Author Topic: G80-3000lscrc-2 (Read 16501 times)

itlnstln · « **Reply #60 on:** Thu, 29 October 2009, 08:33:20 »

Quote from: Rajagra;128995

Me too then. I find the MX11800/11900 boards to be very useful. They are only 1" wider than a tenkeyless board, yet they have every standard key, including the numpad.

This is why I want the G80-1800. Small form-factor, standard layout. The newer 11800s have Windows keys.

hyperlinked · « **Reply #61 on:** Thu, 29 October 2009, 11:33:15 »

I finally got around to cancelling my order. I didn't have to go through the telephone circus that Prisoner went through. I just found my email confirmation, hit the reply button, and ask them to cancel my order if the item was out of stock. POSGlobal got back to me in three minutes to let me know that they were out and my order has been canceled.

Sometimes, email does get you there faster!

itlnstln · « **Reply #62 on:** Thu, 29 October 2009, 11:38:39 »

E-mail also puts things in writing (for better or worse) which I find to be invaluable for order cancellations and such.

itlnstln · « **Reply #63 on:** Thu, 29 October 2009, 12:00:32 »

I bet a lot of POS companies do phone orders or face-to-face meets, so they don't really have a lot of "practice" in the small-scale, Web arena. Usually, when a retail outlet buys POS equipment, they buy lots of it (whether a few items in bulk, lots of individual items, or some combination of the two), so Web ordering usually isn't the best method. That said, companies as large as the one I work for just buy straight from the manufacturer, so we skip the middle man.

patrickgeekhack · « **Reply #64 on:** Thu, 29 October 2009, 12:14:27 »

Quote from: hyperlinked;129116

I finally got around to cancelling my order. I didn't have to go through the telephone circus that Prisoner went through. I just found my email confirmation, hit the reply button, and ask them to cancel my order if the item was out of stock. POSGlobal got back to me in three minutes to let me know that they were out and my order has been canceled.

Sometimes, email does get you there faster!

It's hit and miss. Someone said that they never replied to any of his e-mails.

itlnstln · « **Reply #65 on:** Thu, 29 October 2009, 12:29:35 »

Yeah, it's pretty ironic that a Point-of-Sale company has problems with thier Point-of-Sale.

hyperlinked · « **Reply #66 on:** Thu, 29 October 2009, 12:45:09 »

Quote from: itlnstln;129138

Yeah, it's pretty ironic that a Point-of-Sale company has problems with thier Point-of-Sale.

It's like H&R Block getting caught for screwing up their own taxes a few years ago or when it was discovered that Computer Associates, makers of finance and enterprise management software were not only not using their own software to keep their books, but were doing it the old school way.

itlnstln · « **Reply #67 on:** Thu, 29 October 2009, 12:46:54 »

We used to use some CA programs on our mainframe, but we phased those out sometime back.

patrickgeekhack · « **Reply #68 on:** Thu, 29 October 2009, 13:20:28 »

Quote from: ripster;129151

Or Metadot programmers not using Das keyboards. No wait, that's just an Internet Rumor I just started.

Somebody call Metadot and ask the receptionist to put the phone next to the keyboard and type something.

Imagine a group of users on blue Cherries all day long in the same room.

itlnstln · « **Reply #69 on:** Thu, 29 October 2009, 13:24:29 »

I'm sure they were re-issued the "silent" model. The original Das III must have been a nightmare in their call center.

Hak Foo · « **Reply #70 on:** Fri, 06 November 2009, 22:33:18 »

Dumb question: Can blue G80-3000s with a ANSI layout be obtained in the UK? I might be able to get a "pass-along" with friends there.

PRISONER 24601 · « **Reply #71 on:** Fri, 06 November 2009, 23:32:45 »

I can't answer your dumb question but I'm still looking for one of these guys daily, with no luck ;_;

AndrewZorn · « **Reply #72 on:** Sat, 07 November 2009, 10:01:39 »

yeah i saw this thread and was hoping they were actually back
chinese letters actually look kind of cool too
$60ish is just really cheap

Hak Foo · « **Reply #73 on:** Sat, 07 November 2009, 17:54:21 »

I looked at the Keyboard Company (a .uk firm who posts here) and they only had the ISO-layout ones, at about 60 GBP (~100 USD)

microsoft windows · « **Reply #74 on:** Sat, 07 November 2009, 18:29:07 »

You know, I've always wondered where your signature picture came from. Did you make it?

Hak Foo · « **Reply #75 on:** Sat, 07 November 2009, 19:55:31 »

Yeah. Image editing is a dangerous thing.

PRISONER 24601 · « **Reply #76 on:** Sun, 08 November 2009, 18:10:43 »

I'm just gonna get on gemini's preorder list tomorrow. More money down the drain I suppose...

ripster, what makes you think they're lying? Is this some sort of POS chinese syndicate moneymaking scam?

