Signature Plastics Grab Bag 2015

[JaccoW]

Just got something in the mail


For those that don't know:
SP grab bag 2014

[jdcarpe]

Crap bag 2015!

[SpAmRaY]

I really, really don't need these but they are hard to resist. I've got boxes of caps from the last few times.

[JaccoW]

I really, really don't need these but they are hard to resist. I've got boxes of caps from the last few times.

Lol same here. Good thing I'm poor right now.

[exitfire401]

Gonna pass this year. Have the 1800 to buy.

[hjc1710]

Yay!! I missed out last year because I dawdled on my purchase too long. I now know not to dawdle. I will not miss this giant 30 lb. bag of random crap.

#hype

[jdcarpe]

Dear SP:

I would buy a crap bag, if I could be guaranteed one of the less crappy crap bags. Otherwise, I shall abstain, as in all previous sales.

Sincerely,
JD

[DrHubblePhD]

Where are these available?

[jdcarpe]

Where are these available?

[DrHubblePhD]

Where are these available?

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 :-*

[jdcarpe]

Where are these available?

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[sethk_]

What should I expect in this bag if I purchase one? All ****ty caps?

[DrHubblePhD]

Where are these available?

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Thank you for not just shouting "learn to  read"  )

[jdcarpe]

What should I expect in this bag if I purchase one? All ****ty caps?

Pretty much. There will be a few good ones, but then 29.995 lbs of caps you don't want/need.

[sethk_]

What should I expect in this bag if I purchase one? All ****ty caps?

Pretty much. There will be a few good ones, but then 29.995 lbs of caps you don't want/need.

How much are they on average?

[FrostyToast]

I feel like I would have more success lingering around the classifieds after people get their bags.

[jdcarpe]

I feel like I would have more success lingering around the classifieds after people get their bags.

But somebody has to buy them in order to have any for sale...

[SpAmRaY]

I just need to get motivated and get my old caps out and get them photographed, I'm sure someone would buy them.

[FrostyToast]

I feel like I would have more success lingering around the classifieds after people get their bags.

But somebody has to buy them in order to have any for sale...

If no one buys them I guess they'll just have to lower the price
Business!

[jdcarpe]

I feel like I would have more success lingering around the classifieds after people get their bags.

But somebody has to buy them in order to have any for sale...

If no one buys them I guess they'll just have to lower the price
Business!

Eh, they will sell out the first day.

[00zeRO]

I am in...mos def!

[Paeka]

wonder if i should pick one of these up

[BlueNalgene]

Oh this is good.  I have been needing some throw away caps to experiment on and use as bases for my custom stuff.

[mr.squishy]

So tempted to get this, but I hear only a few (if any) alps caps come with each board 
I need alps caps!!! hahaha

[ideus]

This is a very singular case of a company recovering some of the costs of over production, excess inventory and scrap where the customers are willing to pay for them. Imagine a manufacturer in other industry that can sell their unwanted stock and make their customers happy in the process, this only happens in this alternative world of keyboard lovers.

[Bakgrund]

I'll make sure to pick up a bag, just started my collection so hopefully I'll get some not too ****ty keycaps that would be nice to start it off with.

[uns211]

I want one because I missed it last year.

[rowdy]

I'm tempted, but will probably skip it this year.

Two years ago I got a couple of Hapsters and a few other interesting keycaps in the bag.

Last year it was just a bag of crap, nothing of particular note.

Plus the postage cost to Australia kinda doubles the price.

[Halverson]

I love these, but like rowdy said, the recent ones were much more "crap"

[uns211]

Changed my mind, I'll pass on this.

[SpAmRaY]

I think they sent all the good overruns to 7bit.

[Bromono]

I just need a 1u 0 key for my numpd D:

[sethk_]

Do you know if they start at 12est? Or what?

[Excessive]

Grab bags you ask?  If it was me, I would might check the site around 12:00 PST....

[ReeferMadness]

it's up, but 12.50 to ship is no bueno, sorry but sitting this one out now.

