geekhack
geekhack Marketplace => Group Buys and Preorders => Topic started by: feng on Wed, 21 March 2012, 19:50:24
-
UPDATE (5/17): All orders have been shipped! Feedbacks are always welcome! :D Glad to do business with you guys. :)
The head of KBC just contacted me yesterday. And he said he remembered I was asking for the 104PBT Blank Black keysets. At the time there was a minimum 500 keysets required in order to make this order possible. But we knew it's impossible to reach that many demands. So I had to tell the people who had shown their interests in my 104/37 PBT group buy that I couldn't get any 104PBT Blank Black set for them. But yesterday, he said there's a KBC distributor wanted to place an order, he could just help me to get 100 keysets of 104PBT Blank Black without the 500 minimum requirement.
So there will be 100 sets of 104PBT Blank Black available in this group buy. These will be the first KBC 104PBT blank black keysets in the world. :P Not even available in Chinese market.
The deadline will be 4/30/2012. Estimate shipping date is between 4/30 - 5/15.
The spacebar has 3 stems. Compatible with most ANSI keyboards. e.g. Filco, Rosewill, Ducky, Poker, Das, etc. It was supposed to be universal spacebar which has 6 stems, but they had some errors during producing the 6-stems spacebar, so the final product only includes a 3-stems spacebar for each keyset. And actually there're 105 keys included in each keyset. One extra stepped caps lock key for Cherry's keyboards.
The blank black keysets will be like these, but without the engraving for sure.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]45241[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]45242[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]45243[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]45244[/ATTACH]
Pricing:
25 keysets $48
50 keysets $46
75 keysets $44
100 keysets $42
Sorry but please send me $48 as for one keyset when you PM me your order. I'd prefer my own way to do the group buy instead of the normal GH way (Taking orders, and then collecting money when order is closed).
It's much easier for me to organize the group buys. I'll refund you the extra money (will be $2, $4, or $6 depending on the certain amount of the keysets we've reached) on the last day of this group buy.
If you sent the payment as goods, I'll just do the partial refund within that transaction. If you sent it as gift, since I can't partially refund in a gift payment, I'll send you a new payment as gift for refund purpose.
Shipping:
USA/Canada - USPS First Class $4 (US orders will include a delivery confirmation which is the tracking number)
International - USPS First Class $7
Will ship in bubble mailer via USPS First Class.
Any customs fees, if applicable, are your responsibility.
Payment:
Please send me the payment via Paypal at tangxiruo@hotmail.com (as gift or add 3.5% to cover the fees). And leave me a message including your Geekhack user name with the payment. After sending the payment, PM me your order, your Paypal email and shipping address in this forum.
Sample Order PM:
2x 104PBT Blank Black
tangxiruo@hotmail.com (your Paypal email)
Address:
XXX XXX
1234 Keycap Blvd
Saint Louis, MO 12345
United States
Order List: (paid already)
1) n00bca3k
2) dippingriz
3) megnin
4) pyro_dragun
5) Hirsti
6) kturnbull (Shipped)
7) kelien
8) yakuza
9) F u r u y á
-
How thick are these keys? I had a set of blank black PBTs that I purchased from iMav not sure who made them if you're saying KBC hasn't sold these before.
-
How thick are these keys? I had a set of blank black PBTs that I purchased from iMav not sure who made them if you're saying KBC hasn't sold these before.
About 1mm thick.
Two possibilities: They are KBC 37 keyset. Or they are Ducky 104PBT keyset.
-
Does this mean that the spacebar will be pbt too?
-
Does this mean that the spacebar will be pbt too?
Sure it will be.
-
I wonder if Mechanicalkeyboards is the mysterious vendor that KBC mentioned.
-
These will be blank and not engraved like the pictures right??
-
lol reading is not one of my stronger abilities.....Ill be down for a set
-
Someone who is involved with http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/ has said that black blank pbt sets will be available when they open up in March. I want to see the specs/price on those before I give the go ahead.
Please post a running tab of purchases if possible.
BTW: Is that shipping price for combined? For example, if I order 4 sets is it still $4 shipping?
It is for combined sets. But for 4 sets, probably it would has to go with USPS priority though within a small box since I'm not sure if I can put 4 sets into one big bubble mailer.