AndrewZorn · « **Reply #77 on:** Sun, 08 November 2009, 18:26:46 »

preorder list?
going to bed so im not going to read all this stuff
but i will go to bed hoping that this means i can, tomorrow, preorder a blue cherry keyboard of nice quality for $60

PRISONER 24601 · « **Reply #78 on:** Sun, 08 November 2009, 18:38:16 »

Quote from: AndrewZorn;131084

preorder list?
going to bed so im not going to read all this stuff
but i will go to bed hoping that this means i can, tomorrow, preorder a blue cherry keyboard of nice quality for $60

I've heard gemini has one, gonna call tomorrow to be sure.

patrickgeekhack · « **Reply #79 on:** Sun, 08 November 2009, 19:58:27 »

If this keyboard is still being manufactured, then yes, you can call Geminicomputers and ask them to custom order one. I did this a few months ago for my second G80.

PRISONER 24601 · « **Reply #80 on:** Sun, 08 November 2009, 22:09:55 »

Quote from: ripster;131105

They may have some still in the distribution chain. I'm just saying it's very odd that the ONE Blue Cherry keyboard that Cherry Corp. ships to the US has Chinese lettering and is $40 cheaper. Sure seems like an inventory blowout, not a standard item.

Damn, yeah.

Well, if they order a bunch of them again and sell them at blowout prices I guess they have one hell of a chinese mafia scam cause I'd be in for two.

AndrewZorn · « **Reply #81 on:** Mon, 09 November 2009, 10:42:46 »

so just email them (can't call) and ask if they CAN send me a "BLACK USB/PS-2 COMBO K/BOARD MX GOLD X-PNT KEY [g80-3000lscrc-2]"?

these ARE cherry blue, confirmed, right?

itlnstln · « **Reply #82 on:** Mon, 09 November 2009, 10:44:06 »

Yes, they are Cherry blue.

AndrewZorn · « **Reply #83 on:** Mon, 09 November 2009, 13:51:14 »

i sent an email to sales i will report how it goes

PRISONER 24601 · « **Reply #84 on:** Thu, 12 November 2009, 16:15:27 »

got a callback from gemini yesterday morning. missed the voice msg cause i was at work.

the deal is the same as it has been. they'll get them in early January and anyone can call ahead and preorder one if they wish.

no new information there, but at least we have another January confirmation.

AndrewZorn · « **Reply #85 on:** Thu, 12 November 2009, 16:20:54 »

i still havent got an email back, so do you know if...

i can email instead of call?
will the price still be $65?
can i 'call' ahead NOW and preorder?

ch_123 · « **Reply #86 on:** Thu, 12 November 2009, 16:30:12 »

And the new Das, apparently. Which is more likely - a working Das, or a new Unicomp model?

PRISONER 24601 · « **Reply #87 on:** Thu, 12 November 2009, 20:22:08 »

Quote from: AndrewZorn;132024

i still havent got an email back, so do you know if...

i can email instead of call?
will the price still be $65?
can i 'call' ahead NOW and preorder?

Yup, just called and ordered this morn. Got myself on "the list"- VIP baby break out dat courvoisier!

I wanted to order 3, but they're charging the Ccards right away (instead of charging in Jan.)... So i just put myself down for one. He told me to simply call back if I wanna change the order to 3 units, no prob.

Too bad I gotta wait 'till Jan. I guess some people will be getting belated chrstmas gifts this year!

**** year. I got meself a genuine german chinese american keyboard with all the bells and whistles. Otto von Bismark and Charman Mao would be equally proud.
Gustavus Adolphus might be a bit jealous.
Reagan would probably want to blow it up with a space laser.
And umm.. I bet if Kennedy were around he'd probably be worried about the "keyboard gap". He would commission the FBI to reverse engineer cherry blues, power them with radiation, and put them on top of some holy mountain in India. And no, I'm not done digressing.

Augustus, if he had the G80-3000LSCRC-2, would display it as a standard and proceed to conquer the german tribes with three full legions. Foolishly, Quintus Varus would underestimate the barbarians. A confederacy of tribes would ambush the roman columns (on favorable, modernist terrain) with their supposedly "inferior" buckling spring weapons. The might of the Cherry standard would be humbled after long last. Augustus Caesar, lamenting in his private quarters, would realize that leadership is still a daunting task- even after many years in power. After the humiliating loss, Augustus would secretly curse the gods. He would curse himself as well, for the rest of his days. Most of all, he would curse the generals that failed him. Again, and again, for weeks on end, he would scream to the gods in mourning his fallen army, "Quintili Vare, keyboardes redde!"

What the **** did I just write? Disregard that plz.

PRISONER 24601 · « **Reply #88 on:** Fri, 13 November 2009, 00:30:32 »

Now that I think about it, the sales rep may have mentioned something about magic beans. Something like how the g80-3000lscrc-2 beans will lead to the keyboard. I wasn't really paying attention.

AndrewZorn · « **Reply #89 on:** Fri, 13 November 2009, 07:42:41 »

sales never did respond to me, anyone know if there is a way to do this without a phone?

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