Cherry G81-8000HPBUS Caps(Done)

[hwood34]

Get the caps that all of GeekHack is raving about!

I got mine yesterday.  Quick turn around and they appear to be in good shape after a quick clean.  Pretty awesome deal.

If you're on the fence about these, get them. My set has no shine and cleaned up nicely. Really happy with my caps .

This buy is for used WoB Cherry G81s from stores (walmart, best buy, so realize these will have shine). If you are interested, post in this thread to keep it bumped and PM me and include your name so I can keep things in order. Seller is also willing to sell the entire keyboard for $10 + shipping. I'll end the GB when they are all out, which shouldn't be anytime soon. Pricing is below

Pricing:
1 set - $15
2 sets- $22.50
3 sets- $36.50
3+ - PM me
PM for international
2 sets, can fit in a small priority box, any more will go into a medium box

[jwaz]

I suppose I would take a set.

[CPTBadAss]

I'm interested

[lightsout714]

I'm interested

[riotonthebay]

Back left looks super super shiny. $10 is way more reasonable than pacifist's extortion rates, but be careful assuming these will be in good condition.

[Pacifist]

good condition my ass

these are the shiniest, most dirty caps in existence

[hwood34]

good condition my ass

these are the shiniest, most dirty caps in existence

That's the spirit

[hwood34]

I asked the seller to take pictures of each keyboard so I can gauge the condition of each one and get more accurate prices

[jwaz]

good condition my ass

these are the shiniest, most dirty caps in existence

Shine is actually pretty desirable. Sometimes you just need that extra little bit of bling.

[BunnyLake]

good condition my ass

these are the shiniest, most dirty caps in existence

you obviously didnt look at the caps you sent to riotonthebay

[nubbinator]

I'd be interested depending on price to me.

good condition my ass

these are the shiniest, most dirty caps in existence

Love how you're threadcrapping this when you sent ****ty shiny caps on to most people and charged, what, almost $40 per set, pulling in a nice profit along the way while calling them "like new".  hwood is doing the honest thing and saying, yeah, they may be shiny, but the price is right.

[Candyflip]

I might be in just for caps shipped to EU if possible

[lightsout714]

Ebay keyboard sellers. The masters of the blurry picture.

[hwood34]

I might be in just for caps shipped to EU if possible

Can do

[intelli78]

I am in for some as long as not too shiny.

[hwood34]

Just a heads up, he says he got these from retail stores, so most of these will have some level of shine.

[divito]

I am in for some as long as not too shiny.

Same.

[Hak Foo]

Ebay keyboard sellers. The masters of the blurry picture.

I'd also like to discover what sort of amazing typing style they use that can manage to get a click out of MY switches, Chicony rubber dones, and most likely, Atari 400 membrane boards.

On topic-- I wonder if there's any sort of technique that could be used to "uniformize" old caps-- either accelerated wear to get them all shiny (potentially very nice on SA or DSA style caps), or re-pebbling them.  If I had access to a sandblaster, I'd love to try it on a cap or two.

[bazh]

$10 is worth a try, rather than $40 for a shiny set

[strafe]

If there is a set with keys missing, I need a $4 key...

[jonathanyu]

I would take a set or two

[CPTBadAss]

Still interested. Shine is fine with me.

[jdcarpe]

Just be aware that the entire bottom row has stem placements that are incompatible with modern keyboards. But it's still a great price for some worn doubleshots.

[hwood34]

So he can sell the caps by themselves for $7.50/set + shipping. Just remember that these were all taken from stores so they have some shine on them. Who's interested? PM with your shipping info and PP if you are. Oh, and can a mod move this to GB?

[intelli78]

Smoking deal!

[user10192]

How much is shipping?

[hwood34]

How much is shipping?

OP updated

[nubbinator]

Will the price be lower on multiple sets like originally listed or is it a flat $14?  If it's a flat $14, drop one from the number I gave you.

[hwood34]

Will the price be lower on multiple sets like originally listed or is it a flat $14?  If it's a flat $14, drop one from the number I gave you.

'YGPM

[CPTBadAss]

Um, since I'm going to be semi AFK all weekend can I put in a request for a cap set now?

[hwood34]

Um, since I'm going to be semi AFK all weekend can I put in a request for a cap set now?

