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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: ironman31 on Wed, 01 September 2010, 17:12:30

Title: G80-8113lrdus
Post by: ironman31 on Wed, 01 September 2010, 17:12:30

Picked this up off ebay for 28 USD shipped. I offered him 15 and he took it. Think it's worth it? I needed a donor board for cherry browns

edit: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320578969766&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Title: G80-8113lrdus
Post by: washuai on Wed, 01 September 2010, 17:20:55

If they're really cherry browns, sure.  Yes, even if they're cherry clears.  If they're blacks, not so much.  Actually, depending on the board, $30-80 is fine for blacks, but it isn't worth it if you don't want them.  Same goes for clears in that sense.

Title: G80-8113lrdus
Post by: ironman31 on Wed, 01 September 2010, 17:28:07

sorry, forgot to put the link in the OP.

Title: G80-8113lrdus
Post by: washuai on Wed, 01 September 2010, 17:39:26

Ah, looks relatively clean.  How many switches do you need?  Were they purported to be all working?  I think $31ish for donor switches is good.  If they were heavily used so feel a bit more like reds, than browns, then that's still fine.  They aren't that cheap buying a bag of new switches in a small batch.

Title: G80-8113lrdus
Post by: ironman31 on Wed, 01 September 2010, 21:14:39

yeah, someone here mentioned a site (forgot what it was) that sold new cherry brown switches in packs of 10, can't remember if they were plate or pcb mounted ones.. but they were kinda pricey compared to 30 bucks for 100 some odd switches