My M$ft keyboard started acting up (only one key was the problem) so I submitted a web support incident. After about a week of troubleshooting, m$ft determined that the keyboard was faulty. In the end, it's just the left ctrl key that is sticky. Sometimes it doesn't detect the keypress. But other then that the kb works fine. But, I'm a coder, and the left ctrl key is as important as the space or delete key in my habbits, so the kb to me was unusable.
M$ft decided to replace the keyboard once it was determined to be broken. Unfortuantely, they're sending a new model keyboard out that I'm not going to use....I've tried them in store, and don't like them. I'm gonna sell the new one without opening the box. Just gonna stick with keytronic for now.
M$ft made no comments about what to do with my old one. They didnt' tell me to throw it away, nor do I have to send it back. So, as far as they're concerned I could still be using it as a backup keybaord or whatever. Do you think it's unethical to sell the old one as long as you advertise that A, it can't be serviced by M$ft for warranty replacement and B the left ctrl key is broken? I hate to just throw the kb away with one key acting up, but as it is, I got enuf generic kb's lying aroudn that I don't need another spare.
I am just pondering if in fact that selling the keyboard properly advertised would be wrong. I don't think so, as long as the buyer knows the left ctrl key sticks and that it's non replaceable. If there were more wrong with it then the ctrl key, I'd toss it, but it's the natural pro....a pretty expensive kb a few years ago. Besides, I'm pretty sure someone who knows how to fix keyboards could fix it themselves.......
M$ft decided to replace the keyboard once it was determined to be broken. Unfortuantely, they're sending a new model keyboard out that I'm not going to use....I've tried them in store, and don't like them. I'm gonna sell the new one without opening the box. Just gonna stick with keytronic for now.
M$ft made no comments about what to do with my old one. They didnt' tell me to throw it away, nor do I have to send it back. So, as far as they're concerned I could still be using it as a backup keybaord or whatever. Do you think it's unethical to sell the old one as long as you advertise that A, it can't be serviced by M$ft for warranty replacement and B the left ctrl key is broken? I hate to just throw the kb away with one key acting up, but as it is, I got enuf generic kb's lying aroudn that I don't need another spare.
I am just pondering if in fact that selling the keyboard properly advertised would be wrong. I don't think so, as long as the buyer knows the left ctrl key sticks and that it's non replaceable. If there were more wrong with it then the ctrl key, I'd toss it, but it's the natural pro....a pretty expensive kb a few years ago. Besides, I'm pretty sure someone who knows how to fix keyboards could fix it themselves.......
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