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Title: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: Acetrak on Mon, 19 November 2012, 10:37:26
Could harvest some Cherry white on black doubleshots if MY isn't your thing

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-MY7000-HPBUS-POS-Credit-Card-Swipe-Keyboard-Black-/121019355911?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item1c2d50d307
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 19 November 2012, 11:06:43
Nice and cheap, but they are often shiny as a mirror.
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: inlikeflynn on Mon, 19 November 2012, 11:11:43
someday i'm going to go down there and try to pick out the better condition ones.....just haven't had a chance yet
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: precarious on Mon, 19 November 2012, 11:58:47
last time i checked with them about two months ago they said they had 225 of the HPBUS models
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: domin8r on Tue, 20 November 2012, 08:24:18
Someone proxied one of these for me a while back (also from ocean-tech) and only a few keys were shiny! :)
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: dorkvader on Tue, 20 November 2012, 17:01:14
Someone proxied one of these for me a while back (also from ocean-tech) and only a few keys were shiny! :)
Was that me? I think I remember it. It was just the keys, right? If it's the one I'm thinking of, he's right. The keys were in really good shape.

But I think it's probably just a matter of luck, to be honest. I have heard that contacting the seller is a way to sometimes make sure you get one that's not very shiny.
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: placebo guy on Tue, 20 November 2012, 21:45:26
someday i'm going to go down there and try to pick out the better condition ones.....just haven't had a chance yet

I might go next Friday.  If you're up for it, let me know.  I'll check their stock for any good condition keys in case other members may want them. =)
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: mickd on Tue, 20 November 2012, 23:49:30
So are MY switch keycaps 100% compatible with MX switches?
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: Acetrak on Wed, 21 November 2012, 07:50:36
The MY keys with stabilizers won't fit MX switches, but other keys should be fine.
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: domin8r on Wed, 21 November 2012, 08:49:15
Someone proxied one of these for me a while back (also from ocean-tech) and only a few keys were shiny! :)
Was that me? I think I remember it. It was just the keys, right? If it's the one I'm thinking of, he's right. The keys were in really good shape.

But I think it's probably just a matter of luck, to be honest. I have heard that contacting the seller is a way to sometimes make sure you get one that's not very shiny.

Yeah that was you Dorkvader (:D) Just the keys indeed! They're in nice shape!
The numpad keys are worn the most, probably from use as a register. But using them for a TKL board so really didn't matter.
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 21 November 2012, 10:52:16
Doubleshots are 100% the same on both MX and MY boards, so is POM from all I have seen so far. Only the later pbt lasered have the incompatible stabilized keys, though they will work with costar style stabs.
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: limmy on Wed, 21 November 2012, 12:52:08
Doubleshots are 100% the same on both MX and MY boards, so is POM from all I have seen so far. Only the later pbt lasered have the incompatible stabilized keys, though they will work with costar style stabs.

I am sure lysol meant MY7000 boards. There are some incompatible doubleshot key caps from MY8000 boards with x1.25 modifiers, in particular bottom row (control, alt, spacebar, windows). Spacebar is useless (has built in stabilizers) and other bottom row keys have off center stem.
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 21 November 2012, 13:04:01
Those aren't doubleshots though... the off center bottom row 1.25 keys on G81-3000/8000 are always pad print or lasered.
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: limmy on Wed, 21 November 2012, 13:10:52
Those aren't doubleshots though... the off center bottom row 1.25 keys on G81-3000/8000 are always pad print or lasered.
Right! But from perspective a buyer without prior knowledge, they wouldn't know that those caps are not double shot.
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: mickd on Wed, 21 November 2012, 18:09:10
This might be worth mentioning, but theres a 20% off on these at the moment... price down to $7.99.
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: dorkvader on Thu, 22 November 2012, 01:47:12
This might be worth mentioning, but theres a 20% off on these at the moment... price down to $7.99.
This basically means that here's more $20 used cherry Doubleshots, if you missed out before. If anyone needs mail forwarding, please see this topic (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37277.0). I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm willing to pull the keycaps off, to save on intl. shipping.
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I see $9.99 + $13.21 shipping
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: MissMurd3r84 on Fri, 23 November 2012, 00:59:26
How much is the shipping to US on them? (As in how much does it show to ship to you lot in the US)
Title: Re: Cherry MY7000 HPBUS-2 (Black)
Post by: mickd on Fri, 23 November 2012, 06:08:42
About $13-14, plus say $1 more for every additional keyboard.

You can see it if you change the shipping options on ebay to the US and put in some random post code.