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Offline Photekq

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Welcome to the first Cherry MX5000 tour!

This is absolutely without a doubt my favourite MX keyboard of all time, and I want to spread the love :thumb:

Please read the below requirements/terms in full and join up! :thumb:

Entrance requirements and terms :
  • Live within CONUS! I'm doing a CONUS tour because that's where the keyboard is currently located, but if this tour is successful then an EU one may commence!
  • Have at least 500 posts (you can try applying without this, but your chances of getting in are very slim unless I have extensive experience with you)
  • Have at least 1 year of membership under your belt (you can try applying without this, but your chances of getting in are very slim unless I have extensive experience with you)
  • I must trust you. If I have issues with anyone applying then I may not allow them to join.
  • You must ship the keyboard on to the next participant VIA A TRACKED, EXPRESS USPS SERVICE after 1 week of having the keyboard.
  • Treat the keyboard with some respect! :'( Don't drop it, don't scratch it and don't disassemble it beyond taking the keycaps off.
  • If the keyboard gets dirty then you should clean it. Nobody likes someone else's finger grease :))
  • You must post a review of the keyboard. It can be a simple "I liked it!"; "I hated it!", or it can be a full write up.
  • I may limit the number of participants, so get in quick!

Please just post in this thread saying that you want to join in order to apply ^-^

Tour will commence after riotonthebay has given the keyboard a good try. It will be shipped to him in the next week or so. I'm putting this up so that we can get a decent number of participants ready.

Tour will be run on DT also. Participants will likely be put in a random order :)

Here is the keyboard to be sent around :



Thanks for looking! I hope we can have a good tour, and I hope that we can spread the love that is the MX5000!

Photekq

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List of participants :

Romevi (GH)
Redmaus (DT)
hwood34 (GH)
CPTBadAss (GH)
Badwrench (GH)
fknraiden (GH)
firebort (GH)
****smeller (GH)
jerue (GH)
MrRooks (GH)
beehatch (GH)
alienman82 (GH)
Waateva (GH)

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merlin64 (GH)
« Last Edit: Wed, 04 January 2017, 17:42:56 by Photekq »
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Express USPS like the overnight shipping service USPS has?
I think even regular priority should be OK. By express I mainly meant anything but first class :))
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count me in!
also, not sure how complex you want to get, but you could arrange the order to make the shipping distances as short as possible, which would possibly save us all a little money
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Can I join? Not here 1 year, but I'm on slack so that makes up for it right?

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Sigh...

Can the last person send it back to me instead? Then I can send it to Photeq? ;)
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Sigh...

Can the last person send it back to me instead? Then I can send it to Photeq? ;)

That'll save everyone else money.

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oh no 300 posts short :(

does it count if i ****post on reddit
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count me in!
also, not sure how complex you want to get, but you could arrange the order to make the shipping distances as short as possible, which would possibly save us all a little money

If it's going to be shipped Priority or Priority Express, it doesn't matter what the distances are.

Express USPS like the overnight shipping service USPS has?
I think even regular priority should be OK. By express I mainly meant anything but first class :))

Cool, I'd like to be in on the tour then :).

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i want in

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I'd still like to apply even though I'm 200 posts short

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woo, I'd love to try out the split.
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Awesome tour Photekq.  I am very tempted to put my name in, but am very worried that I might like it too much and not be able to find one.  Nubbinator is already trying to wreck my wallet and convert me by letting me borrow his HHKB pro2. 

wut. i'd buy a ****ty IBM board for that green V2

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im willing to sell some posts for you guys lacking the amount OuO
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Incredible faith in humanity here Photekq.  As much as I would love to join, I have to decline.  The last time I was part of a tour, said piece never arrived to me and was never seen again.  I know it was a freak chance, but I don't want to risk it with such a nice piece. 
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Holy mole, can't believe I made the list. I'm both humbled and ecstatic.

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i want in
You're a joker.

Awesome tour Photekq.  I am very tempted to put my name in, but am very worried that I might like it too much and not be able to find one.  Nubbinator is already trying to wreck my wallet and convert me by letting me borrow his HHKB pro2. 
I've added you anyway ;) You won't regret it..

woo, I'd love to try out the split.
=P
Added!

