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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: wilsongunawan on Fri, 08 June 2012, 08:38:26
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This is my first time being invited to join the Dibs sale, so i am kinda lost. Can someone teach me how to order to click clack and how many hours to go until the Dibs sale start?
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http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?24467-4Grabs
Read post #2 and #3 and then read them again.
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http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?24467-4Grabs
Read post #2 and #3 and then read them again.
Because of the big different time zone, I don't really know how many hours to go. Can you tell me?
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time.gov (http://time.gov/timezone.cgi?Pacific/d/-8/java)
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+time+is+it+in+PST
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i really appreciate both of you gentlemen did for my humble question.
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Just woke up... Whish I was on the dibs list :-(
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You can thank the madness that is DST for that. No one knows wtf to use.
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Damn this guy (George Vernon Hudson) for proposing the idea of DST!
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It's time!
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Sent! Haha!
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wow. that was easy
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sent him my order.... now praying...
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yeah, i can't believe the server didn't crash! ;P Thanks for the caps cc, and thanks for the server upgrade iMav!
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YAY, dibs sale has begun, and iMav the site is running smoothly!
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Were there any preview for the colors?
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no preview, just have to hope you like the shade & be prepared to trade if you don't! (though that's not a bad idea for the future, wink wink!)
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Cool it didn't crash but this is a small sale compared to the one a few months ago
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Cool it didn't crash but this is a small sale compared to the one a few months ago
You don't know that for sure! My guess is that this sale had 2/3 the number of people of the last one, and my reasoning is he had x amount of caps prepared for the last sale, and had to make 2 future sale lists, it would be reasonable to assume that all 3 sales had a similar x (amount of caps). So if 1/3 of the people hammering the site got their caps in the first sale, 2/3 of them were left for the dibs sales, and because of the hardware update he combined them and it appears to have gone off without a hitch.
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As far as the new octopink color, ClickClack said it has a really teeny shift of purple in it. I like pink, but I do want to see photos of the new colors as well. I'm hoping the orange goes well with my new board.
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YAY, dibs sale has begun, and iMav the site is running smoothly!
I think that's because it's not open to everyone.
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If anyone is unhappy with their colors, I know there are always people open to trade/buy them. Myself included...
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I think that's because it's not open to everyone.
I'm sure that's part of it, but as iMav said, with the new site hardware he didn't expect the site to fall over any time soon. However, I do wonder how many people were invited to the PB4 and PB5 Dibs sale.
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I think that's because it's not open to everyone.
Yeah it's a difficult thing to quantify to be sure. On one hand I got more orders in under 1 minute than ever before. On the other hand however I am sure not as many people are checking it out this time because indeed it's a closed sale.
I would still say though in my opinion the hardware seems to be handling things fine, at least from my vantage point.
Regarding the 2/3rds thing WRXChris mentioned,
That's a very rational way to look and it seems reasonable, fortunately/unfortunately it's a good bit off. Each Dibs groups (4 & 5) were bigger than any singular sale I have done previously.
K, back to staring up at the mountain... this is going to be brutal.
LoL =P
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I think that's because it's not open to everyone.
Yeah it's a difficult thing to quantify to be sure. On one hand I got more orders in under 1 minute than ever before. On the other hand however I am sure not as many people are checking it out this time because indeed it's a closed sale.
I would still say though in my opinion the hardware seems to be handling things fine, at least from my vantage point.
Regarding the 2/3rds thing WRXChris mentioned,
That's a very rational way to look and it seems reasonable, fortunately/unfortunately it's a good bit off. Each Dibs groups (4 & 5) were bigger than any singular sale I have done previously.
K, back to staring up at the mountain... this is going to be brutal.
LoL =P
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Hey clickclack, sorry for the triple message. I had to be at work at the time of the sale so I had my father hit the submit button. I think he may have gotten confused...
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The first set is sold out :-)
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*goes back to anxiously waiting for a reply from Monsieur CC..*
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WTB/WTT for octopink MX or Topre skull! PM me!
