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Offline raptorzoz

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Monterey blue switches mini sale
« on: Sat, 05 January 2019, 15:58:11 »
I might be able to get ahold of a few hundred (300-500)Monterey blue  switches and was wondering if anyone would be interested in buying some.
« Last Edit: Sat, 05 January 2019, 15:59:51 by raptorzoz »

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 05 January 2019, 16:00:25 »
im definitely interested  :thumb:

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 05 January 2019, 16:00:41 »
I’d be interested in enough for a TKL (90-100) depending on the condition and price naturally
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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 05 January 2019, 16:09:35 »
Same as above -- dependent on condition and price!

Offline xSovereign

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 05 January 2019, 17:32:05 »
interested
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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 05 January 2019, 17:34:12 »
Interested

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 05 January 2019, 18:06:41 »
Interested

Offline lendflat

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 05 January 2019, 19:08:52 »
Yes if u still have any left

Offline nasp

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 05 January 2019, 19:16:52 »
For the uninformed, what are these exactly?


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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 05 January 2019, 19:19:11 »
interested

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 05 January 2019, 19:25:08 »
For the uninformed, what are these exactly?
They are SMK Alps Clicky switches. https://deskthority.net/wiki/SMK_Alps_mount

Offline raptorzoz

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 06 January 2019, 02:26:30 »
For the uninformed, what are these exactly?

They're a clicky alps clone made by smk, somewhere in between white alps and blue alps in terms of "feel", however they are far less sensitive to dirt, and are a bit more high pitched in sound. It's Chyrosran22s fifth best clicky switch of all time.

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Offline raptorzoz

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 06 January 2019, 09:30:50 »
Here is a form for those interested (no obligations yet, just want a bit more information), I'd be shipping from the EU.

https://goo.gl/forms/ZB10MWM8AT7RdtqU2

Offline Lormania

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 06 January 2019, 21:42:38 »
I would be interested in enough for a TKL as well

Offline raptorzoz

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #14 on: Fri, 11 January 2019, 05:06:58 »
Ok guys I have some semi-bad news, the keyboards I would've gotten have been driven up a bit in price and there is still some time until the bidding ends, so I might only be able to get a hold of 240 odd switches to sell (I'll be keeping enough for a 60%, and I won't be able to sell them as cheaply to you guys as I would've hoped, if Im very unlucky with the bidding it might go slightly above a euro switch, and that's selling them at cost, not accounting for desoldering, and packaging (which I'm willing to do, because I've had other community members sell me things at cost as well), now hopefully I'll be able to keep it at around 1 euro, but if the bidding goes above the hundred euro mark I'm not gonna buy.

Offline raptorzoz

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #15 on: Sat, 12 January 2019, 12:25:14 »
Good news, I was able to get all of the available keyboards, they'll be shipped to me in the next few days.

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #16 on: Sun, 13 January 2019, 03:21:14 »
Yes! I'd love ~70 :D

Edit:
Ah... probably should have read the thread in its entirety. :X
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Offline raptorzoz

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #17 on: Sun, 13 January 2019, 04:07:52 »
Yes! I'd love ~70 :D

Edit:
Ah... probably should have read the thread in its entirety. :X

I'll be sending out the time and date for when the sale happens some time in advance (through pm and here on the IC) and then I'll send a link as soon as it starts as well, It'll be first come first serve, I will try and keep everyones timezones into consideration (I'm presuming everyone is either in Europe or the US, if not post your timezone.)

Offline raptorzoz

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #18 on: Fri, 18 January 2019, 17:02:14 »
I'm receiving the keyboards tomorrow or Monday, I'll upload some photos, videos, and sound tests to show their condition.

Offline raptorzoz

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #19 on: Mon, 21 January 2019, 05:10:21 »
received the keyboards, I'm quite busy at the moment so I won't be uploading any videos or sound recordings until earliest Wednesday, latest Thursday. I did try them out however and they all sound and feel fantastic. two of the boards were rather clean with minimal (if any) yellowing, while the third was a bit yellowed. I prefer the key feel to my orange alps. GB happening very soontm.

Offline frostbyte-gaming

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #20 on: Tue, 22 January 2019, 09:22:44 »
Recently got into alps and loving them would def want to get my hands on some of these switches.

Offline raptorzoz

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #21 on: Tue, 22 January 2019, 09:42:03 »
I have a quite bad cold (so I was home)  I had time to make some videos, am uploading them rn, will post as soon as they've finished uploading.

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #23 on: Tue, 22 January 2019, 11:41:36 »
Thanks for posting these, they sound pretty crisp

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #24 on: Tue, 22 January 2019, 13:30:32 »
Is there a PCB design out there that supports these guys?

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #26 on: Tue, 22 January 2019, 14:41:36 »
Also for plates in case you guys are interested in hand wiring, most cherry mx type plates will work so there's a wide selection

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #27 on: Wed, 30 January 2019, 13:03:25 »
Hello once again, sorry for the long time between updates. Ive been preoccupied with real life, either way, I've desoldered one board already, will do the two others in the next two days. I will then host the buy hopefully on saturday, if my paypal issues have been resolved by then, otherwise I'll do it the saturday after.

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #28 on: Thu, 31 January 2019, 08:54:36 »
Appreciate the update. Never got to try switches like these so very curious :) Good luck with the desoldering. It's something I still need to learn.

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #29 on: Thu, 31 January 2019, 10:17:36 »
Awesome! Looking forward to some monterys!

