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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: tp4tissue on Mon, 22 April 2013, 02:17:18
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Ok. Here's my take.
Rarar is probably an "affiliate of click clack"
and that cap didn't really sell for $250..
what click clack DID DO, ingeniously is "created" a price tag for something that's otherwise worthless.
I still maintain all clickclacks are Ugly and worth less.. I don't hate the guy, I merely think many of you HAVE gone full retard for buying into this BS.. and generating this stupid market for it... suckering in people with no sense of value investment
And secondly, IF i am wrong about rarar... and he is a real person that's not puppet-ed by click clack, then he made the ONLY sane decision to sell a little piece of plastic to one of you idiots for $250..
Rarar did the right thing.... through and through :D
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How can something that regularly sells for over $100 and when offered at $30 sells out in leas than a second be worthless?
Me thinks you need to learn dat economics, bra
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I don't think its a conspiracy. I think there are some people who will pay several hundred for a plastic keycap without someone creating a price tag for it.
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How can something that regularly sells for over $100 and when offered at $30 sells out in leas than a second be worthless?
"Worthless" != "worth less"
:)
Edit: Oops, I didn't read OP thoroughly, he does indeed use both. My apologies.
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How can something that regularly sells for over $100 and when offered at $30 sells out in leas than a second be worthless?
"Worthless" != "worth less"
:)
And another worthless peice of **** grammar nazi with literally nothing to add except dull trolling.
Ohh and even better you didn't even bother to read the OP! Great stuff.
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How can something that regularly sells for over $100 and when offered at $30 sells out in leas than a second be worthless?
"Worthless" != "worth less"
:)
And another worthless peice of **** grammar nazi with literally nothing to add except dull trolling.
Ohh and even better you didn't even bother to read the OP! Great stuff.
There is a semantic difference in meaning between worthless and worth less, so no, it's not just trolling. I could say that your post adds even less to the thread.
Also, if you had bothered to read the edit that I had made before you posted, I did make note of my mistake and apologized for it. But I guess I'm the "worthless peice (sic) of ****".
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Get over it folks. It's just tp being tp.
No need for all the animosity.
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I am genuinely ANGRY at anyone profiteering from clacks, BECAUSE the highest bidder, the guy that pays the $250 is mentally handicapped, and you guys are taking advantage of him...
>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
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How can something that regularly sells for over $100 and when offered at $30 sells out in leas than a second be worthless?
"Worthless" != "worth less"
:)
And another worthless peice of **** grammar nazi with literally nothing to add except dull trolling.
Ohh and even better you didn't even bother to read the OP! Great stuff.
There is a semantic difference in meaning between worthless and worth less, so no, it's not just trolling. I could say that your post adds even less to the thread.
Also, if you had bothered to read the edit that I had made before you posted, I did make note of my mistake and apologized for it. But I guess I'm the "worthless peice (sic) of ****".
Lmao you really are thick as ****, yes... What I should have done is read your worthless dumb attempt at trolling, realised instinctively that you hadn't read the OP and was in the process of editing your originally worthless post.
Ohh and while we are on semantics, check out the context the genious OP used for 'worth less' and tell me that key caps are 'worth less' than 'ugly'.
Cheers
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I am genuinely ANGRY at anyone profiteering from clacks, BECAUSE the highest bidder, the guy that pays the $250 is mentally handicapped, and you guys are taking advantage of him...
>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
You're just angry coz you have no cereal I bet!
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I am genuinely ANGRY at anyone profiteering from clacks, BECAUSE the highest bidder, the guy that pays the $250 is mentally handicapped, and you guys are taking advantage of him...
>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
You're just angry coz you have no cereal I bet!
:D, low carb
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BUT WAIT! What if...it's actually Danwang using a fake identity to take off heat from his hypocrite sale thread??? :O :O :O ;) :) :P :O
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BUT WAIT! What if...it's actually Danwang using a fake identity to take off heat from his hypocrite sale thread??? :O :O :O ;) :) :P :O
Could be, i don't really know DW to well.
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BUT WAIT! What if...it's actually Danwang using a fake identity to take off heat from his hypocrite sale thread??? :O :O :O ;) :) :P :O
Lulz
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This isn't nearly as funny as the other threads.
sorry tp4, you have failed.
Move along now folks.
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It would seem like there are a few of you genuinely fearing the collapse of clack prices...
This is exactly like beanie babies.
Good luck. :D
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...of you HAVE gone full retard...
Spread the word to end the word.
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It would seem like there are a few of you genuinely fearing the collapse of clack prices...
This is exactly like beanie babies.
Good luck. :D
I don't own any clacks, and would welcome a drop in prices. Then I could get one.
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...of you HAVE gone full retard...
Spread the word to end the word.
