IT equipment companies - how reliable are they

[alh84001]

Well, I'm hunting for a specific M122 board, and I google gives me a bunch of results that point to, for lack of a better term, IT equipment companies. Some of them say what i need is in stock, but none have any pictures (as I've come to expect of them). One even has it listed for $26, which is a bit weird, since usually prices there are much higher than on the consumer market (I got quoted $15 per switch for a 60 piece SKCM green set recently ). So, does anyone here have experience with them, positive or negative? Specifically, I'm looking at these:
http://www.cygnussupply.com/
http://www.argecy.com/
http://www.pinnaclemicro.com/
http://www.memory4less.com/
https://www.chicagotech.com/
http://www.tamayatech.com/


Did you ever get a wrong item sent? It wouldn't be an issue for me if I was in US, but it makes it a bit more complicated being on this side of the pond.

[fohat]

I cannot answer your question directly, but I do know that these companies list "everything" for sale even when they do not actually have much of it "on hand" now.

When I was first looking for Model Fs, I found dozens of listings, sometimes at cheap prices and sometimes sky-high, but when I made specific inquiries they were ALWAYS "out of stock"

Contact Cindy first. Shipping from Texas is high but she gets a lot of M-122s and they don't have great value.

[alh84001]

Yeah, that's what I am afraid of. I'll still try and contact the ones that have it listed in stock. I'd obviously contact Cindy first, but I'm looking for some missing keycaps for my Unsaver that I got from her, and she did an excellent job on providing almost all the missing keycaps, but there are still some missing to complete the set.

[fohat]

but I'm looking for some missing keycaps for my Unsaver that I got from her, and she did an excellent job on providing almost all the missing keycaps, but there are still some missing to complete the set.

After all the keyboards that she and lot_lizard have stripped for his project, I would have thought that she was drowning in almost every key imaginable. You must be looking for something very specialized.

[alh84001]

Check out my marketplace thread. I'm starting to think rare(ish) boards without keycaps are finding me, instead of the other way around

[elecplus]

Well, I'm hunting for a specific M122 board, and I google gives me a bunch of results that point to, for lack of a better term, IT equipment companies. Some of them say what i need is in stock, but none have any pictures (as I've come to expect of them). One even has it listed for $26, which is a bit weird, since usually prices there are much higher than on the consumer market (I got quoted $15 per switch for a 60 piece SKCM green set recently ). So, does anyone here have experience with them, positive or negative? Specifically, I'm looking at these:
http://www.cygnussupply.com/
http://www.argecy.com/
http://www.pinnaclemicro.com/
http://www.memory4less.com/
https://www.chicagotech.com/
http://www.tamayatech.com/


Did you ever get a wrong item sent? It wouldn't be an issue for me if I was in US, but it makes it a bit more complicated being on this side of the pond.

None of those are stocking distributors for old keyboards. I know all of them, and used to supply them. Argecy is the only exception; they do have some oldies, but not what you would consider collectible or mechanical. I already bought all their useful ones

What old M122 do you want? I just picked up over 100 of them...