[MythicalWagyu]

Yeah if last year's bag is any kind of indication of what they're selling this year, not really worth it for $50 after shipping...

[nubbinator]

it's up, but 12.50 to ship is no bueno, sorry but sitting this one out now.

Seriously.  $35 for a bag of crap plus $12.30 shipping.  Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope.  Especially since I think that's more than last year's and last year's was total junk with almost nothing worthwhile.

[SpAmRaY]

Yeah I'm not sure what the deal is, last year the bags were $5 cheaper per bag and shipping was quite a bit less. Shipping on 2 bags last year is the same as it is quoting on one bag this time, that makes no sense at all considering they were shipped USPS flat rate medium boxes last year.

EDIT: Ok so I think last year they were 2.5LB bags this year they are 3Lb bags.

[blackkat]

Yeah, can we get some cheaper shipping options for your Canadian neighbours?  Looking at $60 USD to the frosty white north here...

[mecano]

Priority? It's $33.05 to France at First-Class.

[blackkat]

Yeah, can we get some cheaper shipping options for your Canadian neighbours?  Looking at $60 USD to the frosty white north here...

$25.05 for shipping and $35 for the bag itself that is.

[jdcarpe]

Priority? It's $33.05 to France at First-Class.

Most people won't ship international using First Class. I won't. Things just get lost or damaged too often.

[SpAmRaY]

 for one bag CONUS (IL), $35 + $14.60 shipping

[00zeRO]

Yeah, well, one bag CONUS to TN = $35 + $17.00!!!

[zah]

seems like far more gbs got ran on sp after pmk was launched so maybe they will have some Nice Garbage this time around 

[00zeRO]

I think if they would make smaller grab bags, and made them cheaper, it would be better.

[suicidal_orange]

At $45 I'd be in, at $86 ($20 import tax) I'll have to pass

[plegnic]

Yeah, well, one bag CONUS to TN = $35 + $17.00!!!

+$17 for shipping to GA, USA as well.

[Halverson]

What's the shipping for two to a USA address?

[SpAmRaY]

What's the shipping for two to a USA address?

For me it went up to ~$24 for 2 bags

[Halverson]

What's the shipping for two to a USA address?

For me it went up to ~$24 for 2 bags

Hmmm so tempting. I have plans for my previous bags and could use more. Then again, Canadian dollar is garbage.

[mecano]

Priority? It's $33.05 to France at First-Class.

Most people won't ship international using First Class. I won't. Things just get lost or damaged too often.

Well USA>France always worked out fine for me with USPS first-class, in fact it has been the only reliable service through the years (first shipment from USA something like 20 years ago), better than Fedex or UPS esoterics, the former being a little better than the second. And I like going to my post office, we have kind post officers.

[00zeRO]

They must be doing Regional Rate boxes from Washington...what they should do is Medium or Large Flat Rate boxes

[SpAmRaY]

They must be doing Regional Rate boxes from Washington...what they should do is Medium or Large Flat Rate boxes

Yeah I'm 99% sure they did flat rate medium boxes last year.

[00zeRO]

They must be doing Regional Rate boxes from Washington...what they should do is Medium or Large Flat Rate boxes

Yeah I'm 99% sure they did flat rate medium boxes last year.

Then maybe they are using a Regional Rate calculator instead of Flat Rate on the website?

In any event, I just put my hat in for one...so we will see what kind of bling, flak, or slag I get.

[mecano]

Hey, yeah we will see Lots of fun isn't it?

[rowdy]

$33.05 shipping to Australia (First Class) (or $51.50 (Priority Mail)) makes it $68.05 at the cheapest.

That's US$68.05 which is AUD$87.15.

I'll pass

[MythicalWagyu]

Looking at last year's invoice, it was $7.30 Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box Via U.S. Postal Service; 2.5 Lbs, for a total of $37.30 shipped.

99% of my bag was definitely crap.

[Eversor1]

I was all about this until I saw the shipping $17,.. ouch! That makes a $35 grab bag a $52 grab bag. Think I'm going to pass this time.

