOUS HIGH PRICE: Lot-of-5: $8.50
($1.70 each keycap). NEW REDUCED PRICE for 2023:
Lot-of-10: $11.33 ($1.13 each keycap) Shipping cost
is extra.)
INFO. NEEDED WHEN ORDERING
APPLE IIe KEYCAPS:
(1) What color is the BOTTOM of your keycaps: OLIVE GREEN
or BLACK?
(2) Does your keyboard have a NUMERIC KEYPAD at the right side?
(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
BLACK-CROSS-STEM or THIN-WHITE STEM ?
LOW-COST KEYCAP CATEGORIES:
Read this carefully! Two types of keycaps are LOW-COST:
(A) ALPHABET LETTERS from "A" to "Z" and
(B) PUNCTUATION CHARACTERS: ,< .> -_ =+ / * -
;: '" [{ ]} + `~ directional arrows: left / right / up / down
/? Reset \| CLEAR
I am making the low-cost keycap categories cheaper than ever,
because some of the low-demand keycaps have rarely ever
been sold, and I still have 20-35 keycaps available now for
each of these slow-selling types!
HIGH-DEMAND HIGH-COST KEYCAPS:
Every other keycap is HIGH-DEMAND and HIGH-COST; these
are $3.40 each (Exactly three-times the cost of the low-cost
keycaps described above.) The high-cost keycaps include
ALL NUMBERS, from either top row or numeric keypad. The
HIGH-DEMAND KEYCAPS also include these: TAB
CAPS-LOCK SHIFT CONTROL OPTION DELETE
ESC SPACEBAR. Note that the high-demand
keycaps are priced at exactly THREE TIMES THE COST
of the low-cost keycaps, so you can combine the two
types in the same purchase. Just make the total purchase
cost add up to ten units, at $11.33 plus shipping.
These were salvaged from several 1984-1986
junked IIe keyboards, with either olive-
green or black-colored bottom keycaps.
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.
Plenty of olive-green-bottom
(or black-colored bottom) plastic
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. $11.33 for a combination of ten,
within the low-cost keycap categories.
The photos show olive-
green keycaps; some
with olive-green bottoms,
others with black bottoms.
Specify which bottom
color is preferred.
The $1.13 price is for each item,
with minimum low-cost keycaps
adding up to ten per lot.
"HIGH-DEMAND" IIE KEYCAPS:
These are now sold in a separate Ebay
ad, at a higher price, because the "H.D."
keycaps are in high demand. The "H.D."
IIe keycaps include the following:
All "managing" keycaps, such as DELETE,
SHIFT, TAB, CAPS-LOCK, ESC, OPTION,
or RETURN. All NUMBERS are in the
high-demand category.
For the two most popular keycaps:
SPACEBAR or ESC, purchase limit is
one of each, per buyer.
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 $1.13
or $3.40 prices on these 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, 2019, and 2022, 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, $18.00 dollars
for a small shipment of ten keycaps, to
approx. $28.00 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