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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Crypt on Fri, 22 April 2011, 11:56:58
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http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/425491950-Blue-Color-37-Pcs-Colorful-Keycap-replaceable-keycaps-for-Mechanical-Keyboard-wholesalers.html
I don't have any experience with the site. They carry some other color keycaps and some other items like No Poo & Filco keyboards, etc. Post if you find something interesting at a good price. :)
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Nice find! This (http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/428699053-Filco-Majestouch-Tenkeyless-Series-Cherry-MX-Black-Switch-with-Pink-lotus-Case-English-ASCII-Arrangement-Pink-wholesalers.html) should interest quite a few people here :wink:
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Nice find! This (http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/428699053-Filco-Majestouch-Tenkeyless-Series-Cherry-MX-Black-Switch-with-Pink-lotus-Case-English-ASCII-Arrangement-Pink-wholesalers.html) should interest quite a few people here :wink:
that link was disappointing. It leads nowhere. :(
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It doesn't open for you? I just tried it, it works fine for me.
They sell the Pink 'Lotus' Filco:
(http://img.alibaba.com/wsphoto/v0/428699053/Filco-Majestouch-Tenkeyless-Series-Cherry-MX-Black-Switch-with-Pink-lotus-Case-English-ASCII-Arrangement-Pink.jpg)
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Is this a good deal? Site reliable? About to order!
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Is this a good deal? Site reliable? About to order!
Please tell me that you didn't.
While I wasn't able to find conclusive evidence this is a scam site. A scary amount of results came up when I searched (http://www.google.com/search?aq=1&oq=aliexpress&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=aliexpress+scam)AliExpress Scam.
I would stay away.
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$200 for that pink Filco, lol. I love rocking pink, but that's insane.
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What are the difference between KFORCE and KBC Keycaps?
I'm guessing these made of ABS.
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Wow, good thing I waited. I did the Live Chat with the seller "man leung" and he seemed nice. I asked him how long shipping would be, and he said roughly 2 weeks. Also asked if he would offer a coupon, and he responded by asking how many I was purchasing. I told him only one, and that I was a new customer and he said this time it will be list price. His responses were pretty delayed, but his english was comprehensible.
Any other people have feedback from this seller?
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Wow, good thing I waited. I did the Live Chat with the seller "man leung" and he seemed nice. I asked him how long shipping would be, and he said roughly 2 weeks. Also asked if he would offer a coupon, and he responded by asking how many I was purchasing. I told him only one, and that I was a new customer and he said this time it will be list price. His responses were pretty delayed, but his english was comprehensible.
Any other people have feedback from this seller?
Click (http://tinyurl.com/3usexyu)
(No BM intended)
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From what I can tell, aliexpress is a marketplace for a bunch of different sellers...kinda like amazon marketplace?
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Hmm, bit off topic, but for what it's worth, I got wind of this site via some of their "Little Dot" headphone amplifier prices...~30% cheaper than elsewhere...
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Unless anyone else has ordered from there - I'd stay away - but that's just me.
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Well, I took a chance! I talked to seller again, and assured me all the items were in stock. If it is indeed anything like Amazon Marketplace, I trust that each individual seller can be much more reliable than the whole. Will keep you guys updated!
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It's like a frontend on Alibaba, those sellers who actually have an individual product to sell and have very low minimum quantities.
It seems a pretty safe bet as they have escrow, you can use PayPal etc.
It's safer than Alibaba, then. And Alibaba isn't so bad as long as you keep your wits about you; there's rogue sellers and good ones.
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Received shipping info on the 27th!
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They look pad-printed.
(http://img.alibaba.com/img/pb/934/362/361/361362934_474.jpg)
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AliExpress is a reliable site, it's under the huge Chinese B2B conglomerate Alibaba.
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yeah, they belongs to the same group, like taobao. There's more users of taobao than ebay. ..
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Received shipping info on the 27th!
Keep us updated! I'm also interested on this.
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Alibaba is more like wholesaler prices (sort of like buying in bulk and sometimes the sellers set minimum quantities), while Taobao is more individual purchases.
I guess that's where most street peddlers get their goods from but I believe that they are safe. Aliexpress is just like a buying service in order to access Alibaba?
Nice find, hope to see some real pictures of the board by a fellow GHer.
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Just picked them up! Short review here: http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:17988 (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:17988)
In short, everything went as expected :)
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Cool, just ordered a set
Thanks OP
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Those are Pad-Printed ABS...
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pad printed aren't good? what would you recommend? I just bought a filco cherry blue and wanted some key caps but kind of new to this. Thanks...
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Just wanted to say I received mine and am quite happy with them. $15 was a great price.
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Yes, avoid pad printed if you can. Then there is lasered keycaps wich is better. Even better woulud be Dye Sublimated keycaps and Doubleshot keycaps. Try a search on this forum or check the wiki. There's a group buy on this forum for doubleshots !!
pad printed aren't good? what would you recommend? I just bought a filco cherry blue and wanted some key caps but kind of new to this. Thanks...
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Yes, avoid pad printed if you can. Then there is lasered keycaps wich is better. Even better woulud be Dye Sublimated keycaps and Doubleshot keycaps. Try a search on this forum or check the wiki. There's a group buy on this forum for doubleshots !!
Except the group buy is all sold out of the STANDARD (104 key) sets.