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Offline slacka

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Think this is a scam?
« on: Sun, 15 October 2017, 17:39:38 »
So I'm shopping around for my first mechanical keyboard and I think I'm gonna go with an 87 key WASD.  Thinking about going with a keycap-less purchase if i can find a cheaper keyset. I found this on ebay and it looks too good to be true, or am i missing something.  Based on my searching, finding doubleshot PBT is kinda rare, especially at a price like this. What am i missing?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/104-KeyCaps-Doubleshot-PBT-Backlit-Suit-for-Cherry-MX-Mechanical-Switch-Keyboard-/401377113718
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Re: Think this is a scam?
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 15 October 2017, 18:21:51 »
They're thin junk backlit caps from China and in an odd layout with that big enter key.

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Re: Think this is a scam?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 15 October 2017, 18:34:02 »
A scam in the vein that the caps are probably no better if not worse than stock caps on any old gaming KB.
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Re: Think this is a scam?
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 15 October 2017, 20:46:30 »
"2,Please allow 1-2cm differences due to manual measurement." :eek:
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Re: Think this is a scam?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 17 October 2017, 11:50:58 »
This whole hobby is a scam. I've spent $$$$$ on what amounts to plastic and a few aluminum blocks here and there. But I can't stop!!!!  :D

In all seriousness, keyboards and accessories are all starting to get really cheap. You can buy a $20 on Amazon right now. In most cases, you do get what you pay for.

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Offline LevelSteam

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Re: Think this is a scam?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 17 October 2017, 15:54:57 »
They're likely just really low quality, thin caps. I'd hold out for something else and maybe check a couple other sites for some dyesub or doubleshot caps.
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Re: Think this is a scam?
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 17 October 2017, 16:17:48 »
Quote from: merlin64 on Tue, 17 October 2017, 11:50:58
This whole hobby is a scam. I've spent $$$$$ on what amounts to plastic and a few aluminum blocks here and there. But I can't stop!!!!  :D

In all seriousness, keyboards and accessories are all starting to get really cheap. You can buy a $20 one on Amazon right now. In most cases, you do get what you pay for.
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Re: Think this is a scam?
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 17 October 2017, 19:40:30 »
I have the set in white.

Spamaray is wrong, they come with both ISO and ANSI Enter/backslash. So you can use it on any ANSI board just fine.

They are very thin doubleshot PBT. I generally like the sound of thin caps but even so, these are pretty meh. I'll stick with my EpicGear ABS, thanks.

But you can get the white set for around $8 AUD, so if you're doing a cheap-as-possible build or something, these will be just what you need. Or you can spend a bit extra and get the YMD PBT blanks.
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Re: Think this is a scam?
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 17 October 2017, 20:53:36 »
PBT is quite brittle, right?  I would imagine that really thin PBT would not stand up to much heavy typing :eek:
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