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Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: Koeitje on Mon, 14 February 2011, 13:48:49
Or is this just a silly idea:

http://www.dealextreme.com/forums/Forums.dx/Forum.-206~threadid.826882
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: itlnstln on Mon, 14 February 2011, 13:53:40
It certainly wouldn't hurt.  I know I would buy more stuff if it were more easily purchased in the US.
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: .XL on Mon, 14 February 2011, 13:55:54
PChome has some nice PBT ducky keycaps for USD$50, with the $10 shipping promo it's a pretty good deal.
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: Koeitje on Mon, 14 February 2011, 13:56:33
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DUCrp0IHvKU/TL6tVHnnQJI/AAAAAAAAAqw/XDXtaRVLA64/s1600/obama_yes_we_can2.jpg)


I don't really want to wrestle myself through Google translated Chinese/Taiwanese pages :)
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 14 February 2011, 13:57:04
Seems like a good idea to me!
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 14 February 2011, 14:00:43
We need someone to construct the keyboard first ;)
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: cgoldberg on Mon, 14 February 2011, 14:05:03
Quote from: .XL;294937
PChome has some nice PBT ducky keycaps for USD$50, with the $10 shipping promo it's a pretty good deal.


I ordered those Ducky PBT keycaps from PCHome along with a Ducky DK1087 board.  I'll post pics and info/review once I receive them.
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 14 February 2011, 14:24:28
Out of curiosity does Taobao sell any double shot cherry-compatible keys?
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: sixty on Mon, 14 February 2011, 19:25:14
Sometimes when someone harvests them, or when one of the few new black sets appears again. A year ago some Chinese company ordered a bunch of black double shot ABS keycaps, as well as some white blank pbt and black blank pom keycaps from Cherry, when they still offered custom orders.

Sometimes these still appear. Usually for $60ish.
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: laden3 on Mon, 14 February 2011, 19:28:15
http://www.inpad.com.tw/goods.php?act=view&no=2527

problem is that they don't ship overseas
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: sixty on Mon, 14 February 2011, 19:30:11
Yeah thats the company I meant.
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 14 February 2011, 19:31:28
We need an Asian member to organize a group buy for those. Only $50 USD per set.
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 14 February 2011, 19:39:26
Ooh. Nice clones.

(http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Lego-Clones.jpg)
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: Hak Foo on Mon, 14 February 2011, 20:08:51
Frankly, I'm not letting DealExtreme see another chon of my money until I see some improvements:

* I bought some anime figures, knowing they'd be crappy bootlegs, but even by crappy bootleg standards, they sucked.

* I bought a $140 Android tablet recently; I ordered it, I think 29 December 2010, and it took til like 5th February to arrive.  Fine.  I can probably blame some of it on the USPS, as the China Post website (some of their stuff ships from .hk, some from .cn) said they had done their part.

When it did arrive, the screen started malfunctioning after like 3 days, and it seemed awfully crash-prone considering the relatively weak demands I placed on it.

I'm still waiting to hear from their RMA department.
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: Koeitje on Tue, 15 February 2011, 15:20:13
Quote from: Hak Foo;295156

* I bought a $140 Android tablet recently; I ordered it, I think 29 December 2010, and it took til like 5th February to arrive.  Fine.  I can probably blame some of it on the USPS, as the China Post website (some of their stuff ships from .hk, some from .cn) said they had done their part.

When it did arrive, the screen started malfunctioning after like 3 days, and it seemed awfully crash-prone considering the relatively weak demands I placed on it.

I'm still waiting to hear from their RMA department.

Chinese new year celebrations...
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: Hak Foo on Tue, 15 February 2011, 19:04:29
Exactly how long is that an excuse?  I figured "maybe it's slow in January for the build-up, but will it last many weeks into February?'
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: .XL on Tue, 15 February 2011, 19:21:31
Quote from: Koeitje;295657
Chinese new year celebrations...


The Chinese new year celebrations last maybe a week and a half before the day and a week and a half after. Still no excuse for the shipping to take that long. They should have left China at the most a week after ordering.
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: keyboardlover on Tue, 15 February 2011, 19:24:43
I ordered something from Taobao like a week ago and it came today, via EMS. I couldn't believe it, what with the new year celebrations and all.
Title: Lets try to get DealExtreme to sell key caps?
Post by: .XL on Tue, 15 February 2011, 19:43:13
Quote from: keyboardlover;295762
I ordered something from Taobao like a week ago and it came today, via EMS. I couldn't believe it, what with the new year celebrations and all.


EMS is Japanese, I believe. And the big movement in China is the factory workers going back to their towns. Seeing as your dealer was probably not working in a factory and a native of the city, he probably didn't go very far :p