Offline raptorzoz

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #30 on: Mon, 11 February 2019, 12:13:58 »
paypal has finally fixed the issue, and I can now connect my bank account to it, GB happening this saturday. (sorry for the delays, I had call paypal multiple times before they fixed the issue, admittedly I did screw up the first time.) Also alongside the switches I will sell two full sets of alps style stabs, and a third one with a space bar stab that is damaged, and two sets of alps mount keycaps.

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #31 on: Wed, 13 February 2019, 06:42:53 »
Hell yeah. I am down for sure.

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #32 on: Thu, 14 February 2019, 11:37:36 »
What kinds of keysets were on these boards? (Pad-print, dye-sub, doubleshot?)

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #33 on: Sat, 16 February 2019, 17:59:46 »
is today the Saturday?
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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #34 on: Wed, 20 February 2019, 15:33:09 »
Ok guys so as some of you may have noticed this is my first stint doing this type of thing so its not going as smoothly as I would've hoped. Even though I finally got paypal to accept my account, to activate said account I need to retrieve a code which is in my bank transactions, I've always gotten these as paper copies, but for some reason the bank has switched me over to eBanking, so that I can only see my transactions electronically. I sadly however do not have an online account, so I can't access my transfers at all. I have a holiday next week, I will visit the bank during that time. which should  finally resolve the issue with being able to do the sale. thank you for your patience everyone  :)

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #35 on: Wed, 20 February 2019, 15:34:20 »
Oh, and in case you haven't yet, or missed it please fill out the IC form:

https://goo.gl/forms/ZB10MWM8AT7RdtqU2

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #36 on: Sun, 24 February 2019, 15:12:54 »
What kinds of keysets were on these boards? (Pad-print, dye-sub, doubleshot?)

Pad printed, unfortunately, the price will of course reflect that

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #37 on: Thu, 28 February 2019, 12:06:46 »
everything is now fixed, GB happening 30/02/19 (02/30/19 for the americans), so this saturday. I've fixed everything and the paypal account is now linked to my bank account.

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #38 on: Thu, 28 February 2019, 12:20:08 »
everything is now fixed, GB happening 30/02/19 (02/30/19 for the americans), so this saturday. I've fixed everything and the paypal account is now linked to my bank account.

you mean 02/03/19 right? there is no 30/02 and never has been

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #39 on: Thu, 28 February 2019, 12:37:24 »
everything is now fixed, GB happening 30/02/19 (02/30/19 for the americans), so this saturday. I've fixed everything and the paypal account is now linked to my bank account.

you mean 02/03/19 right? there is no 30/02 and never has been

lol, yeah 02/03/19, sorry about that.  :)) its been a long day.

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #40 on: Fri, 01 March 2019, 05:41:51 »
would you happen to have an exact price per switch?
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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #41 on: Fri, 01 March 2019, 07:26:15 »
would you happen to have an exact price per switch?

prices

1.20€ per switch (at cost + a bit for the materials I used in desoldering) x299

15 € for a full set of stabilizers x2

7 € for a full set of stabilizers, with a damaged space bar stab x1 (I am willing to split this if there are a few ortho users with 2U spacebars)

10 €  101 pad-printed keycaps x1

free 101 pad printed key caps, with a damaged ]} key (for whoever orders the most switches)


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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #42 on: Fri, 01 March 2019, 07:41:34 »
would you happen to have an exact price per switch?

prices

1.20€ per switch (at cost + a bit for the materials I used in desoldering) x299

15 € for a full set of stabilizers x2

7 € for a full set of stabilizers, with a damaged space bar stab x1 (I am willing to split this if there are a few ortho users with 2U spacebars)

10 €  101 pad-printed keycaps x1

free 101 pad printed key caps, with a damaged ]} key (for whoever orders the most switches)


I'll handle the paypal fee, shipping is not included and varies depending on region:

5 euros flat in germany

10 euros flat in EU

15 euros for North America (It actually costs more, and is a lot more work to not get it stuck in customs, but as long as you order enough switches for a 60% I will subsidies it a bit to keep the extra cost of shipping a bit lower)

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #43 on: Fri, 01 March 2019, 08:05:14 »
I'd like a few for my switch tester. ;)

Offline raptorzoz

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #44 on: Fri, 01 March 2019, 08:27:28 »
I'd like a few for my switch tester. ;)

Can be arranged :) if you want a pm before the sale starts (tomorrow) just fill out the Google docs form

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #45 on: Sat, 02 March 2019, 11:47:03 »
The GB is currently awaiting approval from the moderators, stay tuned, will post link to the GB thread once the moderators are happy with it.

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #46 on: Sat, 02 March 2019, 12:09:12 »
Is there any benefit to the Alps mount SMK switches versus the MX variant?

Offline raptorzoz

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #47 on: Sat, 02 March 2019, 14:26:45 »
Is there any benefit to the Alps mount SMK switches versus the MX variant?

Less keycap wobble (due to the mount design) , other than that I'm not sure

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #48 on: Sun, 03 March 2019, 07:25:01 »
The GB is still in approval (likely because I technically already have the switches in my possession), Ive already sent the link to everyone who filled out the form, if you want access to the GB form pm me, and I will send you the link

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Re: Monterey blue switches mini sale
« Reply #49 on: Mon, 04 March 2019, 12:59:25 »
GB is a go: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=99662

most of the switches have been sold, there are enough left for a 60%, and a few switch testers, so if you're interested don't wait too long.