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*goes back to anxiously waiting for a reply from Monsieur CC..*
X2
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X2
X3 is he going to pm us on GH?
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Good luck everyone!
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Oh great. I sent my order to clack factory instead of ClickClack. Did I just hose myself?
And, yes, I got it in within the first 15min. I hope that was soon enough. I may have misordered. I don't work well under pressure. :-(
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Oh great. I sent my order to clack factory instead of ClickClack. Did I just hose myself?
I sure hope not, that would explain why I haven't been able to get any skulls these past few months.
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ClackFactory is the correct user ID to PM for these sales :)
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Thanks for the verification dangwang.
Is it still Prayer Time, or if I haven't received a response does that mean my order failed?
Hail Marys on keycap rosaries are murder on the fingertips! ;-)
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I got a pm back. Saying x and z was out. So sent back more options, and am awaiting a second reply. Was a 5am wake up here in Sydney on a public holiday no less.
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I got a pm back. Saying x and z was out. So sent back more options, and am awaiting a second reply. Was a 5am wake up here in Sydney on a public holiday no less.
I'm just curious, what time did you get your PM in?
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Cool more people who will mark these up to 100+ dollars in the classifieds got to buy more CC's. Consider me jelly and grumpy.
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Cool more people who will mark these up to 100+ dollars in the classifieds got to buy more CC's. Consider me jelly and grumpy.
Such is life. I sort-of agree that it's not cool how rare and expensive these get, but since they are so impossible to get for what I consider a decent price, I get by by ignoring them.
Skulls are cool, but It doesn't fit in with my current theme, unless I got a bunch of other skulls to match, and I really can't be bothered to decorate.
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Has anyone received a quote yet? I am still eagerly awaiting mine
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Hey there guys!
Everything seems to be going smoothly, just a bit slow. I'm trying really hard to get everyone what they wanted. So there has been a bunch of emails flying around to get things right.
Because of this I have not been going in order for the quotes. I did however just send out a bunch more a few minutes back. I have many, many more to do but I need to get off this computer and into a soft bed where I can dream about women and pizza!
I will start up again in the morning. Just a heads up though, most of you got what you ordered from what I could tell so far.
-cc =)
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Hey there guys!
Everything seems to be going smoothly, just a bit slow. I'm trying really hard to get everyone what they wanted. So there has been a bunch of emails flying around to get things right.
Because of this I have not been going in order for the quotes. I did however just send out a bunch more a few minutes back. I have many, many more to do but I need to get off this computer and into a soft bed where I can dream about women and pizza!
I will start up again in the morning. Just a heads up though, most of you got what you ordered from what I could tell so far.
-cc =)
*Sings the wonder years theme song*
If I had gotten in, I could have hired you a pizza face woman whom would have provided you with a splendid time.
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Would have been about 2pm PST. Was 7am here.. was Not waking up at 5am on a long weekend!!
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Dream away dear sir :)
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is there (was there) a web address to view the available clack keys? talk about confusing sale! I know how to order, just not what on sale.
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I got a quote and the stuff in there was my 1st choice! I'm so happy! :-)
Danke clickclack!!
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^ jelly you
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Any future dibs? I didnt get any chance since in PB4, PB5 and PB6...
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I dont think there's been a 6th sale yet.
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Orangesicle sounds awesome. Will there be any open sales, or are all of clickclack sales invite-only?
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Trading 1 [First born child] for Dibs in next sale. Pst.
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Trading 1 [First born child] for Dibs in next sale. Pst.
What if you don't have children?
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Sorry, didn't you hear? The next sale is him collecting children so he can harvest their stem cells. I don't have a child, but I'm going to go work on that so I can be in the next sale.
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Sorry, didn't you hear? The next sale is him collecting children so he can harvest their stem cells. I don't have a child, but I'm going to go work on that so I can be in the next sale.
So that's the secret ingredient to making CC skulls eh?