Mm..... yea.. we should probably switch off that term as a superlative for stupid, because retardation doesn't actually parallel with stupidity..
A retard makes a mistake because he's handicapped...
The rest of the clack-buyers make mistakes because they're stupid.
UNLESS you're one of the clack-affiliates who pump up the price of clacks... THEN you rank as genius in my book..
Credit is given where credit is due...
I find the fact that ClickClack can sell his POS plastic for more than a quarter AMAZING....
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It would seem like there are a few of you genuinely fearing the collapse of clack prices...
This is exactly like beanie babies.
Good luck. :D
I don't own any clacks, and would welcome a drop in prices. Then I could get one.
Everyone deep down knew those Red Cherry Esc keys were not worth $250... then BOOM... they were right....
I posted this thread because it would seem that some people are being manipulated into buying these clacks based on their future value...
Since people in the keyboard hobby do not have much disposable income to begin with.. I just really don't want to see people get shafted by hype...
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It would seem like there are a few of you genuinely fearing the collapse of clack prices...
This is exactly like beanie babies.
Good luck. :D
I don't own any clacks, and would welcome a drop in prices. Then I could get one.
Everyone deep down knew those Red Cherry Esc keys were not worth $250... then BOOM... they were right....
I posted this thread because it would seem that some people are being manipulated into buying these clacks based on their future value...
Since people in the keyboard hobby do not have much disposable income to begin with.. I just really don't want to see people get shafted by hype...
The red cherry esc thing was different though. Obviously some people were pissed after they had just spent $250 but there weren't too many people.
I feel like if someone tried to recreate CC's stuff (to make money) though, people would flip and it probably wouldn't end well. When you have this many people who own his work, I feel like they'd do a lot to protect their "investments" for lack of a better word.
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I am genuinely ANGRY at anyone profiteering from clacks, BECAUSE the highest bidder, the guy that pays the $250 is mentally handicapped, and you guys are taking advantage of him...
>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
because obviously, no one can spend their money on what they like and want without being called mentally handicapped.
keyboards, more drama than kim jong un
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Anyone feel like starting mass production somewhere in China and contaminating the market with fake CCs? That would be ultimate trolling.
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Probably one of the fastest ways to get insta-banned from here as well.
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My question is, would the Clack market be as lucrative and would they be as sought after if GH weren't around anymore? I find it difficult to believe the market would make a smooth transition over to DT without taking a hit. Or would that actually increase the pricing? I'm actually starting they are more trouble than they are worth, and while they look nice and are certainly well crafted, there's a building distress each time I miss out on a sale or at-market-flash-sale in the classifieds. So that's every single 4Grabs and EK sale since the one in March '12 I've participated in and lost(I believe 9 or 10.) Eats at you in a way that causes one to view them in a different light and the rarity of possessing them starts to feel like a sort of curse, especially when you do wind up plopping down $100+ for a single Clack. If you own them in 10 years time, do you honestly think you will view them at such a high value?
Really the biggest twist would be if this whole Clack business were some sort of social experiment. That would be brilliant.
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Probably one of the fastest ways to get insta-banned from here as well.
why? The whole point of CC's is that they are rare and of very high quality, cheap knock-offs wouldn't impact this at all
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Then by that token... why does Rolex or other high end product manufactures shut down counterfeiters?
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Then by that token... why does Rolex or other high end product manufactures shut down counterfeiters?
Because Rolex's aren't a super niche product in a small specialised market?
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and anyway, didn't it already happen? and didn't they look like ****?
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people collect what they like - and as long as they are willing to pay for it, is it anyone's job to stop them? people who pay 250 bucks for a keycap should understand the risks associated with their choice.
all in all, this reminds me of the dutch tulip mania - clacks are nice keycaps, but they possess no intrinsic value, only what's attributed to them. They're still only sculpted plastic - very nice, unique plastic, but still plastic. But collectors wouldn't care about that.
People looking at them as investments will probably be sorely disappointed some time or the other, or make a killing, depending on whether others still want them clacks. That's assuming we'll still be using cherry mx keyboards in ten, twenty years down the road - personally, I'm hoping that voice recognition makes a quantum leap by then and I can stop torturing my hands. Perhaps by then, keyboards would be occupying the same space that typewriters are occupying now.
That's not to say I don't understand why people want clacks. I've spent my fair share of cash on useless junk - Magic the Gathering cards for example. I could probably get a good price for what I have left - a few decks here and there from about ten years back, but I keep them out of sentimental reasons. They're only pieces of printed cardboard in retrospect, but people would pay good money for it.
Collectors operate on a different system of rationale when it comes to their collectibles. No point arguing about it or trying to convince them otherwise.
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Nuh-uh! Shut up, tp!
