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Offline Koobs

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What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 19:02:29 »
And what cap was it? Id assume clacks and brocaps go for the most. Only asking because I may drop some on a independence day reaper, so it got me thinking haha. MY guess is the most ill see is 150$. Please prove me wrong! =)

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 19:05:08 »
The most you guess is 150$? Mang some clackvent winners payed 150$ alone.

The most I've payed is 40$

Those two Get rekt Bros went for 800$+ a peice a few months ago.

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 19:06:08 »
80 for a single.
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 19:06:14 »
In a roundabout way, about $55.

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 19:06:39 »
lmao $150 max. most I ever spent was $40
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 19:07:54 »
i forget if brocaps goldbot cost more or if it was the girldc sc2 marine.  max about $125 before shipping
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 19:55:41 »
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:02:34 »
The most I ever spent was 22$

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:08:03 »
I've never purchased a single keycap... but I'd only spend < $40.

There were some clack auctions on ebay recently where some sold for $400+. Pretty crazy...

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:11:06 »
$28 (29?) for the HKP Raven on mechanicalkeyboards.com

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:25:28 »
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:29:48 »
$40ish including shipping
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:30:21 »
All you guys with max below $50 are liars!

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #13 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:34:15 »
All you guys with max below $50 are liars!
Or not willing to spend 60$+ in most cases.

My wallet cannot permit such spending.  :)


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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #14 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:35:23 »
All you guys with max below $50 are liars!
Or not willing to spend 60$+ in most cases.

My wallet cannot permit such spending.  :)

I'm just mad 'cause smart spenders  >:D

Mine was probably like $80, not including trades ofc huhu...

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #15 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:38:21 »
I think I spent $50 on a cap once. I ended up trading it 1:2 though, so I'm happy with that. Most I've paid for a single cap I ended up keeping would probably be $25, but I'd be willing to pay more for one I really wanted.
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:40:00 »
I bought a 3D clack for 150 (I think) for my first clack. I dont think I have had any other big single cap purchases.
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #17 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:40:20 »
I spent over $80 on a brobot v2 then I sold it for the same price

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:40:50 »
$155 for my precious green trans clack.

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #19 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:40:54 »
All you guys with max below $50 are liars!

I've never actually bought an aftermarket Clack or Bro, all mine are from getting lucky in sales or via trades. I think the most expensive one I have would be my Noxious Ribbit, IIRC that was about $75 including shipping.
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #20 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:47:19 »
All you guys with max below $50 are liars!

I've never actually bought an aftermarket Clack or Bro, all mine are from getting lucky in sales or via trades. I think the most expensive one I have would be my Noxious Ribbit, IIRC that was about $75 including shipping.

I would like to do the same from this point on. My raffle luck should cooperate though  :rolleyes:
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #21 on: Tue, 12 May 2015, 21:25:02 »
Including shipping to Japan and exchange rate it costed me $55 CAD for my Pharoah Bro
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #22 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 01:08:10 »
$150 from Clackevent

I'm probably not gonna get it until 2016 at this rate but I'm still excited for it

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #23 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 01:18:01 »
Where should I begin  :eek:  :-X :( :-[ :-\

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #24 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 01:31:58 »
Where should I begin  :eek:  :-X :( :-[ :-\

I'm sure you've got nothing on 3Love - some of the rarities he has make me wonder if he's assassinating Clack collectors or if he's just swimming in coin.
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« Reply #25 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 01:35:40 »
Where should I begin  :eek:  :-X :( :-[ :-\

I'm sure you've got nothing on 3Love - some of the rarities he has make me wonder if he's assassinating Clack collectors or if he's just swimming in coin.

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #26 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 03:04:26 »
$140 on my first clack, which I would later trade for a hack orange.

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #27 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 04:44:45 »
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #28 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 04:48:36 »
65$ for my clackvent clack.
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #29 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 07:45:53 »
$0 I never bought anyway keycap set or single. I honestly don't see much of a point either. I think modding the switches having a bigger impact but I am a noob so what do I know?

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #30 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 07:56:10 »
Single keycap most likely my $50 JD day clack that will come other than that maybe the Galatus bro I won from the raffle
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #31 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 08:04:27 »
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #32 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 08:05:17 »
$0 I never bought anyway keycap set or single. I honestly don't see much of a point either. I think modding the switches having a bigger impact but I am a noob so what do I know?

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #33 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 08:09:34 »
$0 I never bought anyway keycap set or single. I honestly don't see much of a point either. I think modding the switches having a bigger impact but I am a noob so what do I know?

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #34 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 08:25:29 »
$250 for a clack factory
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #35 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 08:31:11 »
$250 for a clack factory

Was that the Senzunite one?
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #36 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 08:32:45 »
Around $85 or $90 I think.

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #37 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 08:50:17 »
$150

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« Reply #38 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 08:51:12 »
$105 for a p1 purple I think, but I returned it to its original owner a time later.
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« Reply #39 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 08:52:25 »
Where should I begin  :eek:  :-X :( :-[ :-\

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #40 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 08:52:45 »
$250 for a clack factory

Was that the Senzunite one?

Yeah he was purdy,

I doubt i would ever drop that kind of cash again though. Maybe if CC released a cap in a diff material
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« Reply #41 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 09:24:05 »
My max is $40... so far :p
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #42 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 10:03:37 »
Where should I begin  :eek:  :-X :( :-[ :-\

curious most about you 3love and naasfu :))

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Also the most I've spent is $65 on my clackvent cap.
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #43 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 10:20:59 »
$130 for jelly pom white.QQ just spent another $95 for a commando 23 set

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #44 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 10:59:29 »
50 was the most I've spent for a single cap in terms of retail during clackvent.

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« Reply #45 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 12:03:13 »
$140 for an f2 blue. didn't intend to spend that much on a keycap, but i had money sitting in paypal (which i tend to consider already-spent/play money) so it was one of my "**** it" moments. in terms of value, probably not as bad as dropping $220ish for a JIS 10th Anniversary Realforce to use two keycaps from it (rshift and backspace) though.

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #46 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 14:43:08 »
$30 on martinyeah's Raven, and I don't plan on going any higher.
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #47 on: Wed, 13 May 2015, 14:54:08 »
I think the most I ever spent on a single key was a streak of 20+ failures for one good key in a specific color.  Cost was probably in the $90 for materials and I'm not even sure about the cost in time.
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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #48 on: Thu, 14 May 2015, 09:58:30 »
50 was the most I've spent for a single cap in terms of retail during clackvent.

c'mon bro, spending hundreds on caps is not something we are proud off but sharing is part of moving on. It's part of the process of getting better, getting the help we need.

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Re: What is the most you have spent on a keycap?
« Reply #49 on: Thu, 14 May 2015, 10:49:45 »
I think the most I ever spent on a single key was a streak of 20+ failures for one good key in a specific color.  Cost was probably in the $90 for materials and I'm not even sure about the cost in time.
i always wondered what you makers spend when your experimenting ! 

My most expensive key was $40 but it was a raffle set. I also spent $39 dollars on a GirlDC cap. I make $13.50 an hour work 45-50 hours a week and barely scrape by so clacks and such are a luxury I can't afford. I guess if I was wealthier or had a nice chunk of money I could afford to spend I would drop some serious coin on something I just HAD TO HAVE. My stance on seeing these crazy price tags is that people can do what they want with there own money. It just sucks that it perpetuates the cycle and mentality of $400 pieces of plastic. Then again that's almost a weeks pay for me ...YMMV
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