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I'm curious about how orangesicle will look like :-))
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*Sings the wonder years theme song*
If I had gotten in, I could have hired you a pizza face woman whom would have provided you with a splendid time.
Geee, sounds like a great deal, thanks. XP
Dream away dear sir :)
I would have but some "Awful" image was stuck in my head.
is there (was there) a web address to view the available clack keys? talk about confusing sale! I know how to order, just not what on sale.
Nope, not this time sorry. It's probably really confusing since you were not actually included in the sale. LoL
I got a quote and the stuff in there was my 1st choice! I'm so happy! :-)
Danke clickclack!!
Bitte
^ jelly you
No need to be. ;)
Orangesicle sounds awesome. Will there be any open sales, or are all of clickclack sales invite-only?
Yes, many sales are open either through myself or EK. Invites are only a portion of sales. Or in this special case a large portion. LoL XP
Trading 1 [First born child] for Dibs in next sale. Pst.
Nope! I only take virgin sacrifices now. Besides it was never "1st" born anyway, it was 2 first borns! (because it's much more rare)
Sorry, didn't you hear? The next sale is him collecting children so he can harvest their stem cells. I don't have a child, but I'm going to go work on that so I can be in the next sale.
Looking briefly back at your avatar... Those are not the stems cells I am looking for, move along, move along.
So that's the secret ingredient to making CC skulls eh?
Don't be confused just because a tiny flagellum is involved.
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Yes, many sales are open either through myself or EK. Invites are only a portion of sales. Or in this special case a large portion. LoL XP
*Crossing my fingers* :)
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Just got my PM, I got my priority caps, + my order time was 12.01 PST so anyone worried about timing, don't be
Big thanks to clickclack!
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Just sent money, first set of ClickClacks incoming! So pumped.
Thankee CC, made my night!
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Sent my money off for a mint green, octopink and a random coloured skull.
I'm amazed at CC'd dedication for these sales, these will be my first clackfactory keys!
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you guys are in for a real treat :) you will see what all the fuss is about - pictures don't do them justice
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Sometimes I think they're starbursts and want to eat them...
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Man I want in on the next round! How?!
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Man I want in on the next round! How?!
wonder it too :-(
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I wish I would've registered sooner, all this time for the past two years I just browsed the forum but never made an account since I never got the effort to :(
Can we see some pictures of the keys? I want to get in to the next sale
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Can't wait to see the colors.
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^ Same here. Even though I didn't get one but still enjoy looking at the pictures. lol
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I dont think we'll get any pictures until people actual receive the keys. Im looking forward to the pics nonetheless!
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I'll post a pic of my purple, orangesicle, and random color skulls as soon as they arrive! :D Super excited to have a full f-cluster of skulls! Thanks again cc!
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I'll post a pic of my purple, orangesicle, and random color skulls as soon as they arrive! :D Super excited to have a full f-cluster of skulls! Thanks again cc!
Will be looking forward to it!
It sounds really interesting and I'm dying to see these keys! <3
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Har.. I got a pink one and a Mint one and a random :D
Woooo!
Only took nearly a year haha!
Thanks again CC!
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do we get confirmation after we paid?
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He should have confirmed your quote first.. else, how did you know what to pay..
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He should have confirmed your quote first.. else, how did you know what to pay..
I think he's referring to if we get confirmation of whether he has received the payment for the order or not. I assume Clack would probably send out a confirmation at some point, to say that payment has been received and that the order has been shipped. Not sure though, never gotten any before. Can't wait to get them though!
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i got the quote already and done the payment, but i haven't receive and confirmation of the payment yet.
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http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?24467-4Grabs&p=610834&viewfull=1#post610834
Refer to this post
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Excited to see pics
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The waiting-time is so hard...
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I can't wait to see these caps !!:)
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Got a tracking number :D
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^ Me too! But I'm on the left coast, i.e., I'll get mine before you. Neener neener nnyyyaaaah nyaaah :p
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^ Me too! But I'm on the left coast, i.e., I'll get mine before you. Neener neener nnyyyaaaah nyaaah :p
Jelly
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PM sent. Hope to get into PB6.