Yessir, just pm me your info, and just to clarify, you can put in an order to me any time, I'm just putting all the orders in to the seller on mondays

[OddOne]

I'm interested in a set. Shooting you a PM hwood.

[feizor]

Are these keycaps thick ABS?

[BunnyLake]

ill take a set good sir

[yicaoyimu]

I'd be interested depending on price to me.

good condition my ass

these are the shiniest, most dirty caps in existence

Love how you're threadcrapping this when you sent ****ty shiny caps on to most people and charged, what, almost $40 per set, pulling in a nice profit along the way while calling them "like new".  hwood is doing the honest thing and saying, yeah, they may be shiny, but the price is right.

+65536 on ^ this. Pacifist's $40 "like new" WoB is shiny like a mirror, while tinlong's NIB WoB caps are $50. My worst buy on GH ever.

[Photekq]

Love how you're threadcrapping this when you sent ****ty shiny caps on to most people and charged, what, almost $40 per set, pulling in a nice profit along the way while calling them "like new".  hwood is doing the honest thing and saying, yeah, they may be shiny, but the price is right.

He was told by the seller that the condition was very good. He had nothing else to go by. So, I don't think you can blame him entirely for that one.

[hwood34]

Are these keycaps thick ABS?

Cherry Doubleshot

ill take a set good sir

Alright, just pm your info

And let's just lay off pacifist a little bit, he's had a rough couple of months

[jorgenslee]

Is the price the same if shipped internationally?

[Dubsgalore]

+65536 on ^ this. Pacifist's $40 "like new" WoB is shiny like a mirror, while tinlong's NIB WoB caps are $50. My worst buy on GH ever.

100% honest I saw that coming with Pac's buy and tried to warn some of my friends interested

I got some WoB caps early into my time on geekhack from the free thread and they are beyond shiny, and honestly I think and consider most WoB sets (unless NIB/mint) to be worthless

Especially ANY coming from ebay/craigslist, where the seller has like 15+ boards and tries to sell them all, it's going to be a grab bag, but with all the caps in abysmal condition

[hwood34]

Is the price the same if shipped internationally?

No, it will be more. Honestly, you'd probably be better off getting a whole board from a seller near you considering shipping is going to cost like three times what the caps are

[yicaoyimu]

+65536 on ^ this. Pacifist's $40 "like new" WoB is shiny like a mirror, while tinlong's NIB WoB caps are $50. My worst buy on GH ever.

100% honest I saw that coming with Pac's buy and tried to warn some of my friends interested

I got some WoB caps early into my time on geekhack from the free thread and they are beyond shiny, and honestly I think and consider most WoB sets (unless NIB/mint) to be worthless

Especially ANY coming from ebay/craigslist, where the seller has like 15+ boards and tries to sell them all, it's going to be a grab bag, but with all the caps in abysmal condition

At least I learned my lesson. QAQ.

[hwood34]

Would it be safe to assume one could fit 3 sets in a small flat rate box?

[hwood34]

added pricing guidelines

[hwood34]

last day before first order is sent out

[hwood34]

Orders sent, should be shipped out by tomorrow, all should be receiving tracking #'s then

[nubbinator]

When should we get an invoice from you?  I want to make sure you get your money.

[hwood34]

Also, if anyone only wants the TKL, I'd be willing to buy the numpad keys off you

[lewi]

can i buy two sets?

[hwood34]

can i buy two sets?

YGPM

[hwood34]

All tracking numbers have been sent out

[Mr. Perfect]

Have you sold all of the sets?

[hwood34]

Have you sold all of the sets?

Nope, YPGM

[TaegeonLim]

i want 1 set

send you pm

thanks

[Mr. Perfect]

On topic-- I wonder if there's any sort of technique that could be used to "uniformize" old caps-- either accelerated wear to get them all shiny (potentially very nice on SA or DSA style caps), or re-pebbling them.  If I had access to a sandblaster, I'd love to try it on a cap or two.

There was a sand blasting technique posted back before the FAQ and Wiki section disappeared in... 2012 was it? I have no idea if it's been reposted or not. The guy had good results though.

Personally, I'm going to try buffing a set to a glossy shine. The set I have now has some very glossy keys in it, and it's surprisingly enjoyable.

