cheap cherry POS boards on eBay

[strict]

Just to make sure I accurately convey my point about nasty, here is a picture. The entire keyboard was like this, even underneath the keys. It was literally like a carpet.

[Pacifist]

Just to make sure I accurately convey my point about nasty, here is a picture. The entire keyboard was like this, even underneath the keys. It was literally like a carpet.

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Wow, that beats both my MX8100 with doubleshots that coffee was spilled on and the dust on my recent MY8000

[ebacho]

That's honestly pretty clean.  The PCB looks decent and you can get most of the dust out by disassembling the board and attacking it with canned air.

[SpAmRaY]

Just to make sure I accurately convey my point about nasty, here is a picture. The entire keyboard was like this, even underneath the keys. It was literally like a carpet.

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I didn't have time to open mine up last night, maybe tonight.....we will see how bad it really is :D

[marcusant]

That's honestly pretty clean.  The PCB looks decent and you can get most of the dust out by disassembling the board and attacking it with canned air.

The PCB is definitely clean. But the plastic has black dots all over and the board smells weird (I would say smoking, but it's POS and I would hope not).

[MisterZ]

I  just got my 10 units, about half with white switches. Someone must have really pissed off this seller as they are not listing any more. They did a private auction for me. For $25, its a total steal regardless of the switch type and the dirt. Nothing compressed air can't fix--)

[dorkvader]

That's honestly pretty clean.  The PCB looks decent and you can get most of the dust out by disassembling the board and attacking it with canned air.

yeah, these aren't bad. I've had several non cherry keyboards that were much worse.

I  just got my 10 units, about half with white switches. Someone must have really pissed off this seller as they are not listing any more. They did a private auction for me. For $25, its a total steal regardless of the switch type and the dirt. Nothing compressed air can't fix--)

The switch is usually called "clear" to avoid confusion with this cherry switch
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_White

Also: you got TEN?

[MisterZ]

yup, they IM me and said some purchasers were being real ?sholes and demanding refunds for something they were essentially giving away, so they would not list anymore, I bought everything they had left. Real nice people, will stop into their store next time I am in the big apple.

[CPTBadAss]

I wonder if I showed up at J&R, if they would show me to this storage room and sell me other keyboards like this...that'd be cool.

yup, they IM me and said some purchasers were being real ?sholes and demanding refunds for something they were essentially giving away, so they would not list anymore, I bought everything they had left. Real nice people, will stop into their store next time I am in the big apple.

That's too bad. I had a good buying experience with them and I'm happy with the board I received.

[strict]

yup, they IM me and said some purchasers were being real ?sholes and demanding refunds for something they were essentially giving away, so they would not list anymore, I bought everything they had left. Real nice people, will stop into their store next time I am in the big apple.

I wonder if I showed up at J&R, if they would show me to this storage room and sell me other keyboards like this...that'd be cool.

yup, they IM me and said some purchasers were being real ?sholes and demanding refunds for something they were essentially giving away, so they would not list anymore, I bought everything they had left. Real nice people, will stop into their store next time I am in the big apple.

That's too bad. I had a good buying experience with them and I'm happy with the board I received.

For what I paid I'm pretty happy overall. I wasn't expecting anything amazing for 25 bucks. My biggest complaint with them was that it took 7 days after I paid for my order to ship.

[SpAmRaY]

I  just got my 10 units, about half with white switches. Someone must have really pissed off this seller as they are not listing any more. They did a private auction for me. For $25, its a total steal regardless of the switch type and the dirt. Nothing compressed air can't fix--)

That is very interesting they basically told me a week ago they only had browns left.....

[MisterZ]

looks like people threatened with negative feedback, i have had this done to me once, it was not fun, total abuse of power

[SpAmRaY]

looks like people threatened with negative feedback, i have had this done to me once, it was not fun, total abuse of power

Well I could understand why people would because the seller waited a week then started messaging people trying to sell them the brown boards because they didn't have clear boards, BUT they obviously had some because they sent me one after the fact and they sent you some.

[lightsout714]

looks like people threatened with negative feedback, i have had this done to me once, it was not fun, total abuse of power

I think that is against ebays TOS I saw someone get their whole case thrown out even though they were the buyer and in the right. Because they had mentioned they would give negative feedback if the seller didn't comply. The seller showed ebay the message and he won.

[jwaz]

For what I paid I'm pretty happy overall. I wasn't expecting anything amazing for 25 bucks. My biggest complaint with them was that it took 7 days after I paid for my order to ship.

Sale date: 04/17/14... still in transit via UPS. If I get a stupid browns board I will be so irritated. unless this vintage browns hype catches on :|

[nubbinator]

For what I paid I'm pretty happy overall. I wasn't expecting anything amazing for 25 bucks. My biggest complaint with them was that it took 7 days after I paid for my order to ship.

Sale date: 04/17/14... still in transit via UPS. If I get a stupid browns board I will be so irritated. unless this vintage browns hype catches on :|

#hypetrain #choochoomofos

[MisterZ]

if you get the keyboard you want, or they gave you a refund for something they could not deliver on, they more than met their obligation.

I dont think they are keyboard experts like we are, I dont even think they know what a switch is, let alone the significance of the color.

[SpAmRaY]

if you get the keyboard you want, or they gave you a refund for something they could not deliver on, they more than met their obligation.

I dont think they are keyboard experts like we are, I dont even think they know what a switch is, let alone the significance of the color.

Someone knows something because they specifically asked me (a week after payment) to accept a board with brown switches because that is all they had left, versus the clear switches that had been advertised and I simply told them if they couldn't deliver the originally advertised item I would accept a refund and they magically found a board with clear switches within minutes of my reply. This seems to have happened before you bought your boards and you received some of both so they obviously had some left and for whatever reason were going through them trying to get rid of the browns in place of the clears.

[phoenix1234]

if you get the keyboard you want, or they gave you a refund for something they could not deliver on, they more than met their obligation.

I dont think they are keyboard experts like we are, I dont even think they know what a switch is, let alone the significance of the color.

Someone knows something because they specifically asked me (a week after payment) to accept a board with brown switches because that is all they had left, versus the clear switches that had been advertised and I simply told them if they couldn't deliver the originally advertised item I would accept a refund and they magically found a board with clear switches within minutes of my reply. This seems to have happened before you bought your boards and you received some of both so they obviously had some left and for whatever reason were going through them trying to get rid of the browns in place of the clears.

Fortunately to me, mine was arrived to Vietnam safe and sound today after a long travel from the other half of the world
Frankly, I'm so surprised. It is Cherry MX Clear (+diode), the key cap is in good condition.
Well, at least I have no complaint about this keyboard.
Thank you dorkvader for posting this under great finds and it turned out to be a very good finds, indeed.

[Grr8]

yup, they IM me and said some purchasers were being real ?sholes and demanding refunds for something they were essentially giving away, so they would not list anymore, I bought everything they had left. Real nice people, will stop into their store next time I am in the big apple.

No, that's still seller non-performance:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/global-seller-performance.html

As an eBay seller, providing excellent customer service should be your top priority. You're expected to:

Charge reasonable shipping and handling costs.
Specify shipping costs and handling time in the listing.
Follow through on your return policy.
Respond to buyers' questions promptly.
Be helpful, friendly, and professional throughout a transaction.
Make sure the item is delivered to the buyer as described in the listing.

If they describe an item one way, that is they you should deliver.

Also, it is not professional to tell some of their buyers they don't have the item they sold, ask them to take something else, and then sell more of that item they "don't have" to someone else later on.

"Real nice people" don't tell their earlier buyers they don't have something, then sell them to a later buyer.