Not sure what kind of list you may get into ;)
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maybe the black list :-D
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PM sent. Hope to get into PB6.
It does not work like that :-) . Clickclack set the rules and he will say how, when and who. Just keep your eyes open
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Anyone on the west cost get the new cc yet?
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"out for delivery" says USPS
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"out for delivery" says USPS
I probably won't get mine till Saturday or Monday. Can't wait to see what random color Mr.CC sent!
Be sure to take pics!
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"out for delivery" says USPS
Waiting to see pics.
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i have read the threads relating to these buys and cant seem to find it or overlooked it.
how does one get on the "list" for these buys?
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These lists were for people who put in an order in the last few sales before a certain cut off time that sold out before their orders could be filled. I was happily surprised to be told I was on the PB5 list after missing out on the last sale. Like you, we all need to just keep our eyes and ears open for any future announcements of other sales.
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ahhh okay.
Many thanks for the clarification.
i will try to keep watch for an open to all sale.
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NP, I see you created your account awhile ago but this is your second post. In case you haven't heard it yet, welcome to Geekhack ^_^
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"delivered" pics to follow later
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"delivered" pics to follow later
Hyped
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I wasn't sure where to post the pics. They can be found here:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?32454-Click-Clack-skulls&p=613758#post613758
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I got my Click Clacks today!
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Haven't recieved a confirmation PM yet, sent my money on the day the sale opened but i am from the UK.
Should I message CC? I don't want to be a bother but I don't want there to be a hiccup either.
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Haven't recieved a confirmation PM yet, sent my money on the day the sale opened but i am from the UK.
Should I message CC? I don't want to be a bother but I don't want there to be a hiccup either.
I never got a pm back after I sent the money, but paypal sent me an email saying the caps had shipped. I would check the email attached to your paypal if I were you.
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He didn't send out confirmation pm's after the invoice, however you should get an email with the tracking info when it ships.. I think I remember seeing cc say that he hopes to have everything shipped by the end of the weekend, but don't quote me on that.
and phagocytosis, thanks for the pic, kinda sad I didn't get a pink one, but I'm sure whatever cc chose for my random will have been worth it!
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Sorry for asking this, and please don't take it personal, but why are these so special?
They don't look that good to me..
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waiting for my tracking number.. LOL
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and phagocytosis, thanks for the pic, kinda sad I didn't get a pink one, but I'm sure whatever cc chose for my random will have been worth it!
thanks! I'm a huge fan of the pink one too! guac was sadly the only color I didn't want to get from my random pick so I'm trying to trade it for another color.
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The purple and pink look fantastic!
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Sorry for asking this, and please don't take it personal, but why are these so special?
They don't look that good to me..
They are limited quantity. This drives all collectionner crazy.
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Both the orange and pink are nice. So good to see some VIBRANT CCs. Now to try and get one without getting my PP account murdered.
Congrats and thanks for sharing pics!
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so given that I'm slow and not so bright... if the sale has ended, but they are not all listed as 'sold out' can I assume they are sold out, or not ?
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so given that I'm slow and not so bright... if the sale has ended, but they are not all listed as 'sold out' can I assume they are sold out, or not ?
If you were invited to the PB4 or PB5 sale, then you have until the end of today to order whatever isn't listed as 'SOLD OUT'.
On a related note, I got mine in today!
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This is what the packaging looks like in case anyone was curious.
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Sorry for the low quality of the pictures, my cell phone's camera doesn't do well in dim light.
I do have a question regarding Clickclack's keys. Is it normal for some of them to not fit Cherry stems as snugly as others? I hate to be that guy and nitpick everything, but I've never owned any of his caps before and was wondering if this is a common occurrence. My Mint Gum skull doesn't fit the stem as well and can be pulled off fairly easily with my fingers. The P1 and Orangesicle though fit really well and take a bit of gentle of tugging with my wire key cap puller. Like I said in the beginning, I'm just wondering how common it is to have a skull that doesn't fit as well as the others.