[Igthorn]

Got mine.  They were in decent shape for scavenged caps.  Shine wasn't too bad.  Numpad is noticeably shinier then the rest. 

The missing caps are being cleaned.


Grimy, but nothing a few denture tabs and some hot water can'f fix.


Thanks hwood 

[lightsout714]

Got mine.  They were in decent shape for scavenged caps.  Shine wasn't too bad.  Numpad is noticeably shinier then the rest. 

The missing caps are being cleaned.
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Grimy, but nothing a few denture tabs and some hot water can'f fix.
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Thanks hwood 

Those look pretty good. Too bad I'm broke.

[CPTBadAss]

If you're on the fence about these, get them. My set has no shine and cleaned up nicely. Really happy with my caps .

[hwood34]

Definitely surprised about how little shine is one these. I guess POS boards don't get a ton of use on the alphas

[jorgenslee]

Is the price the same if shipped internationally?

No, it will be more. Honestly, you'd probably be better off getting a whole board from a seller near you considering shipping is going to cost like three times what the caps are

Can you ask the seller if how much is shipping to international? I remember SP charge me $9 shipping fee for dsa blank alphas and mods. Seeing that some of the sets turns out quite good makes me even more interested.

[hwood34]

Is the price the same if shipped internationally?

No, it will be more. Honestly, you'd probably be better off getting a whole board from a seller near you considering shipping is going to cost like three times what the caps are

Can you ask the seller if how much is shipping to international? I remember SP charge me $9 shipping fee for dsa blank alphas and mods. Seeing that some of the sets turns out quite good makes me even more interested.

Did they ship it to you in a padded envelope? Those tend to not cost very much even shipped international. Since these sets are pretty large, he has to ship them in a small priority box, which can be upwards of $20 depending where you are.

[jorgenslee]

Did they ship it to you in a padded envelope? Those tend to not cost very much even shipped international. Since these sets are pretty large, he has to ship them in a small priority box, which can be upwards of $20 depending where you are.

Yeah, I think they did. How about excluding the numpad area?

[hwood34]

Did they ship it to you in a padded envelope? Those tend to not cost very much even shipped international. Since these sets are pretty large, he has to ship them in a small priority box, which can be upwards of $20 depending where you are.

Yeah, I think they did. How about excluding the numpad area?

i
Yeah, I'll check with him and see, you should definitely be able to fit a TKL in there, I'll try and stop by the post office and get a price for you

[jorgenslee]

Yeah, I'll check with him and see, you should definitely be able to fit a TKL in there, I'll try and stop by the post office and get a price for you

Thank you so much.

[nubbinator]

I got mine yesterday.  Quick turn around and they appear to be in good shape after a quick clean.  Pretty awesome deal.

[slip84]

So, for those of us who want to use these... what's the best bet on filling out that bottom row?I have some dyesub sets that I can mix and match with, but I think my fingers would revolt mixing PBT and ABS.

[CPTBadAss]

So, for those of us who want to use these... what's the best bet on filling out that bottom row?

Get a hold of a GMK spacebars from the previous buy. If you can, get some of the CMYK or Purple mods too. If not, go to EK and buy some of their modifiers there. You might have to double up on CTRL or ALT though because there's no windows caps at all.

[slip84]

That's pretty much what I had ascertained up to this point. I suppose I can be more in control than usual. Ha.

Time to make an impulse order of keycaps from Elitekeyboards. Shame no one makes a kit for this.

[SpAmRaY]

That's pretty much what I had ascertained up to this point. I suppose I can be more in control than usual. Ha.

Time to make an impulse order of keycaps from Elitekeyboards. Shame no one makes a kit for this.

There was a group buy for modifiers etc but I don't think it went anywhere.

[riotonthebay]

Mine arrived. Thanks

[OddOne]

Just got home from a business trip to find these waiting. They are in need of a cleaning but generally look in good shape. Better than expected. Thanks hwood34!   

[Mr. Perfect]

That's pretty much what I had ascertained up to this point. I suppose I can be more in control than usual. Ha.

Time to make an impulse order of keycaps from Elitekeyboards. Shame no one makes a kit for this.

You could also try cutting the stems off of the misaligned caps and gluing them back in the correct location. If you can't use the caps for anything anyway, then there's nothing to loose.

[hwood34]

added price for international, only $2 extra!

