Signature Plastics Grab Bag 2015

[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]