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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: steeef on Thu, 10 March 2011, 19:25:04

Title: Keyless Cherry POS MY keyboards worth anything?
Post by: steeef on Thu, 10 March 2011, 19:25:04

I purchased these two keyboards off Ebay specifically for their  double-shot keycaps:
G81-7910HPBUS-2
G81-7000HPBUS-2

Now that I've stripped them, I feel bad just tossing them. One of them even came new in box with the manual and CD. Are they worth listing on Classifieds for the cost of shipping?

Title: Keyless Cherry POS MY keyboards worth anything?
Post by: sixty on Thu, 10 March 2011, 19:40:24

I doubt you will sell them. I tried giving away MY keyboards for free, no one wanted them. I recycled over 50 of them this morning actually.

Title: Keyless Cherry POS MY keyboards worth anything?
Post by: laden3 on Thu, 10 March 2011, 19:53:25

You can make keychains from the switches and a cleaver from the steel plate. Mylar sheets can be used as rooftops in a greenhouse... What else... Wires are good for whipping?

Title: Keyless Cherry POS MY keyboards worth anything?
Post by: steeef on Thu, 10 March 2011, 20:31:55

Shucks. Guess I'll toss them in the recycle pile.

Title: Keyless Cherry POS MY keyboards worth anything?
Post by: Hak Foo on Thu, 10 March 2011, 20:49:52

I buried my lone G81 (-7000, lasered keys, bought for $1 to try the card reader) in a spares cabinet at the office.

Title: Keyless Cherry POS MY keyboards worth anything?
Post by: laden3 on Thu, 10 March 2011, 21:19:16

The springs are semi-interchangeable with alps. You can use the MY springs in alps switches, but the alps springs can't be used in the MY switches because the fully compressed alps springs are still too long for the MY switches. The MY switches can't activate.

Title: Keyless Cherry POS MY keyboards worth anything?
Post by: ruumis on Sat, 12 March 2011, 07:10:48

don't feel bad. I tossed one after stripping it and leaving it with the Chinese-lettered caps from my G80-3000. also tossed 3 Dell AT101Ws that day. didn't have much of a choice, or any spare room at that point. sometimes you just have to part with things. they ARE just "things," after all!

Title: Keyless Cherry POS MY keyboards worth anything?
Post by: keyboardlover on Sat, 12 March 2011, 08:01:26

Quote from: ruumis;310352

don't feel bad. I tossed one after stripping it and leaving it with the Chinese-lettered caps from my G80-3000

I sold 2 sets of those G80-3000 keycaps on here for $15 + shipping each =)

Title: Keyless Cherry POS MY keyboards worth anything?
Post by: steeef on Sat, 12 March 2011, 11:27:17

Yeah, I certainly don't want to waste space on something I know isn't worth anything to me.

Title: Keyless Cherry POS MY keyboards worth anything?
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Sat, 12 March 2011, 11:56:24

@ruumis

What? Plenty of people would take those Dell's for the price of shipping. No reason to just toss perfectly good mech boards.