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If you were invited to the PB4 or PB5 sale, then you have until the end of today to order whatever isn't listed as 'SOLD OUT'.
What does PB4 & 5 mean?? I'm guessing I wasn't invited, given that I've not been intived to jack ****... but how does one go about getting an invite?
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You had to have participated in the last sale back in March. It was exclusively for people who ordered during that sale but didn't get their order placed in time so they didn't get any keys.
It's normally a race to get your order in before others and before the site crashes due to the popularity of the keys. But with the recent server upgrades, Clickclack's next public sale should go much smoother. Just pay attention to his heads up thread in his subforum and you'll get a cap eventually :).
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The invites were extended to people who placed an order but missed out on cc's last public sale. FYI, It took me 9 months from when I first wanted to buy a cc until I finally got one. Unless you're willing to pay $50-200 on the second hand market (depending on the rarity of the color), your best bet with these is A LOT of patience and subscribe to the 4grabs thread! Also checking cc's 'Heads Up' thread on a regular basis can help :)
EDIT: lol Roguemaster8, that's the second time you beat me at answering a question on this thread!
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alright, cheers guys :)
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lol Roguemaster8, that's the second time you beat me at answering a question on this thread!
Haha, sorry, my interest in helping the confused people who were audience to those invited to the sale is pretty high. I was one of them once, frustrated and without a skull. Also, I have an ulterior motive in bumping this thread so someone might be able to answer my question I posted above.
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are the prices listed for the last sale the same price as they usually go for ? or are they normally alot higher?
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When CC himself is running a sale, then yes. But if posted on the classifieds section by anyone else, the mark up is considerably higher.
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When CC himself is running a sale, then yes. But if posted on the classifieds section by anyone else, the mark up is considerably higher.
yeah ive seen prices of those caps be well over $50 each, which is a little steep for me... just wondering if that was the normal price they went for or not :P
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^Example^
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?32399-MM-s-Blowout-Sale!
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I do have a question regarding Clickclack's keys. Is it normal for some of them to not fit Cherry stems as snugly as others? I hate to be that guy and nitpick everything, but I've never owned any of his caps before and was wondering if this is a common occurrence. My Mint Gum skull doesn't fit the stem as well and can be pulled off fairly easily with my fingers. The P1 and Orangesicle though fit really well and take a bit of gentle of tugging with my wire key cap puller. Like I said in the beginning, I'm just wondering how common it is to have a skull that doesn't fit as well as the others.
I don't recall anyone having that issue before with any other CC keys. I know mine all fit just as tight as real Cherry keycaps do. Which is tighter than SP's fit. I should be getting mine tomorrow and will check if my new mint one has the same issue as yours or not.
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I don't recall anyone having that issue before with any other CC keys. I know mine all fit just as tight as real Cherry keycaps do. Which is tighter than SP's fit. I should be getting mine tomorrow and will check if my new mint one has the same issue as yours or not.
I PM'd Clickclack regarding the issue and this is what he had to say:
...it's not too uncommon for a keycap to fit a little less tight, especially if it's from an (old) unrevised mold, which is possible for the mint skulls since they are a good bit older than most other keys (old Cherry Corp. keys are notorious for being loose, easily pulled off by hand as an example). To make matters worse, sometimes (more often than you would think) the switch stems are just a miniscule fraction smaller which can exacerbate something like this. It should still fit all the way down though.
And because he's such an awesome dude, he offered to replace it and cover the shipping cost when I send it back to him. :smile:
EDIT: I don't mean to cause a panic for anyone else who ordered Mint Skulls, I'm hoping it's an isolated issue and/or I'm just paranoid.
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Got mine today and the mint green one does fits looser then the pink one as well. But not to where it is a problem from what I can tell. Did everyone get the little bag? I did not.
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Guys that is normal in some keycaps, this wont affect your typing and the keycap wont come out. Some keycaps are tighter than other. I had the same experience with some other non cc cherry mx keycaps.