I wonder if Mechanicalkeyboards is the mysterious vendor that KBC mentioned.
Who mentioned? istmo? The head of KBC "Rou" said he has no idea about that.
-
I'm down, just posting for now. Deadline is still a ways off and rather hold onto my funds for now.
-
These look cool. I will be buying one soon. They will fit on a Rosewill rk9000 without issues, correct?
-
Do you know if the space bar is the "universal" type that will fit a Leopold LC200R? I'll be buying one for sure, maybe two if the space bar fits the Leopold TKL.
-
I am interested, will be waiting until closer to the deadline though.
-
These look cool. I will be buying one soon. They will fit on a Rosewill rk9000 without issues, correct?
Yes, since RK-9000 uses the exactly same way for setting keycaps as Filco.
Do you know if the space bar is the "universal" type that will fit a Leopold LC200R? I'll be buying one for sure, maybe two if the space bar fits the Leopold TKL.
Yes it's a updated version so the spacebar has 6 stems and compatible with Leopold.
-
I'm interested, although I already so many new sets that I haven't even touched yet.
feng, so what if you don't hit the 100 order minimum? Is this still going through? If so, does that mean you'll be covering the rest of the set so we hit the 100 minimum?
-
It sounds to me like it is exactly 100 sets available, not a minimum. It's not clear if the deal still goes through if all 100 sets are not sold, though.
-
I'm interested, although I already so many new sets that I haven't even touched yet.
feng, so what if you don't hit the 100 order minimum? Is this still going through? If so, does that mean you'll be covering the rest of the set so we hit the 100 minimum?
No worries, this will go through anyway even if there's no 100 keysets sold. For example, if there're only 25 sets sold, I'll take the rest of them as 75 sets for my eBay selling.
-
I expect you'll get a rush of orders around the last payday before the deadline. I plan to order two or more sets.
-
I'd probably be in if they were engraved... (for whatever that is worth)
-
I'd probably be in if they were engraved... (for whatever that is worth)
Feng still has some listed on his ebay from the last GB. http://www.ebay.com/itm/KBC-Black-Engraved-PBT-Cherry-MX-Key-Caps-104-keys-included-/330705002908?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item4cff8de19c
Same keys, but with engraving. I bought a White-Blank set and am getting it shipped with the black blank and and getting them shipped together when ready :P
-
I'd probably be in if they were engraved... (for whatever that is worth)
He offers engrave people want blanks... Now he offers blanks and people want engraved
:rofl:
-
He offers engrave people want blanks... Now he offers blanks and people want engraved
:rofl:
The clouds are always boobier on the other side.
-
I'm definitely going to get in on this next month! My Das is in desperate need of some PBT blanks :D
-
i am in for 1-2 sets too, ordering when deadline comes closer ;)
-
:frusty: I hate the deadline that I listed.
-
Put me down for 1 set. I'll PP when I get home later today.
EDIT: Just one set, PP sent.
-
how good are these compared to double shots
-
:frusty: I hate the deadline that I listed.
Why's it gotta be a deadline? If you are covering the excess over 100, can't you just ship them off as soon as you get them to whoever has paid and keep the GB open until you run out?
-
Paid and PM'ed for two sets. Might order more closer to 4/30.
-
feng,
can you confirm that these will work ok on the Cherry G80-3000?
As far as I could tell, only the CapsLock doesn't fit G80-3000. My friend told me that the newest spacebar (with 6 stems) can fit G80-3000 but I can guarantee that since I don't have the keyboard on hand.
-
I'm looking forward to some Non-printed Black PBT caps to go on a white Filco or Leopold!
Does the number of orders make any difference in this Group Buy?
-
thanks for answering
-
I'm looking forward to some Non-printed Black PBT caps to go on a white Filco or Leopold!
Does the number of orders make any difference in this Group Buy?
According to the OP, yes. The pricing tiers are listed there.
-
12 days left, 3 orders so far. hm....
-
PMed and paid :)
12 days left, 3 orders so far. hm....
Odd, I thought this would've generated a lot more interest too...
-
ISO-Set and i buy one :p.
-
According to the OP, yes. The pricing tiers are listed there.