[Corey]

$35 + $33 postage and then convert to NZD? Near on $100 you may have seen my little whinge on their facebook page...

[clacktalk]

What is a solid reason to want to buy this? I'm not interested in gambling for booty, but I am curious to see if I'm overlooking anything

[jdcarpe]

What is a solid reason to want to buy this? I'm not interested in gambling for booty, but I am curious to see if I'm overlooking anything

Because you don't have enough useless junk sitting around your place? I have plenty, myself.

[BlueNalgene]

What is a solid reason to want to buy this? I'm not interested in gambling for booty, but I am curious to see if I'm overlooking anything

I bought one solely because I need a bunch of trash keys to disfigure and maim during my experiments/art.  If there are some nice ones-bonus. 

But I am not at all happy with the price.  If the bag was slightly smaller and could be shipped ground instead of priority, it might be a more acceptable wallet hit.  As it stands, it seems that it was planned as a bulkier way to recoup lost product with little regard for the end user.

Their site sucks less now though, so I guess you could say they have that going for them.

[00zeRO]

What is a solid reason to want to buy this? I'm not interested in gambling for booty, but I am curious to see if I'm overlooking anything

I am interested since there have been a lot of really cool GB's lately that feature both DSA and SA profiles. Plus, certain retailer's have mess ups and leftovers from their batches that end up in the mix. Add to that the possibility of Matrix bunnies, pills, and EMP keycaps, and you got yourself a winner.

[rowdy]

What is a solid reason to want to buy this? I'm not interested in gambling for booty, but I am curious to see if I'm overlooking anything

I am interested since there have been a lot of really cool GB's lately that feature both DSA and SA profiles. Plus, certain retailer's have mess ups and leftovers from their batches that end up in the mix. Add to that the possibility of Matrix bunnies, pills, and EMP keycaps, and you got yourself a winner.

That's true!

But for the chance of one or two mmmmmmmmmaybe keycaps, I'll still skip it.

Or a few random keycaps from Nuclear Data Green or one of the others?  Not really.

[Halverson]

What is a solid reason to want to buy this? I'm not interested in gambling for booty, but I am curious to see if I'm overlooking anything

I am interested since there have been a lot of really cool GB's lately that feature both DSA and SA profiles. Plus, certain retailer's have mess ups and leftovers from their batches that end up in the mix. Add to that the possibility of Matrix bunnies, pills, and EMP keycaps, and you got yourself a winner.

That's true!

But for the chance of one or two mmmmmmmmmaybe keycaps, I'll still skip it.

Or a few random keycaps from Nuclear Data Green or one of the others?  Not really.

Buy me two rowdyyyy

[MythicalWagyu]

What is a solid reason to want to buy this? I'm not interested in gambling for booty, but I am curious to see if I'm overlooking anything

I am interested since there have been a lot of really cool GB's lately that feature both DSA and SA profiles. Plus, certain retailer's have mess ups and leftovers from their batches that end up in the mix. Add to that the possibility of Matrix bunnies, pills, and EMP keycaps, and you got yourself a winner.

That's true!

But for the chance of one or two mmmmmmmmmaybe keycaps, I'll still skip it.

Or a few random keycaps from Nuclear Data Green or one of the others?  Not really.

Buy me two rowdyyyy

You're welcome to any of my crap from last year... the only things I liked were a raindrop caps-lock key & a DSA key in robin's egg blue that says SWEET MILLIONS

[Halverson]

What is a solid reason to want to buy this? I'm not interested in gambling for booty, but I am curious to see if I'm overlooking anything

I am interested since there have been a lot of really cool GB's lately that feature both DSA and SA profiles. Plus, certain retailer's have mess ups and leftovers from their batches that end up in the mix. Add to that the possibility of Matrix bunnies, pills, and EMP keycaps, and you got yourself a winner.

That's true!

But for the chance of one or two mmmmmmmmmaybe keycaps, I'll still skip it.

