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Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: spolia optima on Sun, 06 February 2011, 11:37:36: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300523055126&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

It's the police cruiser version with the trackpad... so bonus there! Get 'em while they're hot!

Should be cherry blacks
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: noodles256 on Sun, 06 February 2011, 12:15:47: Niceee, In for one! Ive been wanting to try cherry blacks for a while and the backlighting is a major plus. Will post again when I receive it!
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Half-Saint on Sun, 06 February 2011, 12:30:18: Hip hip hooray for NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING!!!
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: spolia optima on Sun, 06 February 2011, 12:53:10: D: half-saint can't catch a break
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: laden3 on Sun, 06 February 2011, 12:53:32: Quote from: Half-Saint;290792
Hip hip hooray for NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING!!!

I am pretty sure that someone can help you to buy one.
OMG 7 left =.=
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Half-Saint on Sun, 06 February 2011, 12:56:41: By the time I get an answer from the seller, all the boards will be gone gone gone
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: bionicroach on Sun, 06 February 2011, 13:03:57: Half-Saint, I can buy one and drop ship for you if the seller won't do it...PM sent.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: ricercar on Sun, 06 February 2011, 13:31:38: I like mine. PS/2, but works with any USB adapter I've thrown at either keyboard or Trackpad. Plate mounted Cherry black with 2KRO. The removable splash guard adds to the force required to press a key.

EDIT: change from 7 left to "more than 10" left. Fascinating.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: spolia optima on Sun, 06 February 2011, 13:34:42: Quote from: ricercar;290821
I like mine. PS/2 but works with any adapter I've thrown at it. Plate mounted Cherry black with 2KRO. The removable splash guard adds to the force required to press a key.

Does the splash guard add tactility, like a dome? I've been wondering that for a while.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: sixty on Sun, 06 February 2011, 13:47:38: Quote from: spolia optima;290824
Does the splash guard add tactility, like a dome? I've been wondering that for a while.

From a PM conversation with Parak about the splash guard:

Quote from: Parak
Membranes do make it stiffer (crappier), as blacks are hard enough as is.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Half-Saint on Sun, 06 February 2011, 13:48:19: Thanks guys :)
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: shadwolf on Sun, 06 February 2011, 13:57:06: Hi guys,

I'm actually the seller. My wife is responding to everyone's purchases now. Thanks to spolia optima for pointing us in this direction and I thought I'd take the opportunity to clarify shipping.

Half-Saint, we are shipping internationally; my wife is responding to you via eBay and she's revising the listing to include international shipping as well.

Additionally, we're revising the listing to point out that you can get up to two keyboards shipped for the same flat-rate; it doesn't matter whether you buy one or two, shipping will cost the same - $10.95 domestic US, $45.50 international.

We've actually got more than the 10 we initially listed available, that's just the quantity we put on eBay to gauge interest.

Thanks guys. Message me if you have any questions about them. I'd say that if the questions are technical in nature though, you guys probably know more about them than I ;-)
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Parak on Sun, 06 February 2011, 14:05:56: The membrane does protect it well, even though it develops rips around the keys eventually with age. You get pretty much a pristine plate and switches once you throw the membrane away.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: spolia optima on Sun, 06 February 2011, 14:14:15: Quote from: shadwolf;290835

Additionally, we're revising the listing to point out that you can get up to two keyboards shipped for the same flat-rate; it doesn't matter whether you buy one or two, shipping will cost the same - $10.95 domestic US, $45.50 international.

WIN!
In this case I'm in for 2 :D
Thanks again!
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Half-Saint on Sun, 06 February 2011, 14:40:20: I'm getting one for my g/f. See how she likes it.

After this eBay sale everyone and their grandmother will own one of those TG3 boards :P
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: spolia optima on Sun, 06 February 2011, 14:51:34: Quote from: Half-Saint;290868
I'm getting one for my g/m. See how she likes it.

After this eBay sale everyone and their grandmother will own one of those TG3 boards :P

fixed
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: lootbag on Sun, 06 February 2011, 15:21:56: $45.50 shipped to Canada too?
Seems like a bit much.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: shadwolf on Sun, 06 February 2011, 17:29:27: Quote from: lootbag;290877
$45.50 shipped to Canada too?
Seems like a bit much.