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Probably one of the fastest ways to get insta-banned from here as well.
why? The whole point of CC's is that they are rare and of very high quality, cheap knock-offs wouldn't impact this at all
you can't make a cheap knock-off of a something that's a cheap pos to begin with... It'll be straight competition.
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Probably one of the fastest ways to get insta-banned from here as well.
why? The whole point of CC's is that they are rare and of very high quality, cheap knock-offs wouldn't impact this at all
you can't make a cheap knock-off of a something that's a cheap pos to begin with... It'll be straight competition.
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Ok. Here's my take...
Hold on... Let me get my "Wool Pulling Gloves" ready.
...Rarar is probably an "affiliate of click clack"...
LoL
...what click clack DID DO, ingeniously is "created" a price tag for something that's otherwise worthless.
Ingeniously? Really? Why thank you!
Honestly though, I don't think I'm half as brilliant as the people who make far more money off my work than I do. Hmmm... maybe brilliant is the wrong word.
I still maintain all clickclacks are Ugly and worth less..
Ah yes, a little less than $ 0.25 correct?
Sorry about them being ugly. I could make a pretty one for you! What should I make?
Lets see...
"TP" nope, that part doesn't lead to any good imagery now does it?
"Tissue"? No, no, no, that wont do, it sounds too delicate. Something more abbrasive perhaps?
Toilet paper for tissue? Sounds uncomfortable, cheap, like a bad alternative when there are better options.
Sounds thin and useless, you could poke holes in it all day, doesn't hold water, etc.
Oh... Oh, Noes! I hadn't thought of this earlier, you're not cheap, you're broke! I'm so sorry, that's not really fun at all.
Lets do a Tp4tissue charity auction, we can all pitch in one tear. Or maybe just lend an ear, that's all he really wants.
...I don't hate the guy,...
THANKS! =D
I don't hate you either! I reserve that word for things I really, really dislike that actually matter.
... I merely think many of you HAVE gone full retard for buying into this BS.. and generating this stupid market for it... suckering in people with no sense of value investment...
And secondly, IF i am wrong about rarar... and he is a real person that's not puppet-ed by click clack, then he made the ONLY sane decision to sell a little piece of plastic to one of you idiots for $250..
Nothing like insulting a community of enthusiasts to bring us all back together.
BTW, "IF"? LoL. Good one.
Rarar did the right thing.... through and through :D
Clearly.
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Rarar did the right thing.... through and through :D
Clearly.
Edit - Oh and Thank You for the GC Sale CC :)
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STILL WAITING ON MY STORMTROPPER.
i can only be friends with strippers for so long CC.
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TP: If you havent noticed, clickclack sells his things cheap(even though he could sell them for 200 dollar and he would get all keycaps sold eventually), I bet its not even worth it with the time he spends making the keycaps for the little money he is getting. Its the people thats driving up the prices, since clickclack is only 1 man (plus 1000 invisible gnomes LoL) he cant make keycaps for all of us and that makes people go crazy since everyone wants a piece of his legacy.
over n out
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...A retard makes a mistake because he's handicapped...
The rest of the clack-buyers make mistakes because they're stupid...
So what's your excuse then?
I find the fact that ClickClack can sell his POS plastic for more than a quarter AMAZING....
Boy, you sure know how to swing those compliments.
Maybe I can help you out.
- Are they a POS for being made by an artist?
- Are they a POS for being promoted by a community, who helped get them off the ground?
- Are they a POS for being made by equipment that I designed and fabricated?
- Are they a POS for being made in molds I personally tooled?
- Are they a POS for the 1000's of hours I have spent making them?
- Are they a POS for the all the skill that went in to designing and making them?
- Are they a POS for being offered to a community?
- Are they a POS for being high quality?
- Are they a POS because I have high standards?
- Are they a POS because I tried to innovate?
- Are they a POS because I want them to represent some of my best efforts?
- Are they a POS because the designs are being copied?
Or
- Are they a POS because you love saying anything for attention?
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tp4 being a bad troll? Nooooooo.
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Should I already know what "Magic the Gathering cards" are? Do I need some?
- Ron | samwisekoi
(http://www.samwisekoi.com/pixelart/M.png)
p.s. The upper left hand corner of that Model M right thar would look extra-cool with a "BMX" thingamaboby. Instead it has a custom Unicomp keycap that cost me a solid $1.40 USD. And if it gets a cool BMX thingamaboboby, it will be staying right there where I can see it and enjoy it. No tulip speculation for me!
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I quite like CC's...
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I quite like CC's...
Don't you know that makes you stupid and retarded and worth pitying because clearly all of us keyboard enthusiasts are broke. I guess that's why we collect keyboards instead of whatever.
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I quite like CC's...
Don't you know that makes you stupid and retarded and worth pitying because clearly all of us keyboard enthusiasts are broke. I guess that's why we collect keyboards instead of whatever.