Or a few random keycaps from Nuclear Data Green or one of the others?  Not really.

Buy me two rowdyyyy

You're welcome to any of my crap from last year... the only things I liked were a raindrop caps-lock key & a DSA key in robin's egg blue that says SWEET MILLIONS

I would love some more crap, I have plans for this summer to use a lot of caps. I'll shoot you a pm

Oh and I guess if anyone else needs to unload crap bags dirt cheap, hit me up

[rowdy]

What is a solid reason to want to buy this? I'm not interested in gambling for booty, but I am curious to see if I'm overlooking anything

I am interested since there have been a lot of really cool GB's lately that feature both DSA and SA profiles. Plus, certain retailer's have mess ups and leftovers from their batches that end up in the mix. Add to that the possibility of Matrix bunnies, pills, and EMP keycaps, and you got yourself a winner.

That's true!

But for the chance of one or two mmmmmmmmmaybe keycaps, I'll still skip it.

Or a few random keycaps from Nuclear Data Green or one of the others?  Not really.

Buy me two rowdyyyy

)

Maybe someone could buy me one, and then just ship the decent keycaps

[Badwrench]

What is a solid reason to want to buy this? I'm not interested in gambling for booty, but I am curious to see if I'm overlooking anything

I am interested since there have been a lot of really cool GB's lately that feature both DSA and SA profiles. Plus, certain retailer's have mess ups and leftovers from their batches that end up in the mix. Add to that the possibility of Matrix bunnies, pills, and EMP keycaps, and you got yourself a winner.

That's true!

But for the chance of one or two mmmmmmmmmaybe keycaps, I'll still skip it.

Or a few random keycaps from Nuclear Data Green or one of the others?  Not really.

Buy me two rowdyyyy

)

Maybe someone could buy me one, and then just ship the decent keycaps

I'm game.  You pay for the bag and for shipping to me.  I take pictures of all of it for you and you pick everything you want.  I ship you your keys.  Easy peezy

[welsinki]

 

[nubbinator]

What is a solid reason to want to buy this? I'm not interested in gambling for booty, but I am curious to see if I'm overlooking anything

I am interested since there have been a lot of really cool GB's lately that feature both DSA and SA profiles. Plus, certain retailer's have mess ups and leftovers from their batches that end up in the mix. Add to that the possibility of Matrix bunnies, pills, and EMP keycaps, and you got yourself a winner.

That's true!

But for the chance of one or two mmmmmmmmmaybe keycaps, I'll still skip it.

Or a few random keycaps from Nuclear Data Green or one of the others?  Not really.

Buy me two rowdyyyy

)

Maybe someone could buy me one, and then just ship the decent keycaps

I'm game.  You pay for the bag and for shipping to me.  I take pictures of all of it for you and you pick everything you want.  I ship you your keys.  Easy peezy

I almost offered that earlier.  Badwrench is a trustworthy fella people, plus it would give him caps you don't want so he could play with them.

[rowdy]

What is a solid reason to want to buy this? I'm not interested in gambling for booty, but I am curious to see if I'm overlooking anything

I am interested since there have been a lot of really cool GB's lately that feature both DSA and SA profiles. Plus, certain retailer's have mess ups and leftovers from their batches that end up in the mix. Add to that the possibility of Matrix bunnies, pills, and EMP keycaps, and you got yourself a winner.

That's true!

But for the chance of one or two mmmmmmmmmaybe keycaps, I'll still skip it.

Or a few random keycaps from Nuclear Data Green or one of the others?  Not really.

Buy me two rowdyyyy

)

Maybe someone could buy me one, and then just ship the decent keycaps

I'm game.  You pay for the bag and for shipping to me.  I take pictures of all of it for you and you pick everything you want.  I ship you your keys.  Easy peezy

Thanks.  Tempting, but AUD$50 or so for maybe half a dozen keycaps (if I'm lucky) is not very good odds.

I'll just wait and see what everyone else gets.  Hopefully there are a few good ones to justify everyone's purchases.