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Everyone who has posted and hasn't been added has been put on the consideration pile, due to not meeting the post/membership requirements.
« Last Edit: Wed, 04 May 2016, 09:40:59 by Photekq »
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i want in
You're a joker.

Awesome tour Photekq.  I am very tempted to put my name in, but am very worried that I might like it too much and not be able to find one.  Nubbinator is already trying to wreck my wallet and convert me by letting me borrow his HHKB pro2. 
I've added you anyway ;) You won't regret it..

woo, I'd love to try out the split.
=P
Added!

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Ok, sounds good.  Looking forward to seeing my review compared to others.

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wut. i'd buy a ****ty IBM board for that green V2

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It is certainly a very nice keyboard and this tour makes living out of ConUS even harder.

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oh rip my application
demik will never leave.

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Disappointed @ lack of interest :-[
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welp conus only.

i'm interested though :))

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Disappointed @ lack of interest :-[

I am, but I am also paranoid about it getting lost in the mail to me like the switch tester that CBA sent on a tour.
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very interested, might sign up

edit: sign me up
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I would like to join!

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Australia tour please, I'd absolutely love to try this board  :p

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I'm not conus but I can assure you that I'm more 'murican than all dis people

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Australia tour please, I'd absolutely love to try this board  :p
Dingo might eat the board.
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I've now got my act together (mostly), so I will sign up for this provided I'm not the last person (so I don't have to ship it intl)

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I've now got my act together (mostly), so I will sign up for this provided I'm not the last person (so I don't have to ship it intl)
Added. I think we will likely have a pot for international shipping, so one person isn't left with the burden.
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Super interested, not enough posts though. :(


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firebort, ****smeller, jerue, MrRooks (exception to rule because you've been a long time member), beehatch added
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firebort, ****smeller, jerue, MrRooks (exception to rule because you've been a long time member), beehatch added

Thank you very much!

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i want to join... but i understand if not haha.
Let's get this straight. There is nothing cool about keyboards we're all lame as fk.

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does it count if I'll be one year by the time you start the tour? because I probably will be. or at least by the time the board gets to me
demik will never leave.

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does it count if I'll be one year by the time you start the tour? because I probably will be. or at least by the time the board gets to me

and i might have 500 posts!!  :))
Let's get this straight. There is nothing cool about keyboards we're all lame as fk.

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does it count if I'll be one year by the time you start the tour? because I probably will be. or at least by the time the board gets to me

and i might have 500 posts!!  :))

I'll sell you 341 for the low low
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does it count if I'll be one year by the time you start the tour? because I probably will be. or at least by the time the board gets to me

and i might have 500 posts!!  :))

I'll sell you 341 for the low low

i'll give you my left foot
Let's get this straight. There is nothing cool about keyboards we're all lame as fk.

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Bought posts are DIRTY POSTS and do not count towards this PURE TOUR.

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You're welcome photek. Weeding out these fakers for you.
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Bought posts are DIRTY POSTS and do not count towards this PURE TOUR.
deceived by the gh community :-(
You're welcome photek. Weeding out these fakers for you.
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Re: The Cherry MX5000 Tour - Try one of the greatest keyboards of all time!
« Reply #45 on: Wed, 22 June 2016, 15:20:03 »
This gonna start real soon, so I'll be needing peeps addresses. Will send out some messages about that a bit later.

Still open for people to join.
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Re: The Cherry MX5000 Tour - Try one of the greatest keyboards of all time!
« Reply #46 on: Wed, 22 June 2016, 15:21:24 »
add me

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Re: The Cherry MX5000 Tour - Try one of the greatest keyboards of all time!
« Reply #47 on: Wed, 22 June 2016, 16:00:40 »
I'd like to get in on this but don't have a year under my belt.  Is there a chance that you will run it again in the future for CONUS?
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Re: The Cherry MX5000 Tour - Try one of the greatest keyboards of all time!
« Reply #48 on: Thu, 23 June 2016, 02:03:40 »
I'll vouch for waateva
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Re: The Cherry MX5000 Tour - Try one of the greatest keyboards of all time!
« Reply #49 on: Thu, 23 June 2016, 09:47:25 »
I'll vouch for waateva

Same. He's an A+ guy.