1970's original Key Blank(oval top)

[surfsnake2]

If you bought them from a Nissan dealer they shouldn't have been any more expensive than any other key blank they sell. No more than $8 at the most. .

they were more than that

maybe they came from a different kind of dealer

[sblake01]

they were more than that

maybe they came from a different kind of dealer

Only you know where you purchased them.

[DougN]

Why all the secrecy surfsnake? Why not just come out and say "I bought these key blanks at such and such place for $X and want to know if I got a good deal" instead of pretending like you are looking for keys?

[Zak's Z]

they were more than that

maybe they came from a different kind of dealer

How did that 'deal' go? .. "Gimmee 2 ounces of Panama White...uuhh, 2 Grams of that sweet jamaican bud.....and a couple of early Nissan Key Blanks."

Just kidding of course, just sounds kinda funny 'different kind of dealer". Im interested to hear the rest of this story..

Edited August 29, 2008 by Zak's Z

[geezer]

LOLThat's funny Zak, but the exact thing I was thinking.

Key blanks like that come under the catagory of "wait till they fall in your lap", because if you go looking for them specifically, it'll cost ya. Even then, I don't have the sharp eyes of Arne to make sure I got the right one.:cross-eye

[surfsnake2]

Only you know where you purchased them.

yep, just me, my girlfriend and the guy i purchased them from

Why all the secrecy surfsnake? Why not just come out and say "I bought these key blanks at such and such place for $X and want to know if I got a good deal" instead of pretending like you are looking for keys?

Actually i posted here because i went looking for them, found some but the price i thought was unreasonable, so i asked here decided it would probably be worth it so i take a couple of extras with me(what he had left). I only discuss money and politics with family.

How did that 'deal' go? .. "Gimmee 2 ounces of Panama White...uuhh' date=' 2 Grams of that sweet jamaican bud.....and a couple of early Nissan Key Blanks."

Just kidding of course, just sounds kinda funny 'different kind of dealer". Im interested to hear the rest of this story..[/quote']

Im glad someone got the joke.

anyways the whole point of this is that im considering selling a couple of them, emphasis on considering, because i dont know if its a better idea to just keep them until it breaks so i can use the other blanks so that next time i want a key blank in 5-10 years i dont pay double or more

[moonpup]

So...let me wrap my head around this:

First, you post a thread asking for help in finding original key blanks. Next, at some point within a week, you find a dealer that has some but apparently they were not from a normal Nissan dealer but rather some kind of mysterious special dealer.

Your next thread poses a "what if" only to find out.... you already do!

Like DougN suggested, wouldn't it have been easier to just post in your first thread that you found some and ask how much are they worth.

[surfsnake2]

So...let me wrap my head around this:

First, you post a thread asking for help in finding original key blanks. Next, at some point within a week, you find a dealer that has some but apparently they were not from a normal Nissan dealer but rather some kind of mysterious special dealer.

Your next thread poses a "what if" only to find out.... you already do!

Like DougN suggested, wouldn't it have been easier to just post in your first thread that you found some and ask how much are they worth.

My first thread the first several places i went looking had the big squarish kind of key, and i did not want that, so then i began the hunt for an actual original, found the threads that had pictures of the original here, set out to find the originals, did so, thought they might be to expensive, received an idea of what they might be worth, calculated it all out, decided to go back and buy what he had. the second picture, the one in this thread, i had not yet purchased they key, that is a picture of a key from here, that matches the cut side. i didnt ask if i could photograph the keys before i bought them. and the dealer was someone who i know who works at a nissan dealership and had purchased them a long time ago and he was willing to sell me what he had personally, not through the actual dealership but through himself.

well i actually didnt know him i knew him through somebody in a zclub

Edited August 29, 2008 by surfsnake2

[Mike B]

the second picture, the one in this thread, i had not yet purchased they key, that is a picture of a key from here, that matches the cut side.

Yes, that is my picture.

So this isn't where you got them from?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/7-Vintage-Nissan-Motors-Key-Blanks_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ10076QQihZ008QQitemZ180279742894QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

-Mike

[hls30.com]

A set of 7 or so just sold for about $60 on ebay-I midded the auction, or the pice would have been higher-quite possibly significantly! and a die would have been made-it still will be, just not as soon.

Will

I didn't want to be as obvious...

[sblake01]

.............the dealer was someone who i know who works at a nissan dealership and had purchased them a long time ago and he was willing to sell me what he had personally, not through the actual dealership but through himself.

well i actually didnt know him i knew him through somebody in a zclub

You bought them on eBay. So why all the subterfuge?

Edited August 29, 2008 by sblake01

[EScanlon]

Dustin, you may be living up to the second half of your "handle" by trying to outwit everyone here.

If your intent is to profit from your e-bay win, why all the BS about a guy who works for a dealer whom you know/don'tknow?

Your comment:

i didnt ask if i could photograph the keys before i bought them. and the dealer was someone who i know who works at a nissan dealership and had purchased them a long time ago and he was willing to sell me what he had personally, not through the actual dealership but through himself.

really belies the facts on e-Bay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/7-Vintage-Nissan-Motors-Key-Blanks_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ10076QQihZ008QQitemZ180279742894QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

We're all believers in the capitalist system (with exceptions) and understand TANSTAAFL (also with exceptions), so you may be able to still garner one or two blanks for your use while selling off the rest for the amount of your expense.

But this smells of your trying to profiteer from everyone here.

FWIW

E