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High quality keyboards are often very repairable. People tend to like them and not want to replace them often. My daily keyboard was nearly $400. I'm fixing that long before I replace it. The Kumara isn't nearly so fancy, but some of the design elements will still be there.
Runs about $50 new, so $5.75 is a good price even if it needed minor repairs.
Well I've started typing with it and I do not like it. The keys are so high up and chunky I'm constantly hitting two or three at a time. I'm definitely a cheap plasticky laptop keyboard kinda guy, I'm used to small, low keycaps. On a cheap laptop running Windows 7. Oh well, 6$ for finding that out isn't too bad.
They're not for everyone. But if you like the low rise keys there are good mechanical keyboards with them. Might be worth a try, but they're expensive enough that I'd see if a friend has one to play with rather than buying one and hoping for the best.
I settled on the cheapest keyboard at Canada Computers, a 20$ HP wireless thing. Seems to be the closest to a full-size keyboard with laptop-style plastic goodness.
It might take a little bit to get used to, but your brain will adapt pretty quickly if you keep using it.