Do not bother cc regarding this, and do not star a debate regarding this matter.
A few years a go someone gave some problems to cc and piss him off. He did not make caps for long time. So back off and do not start giving him some troubles. If you are not happy, do not buy his keycaps. cc is not best buy that accept recalls. He makes these keycaps for the community in his very very short free time.
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Didn't mean to disrupt him and take up his time at all. I merely thought it was worth mentioning to him.
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Got mine today. I was surprised they are located in the same city as myself. Funny that USPS shipped it to another city first and then sent it right back to our cities post office
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Easy fix to the loose fitting CC / any cherry key.. is get a very small square of cling wrap? glad wrap? ceram wrap? whatever its called in your town, the clear stretchy plastic you use to cover food etc! and place it over the stem and push the key cap down over it. tear away excess.. voila!
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this keyboard is so awesome!!! All that colors... beautiful!
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very jealous of all the new colours, I especially like the octopink, orangecicle, dark turquoise, and the blood orange
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did I miss out again? :hurt:
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did I missed out again? :hurt:
Unless you were specifically invited to the sale, you didn't miss out :P
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Not the best lighting, still amazing though. These are my first ones, thanks CC!
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So jelly!!!
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I really regret not getting the Octopink cap now, it's just so sexy.
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Not the best lighting, still amazing though. These are my first ones, thanks CC!
What color is that on the right? Looks like a concrete blue or milk blue.
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What color is that on the right? Looks like a concrete blue or milk blue.
It looks like it could be the mint gum colour? It looks slightly green to me, but can't quite tell.
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Not the best lighting, still amazing though. These are my first ones, thanks CC!
The Octopink and Orangesicle are both killer. I am a child of the 1980s, though. ;D
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i think it is light grey. if i'm not mistaken
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Damn, I want a pink one aswell :(
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The Octopink and Orangesicle are both killer. I am a child of the 1980s, though. ;D
My work desk is a happier place now.
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^ The same question was answered already in this thread. Read the previous posts.
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Your last link was not helpful in answering my questions.
He means go back and read through this entire thread, the answer to your questions have already been answered in this thread.
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No, the prices were referenced in the thread linked to from post 2 and probably several other posts along the way.
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The prices are still up in CC's 4grabs thread....
A little bit of searching and reading can go a long way.
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Are they all this confusing?
Naw, you just need to lurk more is all. Keep an eye on the 4Grabs and Heads Up thread. Also try not to PM clicklclack if you can, he's a busy man. His next sale will probably be public anyway so you won't need an invite.
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I got pink, purple, and guac green.
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Purple traded to Hazeluff, Green traded to i3oilermaker and I'm keeping the PINK
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got mine today, these are the first solid colours I've got different to EK and they are lovely, looks like an 80's theme party!
Thanks CC :)
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:( Mine still haven't arrived. Poop :confused:
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got mine today, these are the first solid colours I've got different to EK and they are lovely, looks like an 80's theme party!
Thanks CC :)
What colors did you get? Me wants to see pics.
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:( Mine still haven't arrived. Poop :confused:
Don't fret, mate. I am sure it takes quite a bit longer to reach the land down under :)
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What do I have to do to get a CC ? :(
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What do I have to do to get a CC ? :(
Kneepads.
Just kidding. You just need to wait for ClackFactory to post a sale here:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?24467-4Grabs
Or here:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?24468-Heads-Up!-CURRENT-UPDATES-!!!
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Don't fret, mate. I am sure it takes quite a bit longer to reach the land down under :)
Yeah only minorly fretting.. It's that just that mehkat is in melbourne (further south than I), and his have arrived.
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What do I have to do to get a CC ? :(
Kneepads.
Just kidding...
Maybe you would like to loan yours out?
Just kidding.
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nice necro bump
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Someone is mad.
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Someone is mad but others should be happy... something that rhymes with "ribs" is coming back it seems. Now even more upset I missed Hack Orange friday!
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Let a dead thread die peeps.