[combataran]

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[combataran]

So, for those of us who want to use these... what's the best bet on filling out that bottom row?

Get a hold of a GMK spacebars from the previous buy. If you can, get some of the CMYK or Purple mods too. If not, go to EK and buy some of their modifiers there. You might have to double up on CTRL or ALT though because there's no windows caps at all.

Will I be able to fit these on a KMAC 1?

[hwood34]

All international new international orders on hold, I've already pm'd everyone who already put in orders. The seller would prefer not to ship international, but I'd be willing to buy around 10-15 sets and ship them myself, so anyone who would be willing to put in money now would be much appreciated

[hwood34]

Now totally on hold, Paypal is getting on my ****ing nerves (have fun imagining that in applejack's voice)

[hwood34]

It's back on!

[CPTBadAss]

Will I be able to fit these on a KMAC 1?

No. The bottom row has off centered stems on the modifiers. Everything should fit fine though.

[DanielT]

I have been waiting for this thread to unlock only to say how amazing these caps are
Mine are close to NIB, no shine no scratches perfect 

[Photekq]

When will these be available again? I needs one!

[hwood34]

When will these be available again? I needs one!

Right now!

[SaySo]

pm'ed

[strafe]

PM Sent

[hwood34]

All pm's replied to. Firstly, a big thanks to everyone who has ordered and helped to make my first groupbuyishthingy a successful one. Also, I've added to the OP the thing about including your name, so for anyone who ordered before that and haven't gotten a tracking # update from me, just PM me your name and state/country and I'll get back to you either immediately or when I get the update from the seller.

[strafe]

Mine arrived in the post today, thanks .  I'll take some photos after I give them a wash.

[hwood34]

Also, positive heatware feedback is always appreciated

[nobee]

I'll take a set if it's still available.

[hwood34]

I'll take a set if it's still available.

pm replied to

[hwood34]

The seller doesn't feel like making all these shipments anymore, so I'll be saving to purchase about 20 shipments from him (around $150). So if you put in an order, your money will be added to the total, and shipped out when we reached enough. Now remember that I'm back in school, and only am getting around $20 a week from mowing lawns and stuff, so on my end it'll be a while (I know, I need a real job, if you're in VA, hire me!)

[nobee]

The seller doesn't feel like making all these shipments anymore, so I'll be saving to purchase about 20 shipments from him (around $150). So if you put in an order, your money will be added to the total, and shipped out when we reached enough. Now remember that I'm back in school, and only am getting around $20 a week from mowing lawns and stuff, so on my end it'll be a while (I know, I need a real job, if you're in VA, hire me!)

Has mine shipped yet, or do I have to wait now?

[hwood34]

The seller doesn't feel like making all these shipments anymore, so I'll be saving to purchase about 20 shipments from him (around $150). So if you put in an order, your money will be added to the total, and shipped out when we reached enough. Now remember that I'm back in school, and only am getting around $20 a week from mowing lawns and stuff, so on my end it'll be a while (I know, I need a real job, if you're in VA, hire me!)

Has mine shipped yet, or do I have to wait now?

YGPM. And no, no orders already placed will be affected

[nobee]

The seller doesn't feel like making all these shipments anymore, so I'll be saving to purchase about 20 shipments from him (around $150). So if you put in an order, your money will be added to the total, and shipped out when we reached enough. Now remember that I'm back in school, and only am getting around $20 a week from mowing lawns and stuff, so on my end it'll be a while (I know, I need a real job, if you're in VA, hire me!)

Has mine shipped yet, or do I have to wait now?

YGPM. And no, no orders already placed will be affected

Ah okay, thanks for the update! It's too bad seller isn't willing to ship separately anymore. If you ever need help reaching that total sooner (eg. too many people waiting for too long), I don't mind  helping out with that.

[Photekq]

Received my caps. Thanks dude!

[hwood34]

Received my caps. Thanks dude!

Enjoy

[barkinos98]

bro, do you mean $15 for keycaps only or with the keyboard?
because although a keyboard would be nice im only in for keycaps given someone assures me they'll fit a stock QFR...

[hwood34]

bro, do you mean $15 for keycaps only or with the keyboard?
because although a keyboard would be nice im only in for keycaps given someone assures me they'll fit a stock QFR...

YGPM