Oh, of course. Yes, I saw that. Pricing tiers start at 48 sets. hmmmm, it looks like there's a way to go in the next 12 days. I don't know if I'm as confident in WASD delivering some quality Non-printed Black PBT caps. I'm still all over these. I'll get another two sets if the price doesn't go UP.
-
Are we almost at 100 yet? :eyebrows:
-
Are we almost at 100 yet? :eyebrows:
hm... you know where we are. :(
-
Sorry, cheap attempt at a bump.
-
6 days to go!
-
I'll very likely be ordering one, I've been looking around for some PBT keycaps to replace the ones on my Otaku Filco. They turned shiny really fast. :c
-
What profile are these keys? Cherry?
-
What profile are these keys? Cherry?
No these are Costar profile.
-
Dam.. seems like I'll have an inventory problem. way fewer order than I expected. :pout:
-
Well, if you spend some money on a blank PBT set, you're not gonna get the boring old all black, you want something more… customised? colored? pretty?
:P
-
Is the costar profile what Filco uses? I'm trying to find a blank set that's as close as SP's profile as I can (without actually buying it from SP).
-
Is the costar profile what Filco uses? I'm trying to find a blank set that's as close as SP's profile as I can (without actually buying it from SP).
Yes it's closer to Costar profile like the other KBC PBT keycaps.
-
I'm looking for blank black keycaps for a DSI KB-8861XPU-B-V2 Left-Handed Keyboard (http://www.dsi-keyboards.com/dsiblackusblefthandedkeyboardkb-ds-8861xpu-b-v2.aspx), which features BIGass enter, 1x1 backspace and \| keys on the top row (with the number keys).
[ATTACH=CONFIG]49241[/ATTACH]
It would seem that I can swap all but these three oddball keys with one of these sets, so my tentative plan is to order one set, plus one of feng's KBC black engraved for 7G/6GV2 (http://cgi.ebay.com/330719902638), which gets me the three special (albeit engraved) keys, but I'm wondering if the key profiles match…
Plan B would be to order two of these keysets, swipe two top row keys from the extra set and leave the BIGass unchanged. I actually have two of these keyboards, so the leftover keys would not be wasted either way.
-
Well, if you spend some money on a blank PBT set, you're not gonna get the boring old all black, you want something more… customised? colored? pretty?
:P
I am! Gotta get the base black/white for the minimalist boards.
-
Almost ready to ship to me
-
12 orders so far
-
1 day left!
-
still available?
-
still available?
Pretty sure he ordered extras, so yeah it should be ;)
-
It turned out the spacebar has 3 stems. Compatible with most ANSI keyboards. e.g. Filco, Rosewill, Ducky, Poker, Das, etc. It was supposed to be universal spacebar which has 6 stems, but they had some errors during producing the 6-stems spacebar, so the final product only includes a 3-stems spacebar for each keyset. And actually there're 105 keys included in each keyset. One extra stepped caps lock key for Cherry's keyboards.
Sorry about the mistake guys. :( I've sent you PMs. Please let me know you wanna either cancel your order or keep your order so I can ship them out on Monday.
-
Send mine :)
-
Hey feng, I sent a pm a while back telling you to send mine, but I'm not sure if it went through cause of the rollbacks. Can you confirm? :)
-
Do u have some available set feng?
-
Hey feng, I sent a pm a while back telling you to send mine, but I'm not sure if it went through cause of the rollbacks. Can you confirm? :)
Yeah yours has been shipped with your zinc order
already. :)
Do u have some available set feng?
Sure I still have some in stock.
-
cool! i will order tomorrow, can you get me a KBC PBT china flag keycap with my shipment?
I'm in love with this keycap, the keycap of your profile picture! I won't find it, i only found it on taobao.
-
My spacebar on my white set seems to be pretty warped :( Doesn't seem to be an issue for my black set.
http://i.imgur.com/zr1g5.jpg
-
My spacebar on my white set seems to be pretty warped :( Doesn't seem to be an issue for my black set.
http://i.imgur.com/zr1g5.jpg
I had the same thing happen with my white PBT set. It's really not an issue if you just carefully heat it with a hair dryer and straighten it back out.
Also: did you ship my set Feng? I'm using it on a Poker and as long as the spacebar fits the Poker I'm good.
-
Got my two Black sets yesterday. Thanks!!!!!
-
Got my two sets as well. They are great.