[Synjin]

Just bought two grab bags and that shipping is a killer. Hoping I get something good to make it worth it.

[ideus]

Just bought two grab bags and that shipping is a killer. Hoping I get something good to make it worth it.

Good luck, but keep your expectations low, what you paid for are only leftovers.

[Synjin]

Sadly I bought them before seeing other peoples responses.

[SpAmRaY]

Sadly I bought them before seeing other peoples responses.

It's still fun to sort through a bunch of random caps, see the profiles, colors etc, yes that is an expensive experience but an experience nonetheless. And you might find something you like or something unique.

[Synjin]

I hope it stays worth it at least.

[mecano]

Most people won't ship international using First Class. I won't. Things just get lost or damaged too often.

Ahah see, postal services are 3D printing/duplicating my grab bag! How nice is that? First Class!

February 17, 2015   09:23   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 17, 2015   09:12   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 17, 2015   09:06   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 17, 2015   08:53   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 17, 2015   08:26   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 17, 2015   08:24   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 17, 2015   08:23   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 16, 2015   18:25   Philadelphia,   DEPARTED

Geee hope customs did not opened the bag and spread caps all over the place, then tried to repack them one by one…

[suicidal_orange]

Most people won't ship international using First Class. I won't. Things just get lost or damaged too often.

Ahah see, postal services are 3D printing/duplicating my grab bag! How nice is that? First Class!

February 17, 2015   09:23   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 17, 2015   09:12   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 17, 2015   09:06   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 17, 2015   08:53   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 17, 2015   08:26   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 17, 2015   08:24   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 17, 2015   08:23   Paris,   DEPARTED
February 16, 2015   18:25   Philadelphia,   DEPARTED

Geee hope customs did not opened the bag and spread caps all over the place, then tried to repack them one by one…

Ooh a brave soul who imported a bag (or seven ))  to Europe!  I hope customs made a right mess, swore about it, and were told off - then maybe they'll think twice before delaying your future packages...

What are you hoping to find?

[mecano]

caps (obviously)…

[suicidal_orange]

Haha, well yeah!

But if for example you hate DSA I could offer to buy all your DSA caps for a set price before you even get the bag so you could recover some of the horrific shipping fees.  If you like standard layouts I could do the same for 1.25 and 1.75 mods.  If you dislike bright colours...

[mecano]

Yes indeed, I don't think I'm gonna keep the whole. But not sure what to keep or not before seeing the loot.
Gonna have a walk to the post office this morning. Will report (if you see any post office nuking alert on Fox News it will prolly be me).

[edit] didn't had to, being advertised as delivered yesterday on usps website, the bag was quietly waiting in the mail box. Looks promising, sorting time!

[Encryptor]

Anything good in the crap bags this year?  I skipped out because I just have way too many nonsensical keycaps already, but am still kicking myself in case I missed something awesome.

[mr.squishy]

dibs on alps caps

[suicidal_orange]

Yes indeed, I don't think I'm gonna keep the whole. But not sure what to keep or not before seeing the loot.
Gonna have a walk to the post office this morning. Will report (if you see any post office nuking alert on Fox News it will prolly be me).

[edit] didn't had to, being advertised as delivered yesterday on usps website, the bag was quietly waiting in the mail box. Looks promising, sorting time!

Having seen this thread get bumped I looked in your post history and saw your grab-bag layouts in the "what did you get in the mail" thread - it looks like you have lots of DSA even with a full board!  If you would like to sell some on please let me know

Also, you didn't happen to find a 6.25 SA spacebar in there did you?  Looks like it won't fit your board so I'd happily take that off your hands too )

[mecano]

As spacebars go, I have 3 white 6.25U DSA, 1 black 6U DCS and 4 pearly white 8U SA, all I won't use.

I'm gonna post ads+pics about all these, if you want to pm me an offering in the meantime you are welcome.

I also have a decent amount of damaged/unfinished keys but with working stems, if some artisans want them to experiment, I'm giving them for free (you pay shipping).

[edit] added profiles to spacebars [/edit]