Thanks for pointing that out so we could correct the shipping there as well. For our Canadian and Mexican neighbors, the flat-rate shipping is $27.95. Still not great, but better than $45.50 ;-)

All of our shipping quotes are direct from the USPS site, so know that we're not profiting off of shipping in any way.

If anyone else sees any thing that seems out of whack with shipping to some areas, or shipping with multiples in checkout, let me know. We're not looking to make mega dollars on these; we're just looking to move them.

We should finally be caught up responding to everyone's that's messaged us on eBay with questions. Thanks for the interest everyone ^_^
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: lootbag on Sun, 06 February 2011, 17:42:01: Thanks for the reply.
Buying one now!
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Sun, 06 February 2011, 20:01:27: Looking into buying two. If so I will place the order tomorrow if they are still there...
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Keymonger on Sun, 06 February 2011, 20:05:08: Well, shucks. I'd buy one if the shipping wasn't so costly. The vagaries of being European.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: cyberphine on Sun, 06 February 2011, 20:08:32: Quote from: Half-Saint;290868
I'm getting one for my g/f. See how she likes it.

After this eBay sale everyone and their grandmother will own one of those TG3 boards :P

Haha, yeah I'm going to let my wife play with this one. She keeps saying that "I don't get it, why did you pay that much for a keyboard". So we'll see what she says after she uses it.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: kidchunks on Sun, 06 February 2011, 20:45:05: Quote from: ripster;291005
I know what she will say.
Show Image
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4738848161_95475131b3_z.jpg)

Agreed!

They would never understand! :eek:
I compared it once to a love for different breeds of dogs. It still ended in a "I still don't get it..its a f**king keyboard?!"

I gave up -_-.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: cyberphine on Sun, 06 February 2011, 20:46:45: Quote from: kidchunks;291010
Agreed!

They would never understand! :eek:

But don't you see the utterly psychotic smile on his face. He died (or dieing) a happy man.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: shadwolf on Sun, 06 February 2011, 22:46:28: Quote from: ripster;290836
I'm always queasy buying these PoPo specials used. I don't like blood.

Just so you know, these didn't come from cop cars.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: db_Iodine on Mon, 07 February 2011, 04:52:02: I just ordered 2 of these. The other I will try to do a ghetto red mod on, and the other I will probably give to a friend who wants to try out mechanicals. Didn't come too expensive after all. About 60€ for two of these delivered feels like a fair price to me.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Malerik on Mon, 07 February 2011, 18:02:03: Went to buy one of these. There were 8 left. By the time I signed into my ebay account, there were zero. :(
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Oqsy on Tue, 08 February 2011, 00:35:36: Doh that one AND the relist ended. I wish these came with clear stems and I would track one down :D
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: noodles256 on Wed, 09 February 2011, 17:11:06: Received mine today. The black switches are definately a breath of fresh air from regular rubber domes. I took the membrane off immediately and will say that the black switches felt 100% better after. Really fast shipping by seller, I live in U.S. though, so that is probably the reason. G/F and I are currently cleaning the key =]
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: cyberphine on Wed, 09 February 2011, 18:20:59: Yeah, if you get one of these, you have to take off the membrane. If you don't you're going to wonder why you bought one. My space bar is pretty hard to depress. Not sure if anyone else noticed.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: noodles256 on Wed, 09 February 2011, 19:12:30: Quote from: cyberphine;292549
Yeah, if you get one of these, you have to take off the membrane. If you don't you're going to wonder why you bought one. My space bar is pretty hard to depress. Not sure if anyone else noticed.

Mine was like when the membrane was on, but when I took it off. It was a lot easier
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Huntor0 on Wed, 09 February 2011, 22:18:47: I just got mine today as well, I will perform surgery on it tomorrow.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: cyberphine on Wed, 09 February 2011, 22:24:20: The blacks might have to grow on me. I can feel a definitive difference in the space bar. Everywhere else is pretty cool. I can see why people say Blacks for FPS and Browns for RTS.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: spolia optima on Thu, 10 February 2011, 08:05:27: Man, these things are 1000% better without that lame rubber sheet. It DOES add tons of tactility, though... Unfortunately it makes the switches way too heavy.

