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Wodan
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25 Feb 2021, 21:33
Heya!
Has anyone heard from seebart recently?
He‘s been inactive for a while which isn‘t uncommon but a bunch of vintage keyboards popped up on eBay from a seller nearby his location that were confirmed to be his - down to the serial number.
And the seller was just some random 2nd hand warehouse ...
Somehow got me concerned. Sent him a PM and an email to the best address I had of him a few days ago but no reply yet. Would really like to know if he‘s doing well

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Muirium
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25 Feb 2021, 21:53
I’ve a bad feeling.
A few years ago, I proxied him a NeXT keyboard, in German layout. We’ve traded a few times so I knew his address. He paid for shipping once I got it home, and so I boxed it up and sent it to him. But sometime later, to my surprise, it bounced back. I’ve still got it now. Haven’t heard a word since.
That was quite a while back. October 2018.
For the record: yes, I go dark real good sometimes too. It happens. But fail to collect a keyboard I already paid for? Unheard of! It’s a worrying sign, coupled with this.
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25 Feb 2021, 22:09
Wodan wrote: ↑25 Feb 2021, 21:33
Heya!
Has anyone heard from seebart recently?
He‘s been inactive for a while which isn‘t uncommon but a bunch of vintage keyboards popped up on eBay from a seller nearby his location that were confirmed to be his - down to the serial number.
And the seller was just some random 2nd hand warehouse ...
Somehow got me concerned. Sent him a PM and an email to the best address I had of him a few days ago but no reply yet. Would really like to know if he‘s doing well
Not good.

I feel bad. I promised to sell him (at my cost) a working IBM 5140 portable with brown Alps which he had never tried in person. I got hung up on figuring out how to ship it from the US to Germany. This was just before he disappeared from DT. I still have this 5140 reserved for him

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26 Feb 2021, 05:30
I've not heard from him. Last PMs are from 2017.
I'm trying to think if I ever sent him anything, and if I have his address or phone number. I didn't find it quickly.
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ghostdawg187
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26 Feb 2021, 06:48
I have exchanged some messages with seebart, too. From one point in January 2018 he would not respond any longer.
@Muirium: Have you googled his name? Did any search bring up some "useful" results?
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27 Feb 2021, 03:56
Last PM late 2017 when I sent him a small part. I know he's posted here after that. Address, but no phone number.
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Muirium
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27 Feb 2021, 11:13
ghostdawg187 wrote: ↑26 Feb 2021, 06:48
@Muirium: Have you googled his name? Did any search bring up some "useful" results?
He's got quite a common German name, from what I can tell, with multiple hits even in his hometown. (I have similar issues with my own name in Scotland!) So my google-fu isn't quite up to it.
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TNT
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27 Feb 2021, 12:27
I've asked that some time ago on Discord but nobody could give me an answer. The seller you're referring to has by now sold a significant part of Seebart's collection. The very first keyboard he listed was bought by me, unknowing what exactly it was (
wiki/Key_Tronic_Corp.19790) and to whom it belonged before. As soon as I found out, I contacted Seebart (without getting an answer of course) and also tried to get more information from the guy on eBay. He wasn't willing to tell me anything but that "this guy is the collector from which he got this and the other keyboards from". That was about a month ago and by now he has sold a lot of Seebart's boards you can find on his Wiki page.
I was concerned back then and am still now

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27 Feb 2021, 14:12
How did the eBay seller get the keyboards?
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Muirium
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27 Feb 2021, 15:13
Well, that’s the ultimate question. Two scenarios really. The good one is Seebart really got sick of collecting / some household emergency forced him to quit immediately and he just handed his stuff over to someone else to dispose.
The other one is what I fear to be the actual case. He’s not around anymore and whoever took ownership of his property had no idea what to do with his keyboard collection so just got some clearer in to empty the place.
Both paths lead to the kind of seller we see now. It’s where a lot of individual collections of all sorts wind up.
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Wodan
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