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Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: OkGold on Thu, 02 February 2012, 07:41:27

I want my new board to be colourful, anyone have some links for sites with full sets of colourful cherry caps? (not just alpha) I'm thinking yellow, but we'll see. I know WASD has a good selection, but I was pretty unhappy with the quality of their etching for my white caps, do their printed keys look much better?

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Thu, 02 February 2012, 08:51:36

I had some lasered print keys from wasd, and thought they were of a good quality.
Taobao:
Rainbow 104 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=8336613544)
Filco pink 104 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10565155263)
KBC hot pink 104 pbt (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10168949250)
KBC blue 104 pbt (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10169363516)
KBC mint green 104 pbt (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10169114016)

sorry found no yellow.

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: emptythecache on Thu, 02 February 2012, 14:25:29

oh ****, those mint green ones are so awesome. Who wants to be my taobao buyer? Also, conversion rates - how do they work?

edit: ****. This is why I deleted my gh bookmark.

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: OkGold on Thu, 02 February 2012, 14:53:17

to get a rough idea of Yuan -> USD  divide by 6

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: emptythecache on Thu, 02 February 2012, 14:59:11

i bought them through taobaobee.com. I have no self control. I literally told my girlfriend LAST NIGHT I was done buying keyboard stuff. In other news, who wants to buy some white side-printed PBT caps I don't need anymore?

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: OkGold on Thu, 02 February 2012, 15:03:02

lol, you should have gotten your GF in on some delicious chinese fashion to make up for it, TaoBao is huge for girls too, my GF just gets lost on it

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Thu, 02 February 2012, 15:40:24

Be sure to come back and post some pics of the mint green, curious to see what it really looks like. I wish I had confidence in the hotness of that pink. I've tried a few other sets and have been disappointed with some pastel ****.

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: metafour on Thu, 02 February 2012, 15:43:51

Quote from: emptythecache;506577

i bought them through taobaobee.com. I have no self control. I literally told my girlfriend LAST NIGHT I was done buying keyboard stuff. In other news, who wants to buy some white side-printed PBT caps I don't need anymore?

Bright white or light gray/beige ?

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: metafour on Thu, 02 February 2012, 15:45:46

So it seems people are using different sites to order from taobao. Can anyone list out the total itemized cost for items they've purchased since it seems you have to pay for the item, handling, shipping from China, then another shipping cost to you.

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: emptythecache on Thu, 02 February 2012, 16:08:56

The bright white set from qtan's store. And so far, I put $50 worth of credit into taobaobee, which was ¥286.89. The caps plus shipping to the warehouse was ¥260. Then I have to pay more to get them to me from China.

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: divinity on Thu, 02 February 2012, 18:18:30

This is my first post on geekhack, Hello.

How would I go about obtaining a set of those mint green keys?

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Thu, 02 February 2012, 18:49:32

Welcome to geekhack!
Easiest is to go to a TaoBao agent like Obook or taobaobee and give them the link for them. They will then take payment, purchase them on your behalf and arrange for shipping etc.

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: gridlock on Fri, 03 February 2012, 00:05:50

HOT PINK!!!! So sexy... Too bad they're engraved

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: emptythecache on Mon, 06 February 2012, 13:48:00

Quote from: divinity;506741

This is my first post on geekhack, Hello.

How would I go about obtaining a set of those mint green keys?

I purchased that set through taobaobee.com, but have not actually received them yet. I will post here when I do, so you guys can see more picture of them, and get one more assurance that taobaobee is a legitimate service.

Title: Finding full sets of unique coloured caps
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Mon, 06 February 2012, 14:10:14

Quote from: OkGold;506569

to get a rough idea of Yuan -> USD  divide by 6

just go to google and type xxx yuan to usd and it will convert it.