Makes me wonder though... what if the rubber domes were higher-quality and real light in feel. Then, what if you took those domes and mounted them over red/brown cherry switches? In my mind, you'd get the tactility of a rubber dome with the activation point of a topre.

Hmmm... Makes me wonder.... I should rip apart one of those old Apple keyboards (the ones with the Fujitsu Libertouch-esque switches) and mount the domes to some cherry switches... No. I have exams this week. F*ck that. Need to get back to work.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Ascaii on Thu, 10 February 2011, 12:43:30: Quote from: spolia optima;292799
Man, these things are 1000% better without that lame rubber sheet. It DOES add tons of tactility, though... Unfortunately it makes the switches way too heavy.

Makes me wonder though... what if the rubber domes were higher-quality and real light in feel. Then, what if you took those domes and mounted them over red/brown cherry switches? In my mind, you'd get the tactility of a rubber dome with the activation point of a topre.

Hmmm... Makes me wonder.... I should rip apart one of those old Apple keyboards (the ones with the Fujitsu Libertouch-esque switches) and mount the domes to some cherry switches... No. I have exams this week. F*ck that. Need to get back to work.

Why don't you simply spring mod a few of the black switches with springs from blue cherry switches and tell us how that feels.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Half-Saint on Thu, 10 February 2011, 13:16:34: Because TG3 uses plate mounted switches and you need to desolder them to get at the innards.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Ascaii on Thu, 10 February 2011, 13:47:05: Quote from: Half-Saint;292929
Because TG3 uses plate mounted switches and you need to desolder them to get at the innards.

aha, thanks I didn't know that :)
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: bakageta on Thu, 10 February 2011, 13:51:13: Yikes, can't believe I missed these... I need to pay more attention.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: db_Iodine on Thu, 10 February 2011, 15:00:22: Quote from: bakageta;292956
Yikes, can't believe I missed these... I need to pay more attention.

That's why I check the classifieds and great finds sections several times a day :)
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: J888www on Thu, 10 February 2011, 16:23:15: I check morning day and night and still missed it, but not to worry, who ever bought the last 8 will sooner or later sell them albeit at a higher price no doubt.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: DanGWanG on Thu, 10 February 2011, 16:53:02: Whenever I see J888www's name, I think of J-Wow....
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: steeef on Fri, 11 February 2011, 16:43:53: Just got mine in today, came with a USB connector. Thanks shadwolf! No visible blood (hehe). I'm cleaning all the keycaps now and I've removed the membrane. This is my first experience with black switches, I'm excited!
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: ricercar on Fri, 11 February 2011, 19:13:06: Quote from: spolia optima;290824
Does the splash guard add tactility, like a dome? I've been wondering that for a while.

The splash guard adds to the force required to press the keys, but really doesn't change the nature of the linear feel.

I'm looking for a 'thiick' splash guard. They come in two flavors, white translucent (thick) and transparent saran wrap (thin).
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: steeef on Fri, 11 February 2011, 19:15:01: Yeah, for the little that I tried it out with the membrane still on, it just required more force to press the keys. Pretty crappy feel if you ask me. Much better removed.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: lzf929 on Sat, 12 February 2011, 21:16:37: Ya. After removing the membrane, it feels much better now.
And I just found out that the space is a little lower than other keys in that row. Kind of different from other keyboards I used. Not very used to it yet.
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: applescript on Sun, 06 March 2011, 05:21:30: still avail?
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: noodles256 on Sun, 06 March 2011, 10:48:03: I will be selling mine for $40 shipped
Title: Tg3 (Deck) backlit compact mechanicals - $20!
Post by: Half-Saint on Sun, 06 March 2011, 15:28:43: Mine came with the hard-rubber splash guard. Keys are noticably harder to press but overall I like it. The keyboard does not look used at all.