Awh :(
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CC make me wake all night and buy CC box, but empty and empty.
puhahaha :)) :-\
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...A retard makes a mistake because he's handicapped...
The rest of the clack-buyers make mistakes because they're stupid...
So what's your excuse then?
I find the fact that ClickClack can sell his POS plastic for more than a quarter AMAZING....
Boy, you sure know how to swing those compliments.
Maybe I can help you out.
- Are they a POS because you love saying anything for attention?
bingo.
tp4 wasn't loved enough as a child. so he comes here for attention. any attention is good attention for him. it's actually pretty sad that he has to stoop so low just so people can acknowledge him.
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...A retard makes a mistake because he's handicapped...
The rest of the clack-buyers make mistakes because they're stupid...
So what's your excuse then?
I find the fact that ClickClack can sell his POS plastic for more than a quarter AMAZING....
Boy, you sure know how to swing those compliments.
Maybe I can help you out.
- Are they a POS because you love saying anything for attention?
it's actually pretty sad that he has to stoop so low just so people can acknowledge him.
Maybe he's really tall.
I will see myself out now.
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- Are they a POS for being made by equipment that I designed and fabricated?
- Are they a POS for being made in molds I personally tooled?
I thought they were hand-carved by gnomes?
CC's wit almost exceeds his artistic abilities :D
And I'm still excited to be getting my first Clack.
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- Are they a POS for being made by equipment that I designed and fabricated?
- Are they a POS for being made in molds I personally tooled?
I thought they were hand-carved by gnomes?
Wait... I've been misled? I want a refund! T_T
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tp you're an idiot if you're calling out something that you should be exploiting
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tp you're an idiot if you're calling out something that you should be exploiting
There's too little money in clacks for me to exploit..
how much are people making.. $200? woooo. $200 wtf am I going to do with $200
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True, the treatment you need is MUCH more expensive.
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TP: If you havent noticed, clickclack sells his things cheap(even though he could sell them for 200 dollar and he would get all keycaps sold eventually), I bet its not even worth it with the time he spends making the keycaps for the little money he is getting. Its the people thats driving up the prices, since clickclack is only 1 man (plus 1000 invisible gnomes LoL) he cant make keycaps for all of us and that makes people go crazy since everyone wants a piece of his legacy.
over n out
No see.. he's the guy selling you the clack,, THEN he's ALSO the guy auctioning on ebay..
And I have a feeling he's also in control of a few other acounts on this site, which auctions off his so called "Extra caps"
but the whole time, there were MANY extras... to be spread over months..
My main point is a few of the "alleged" $200 sales are made up and didn't really take place.
It's like you try to create a new clothing, but how could you convince someone that it's $200... by putting on a show where you complete a successful sale to a non existent person, clickclack himself...
The scam here is... click clack.. auctions his clacks to another account he's created.. then when THAT guy sells it, it'll look like a rare cap is making it's way through the market... BUT that's not the case... you're buying it from click clack @ $250 :D
At least this is how I would do it... if I ran out of pocket money.
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tp you're an idiot if you're calling out something that you should be exploiting
There's too little money in clacks for me to exploit..
how much are people making.. $200? woooo. $200 wtf am I going to do with $200
DangWang sold one recently for $500. Not even a set, just a single Clack. I have heard tale of one going for $900 under specific circumstances.
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tp you're an idiot if you're calling out something that you should be exploiting
There's too little money in clacks for me to exploit..
how much are people making.. $200? woooo. $200 wtf am I going to do with $200
DangWang sold one recently for $500. Not even a set, just a single Clack. I have heard tale of one going for $900 under specific circumstances.
noisy, there's no proof that any of these sales ACTUALLY happened...
It's like you run an art gallery... and I've worked with many of these... they have show nights like I've described, where people PRETEND to buy paintings.. to make it look like there's a market.
you know how they hire people to stand in line during product releases? same gig..
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When I need to check my own sanity, I just read tp4 threads, and know that everything is going to be ok.
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...A retard makes a mistake because he's handicapped...
The rest of the clack-buyers make mistakes because they're stupid...
So what's your excuse then?
I find the fact that ClickClack can sell his POS plastic for more than a quarter AMAZING....
Boy, you sure know how to swing those compliments.
Maybe I can help you out.
- Are they a POS for being made by an artist?
- Are they a POS for being promoted by a community, who helped get them off the ground?
- Are they a POS for being made by equipment that I designed and fabricated?
- Are they a POS for being made in molds I personally tooled?
- Are they a POS for the 1000's of hours I have spent making them?
- Are they a POS for the all the skill that went in to designing and making them?
- Are they a POS for being offered to a community?
- Are they a POS for being high quality?
- Are they a POS because I have high standards?
- Are they a POS because I tried to innovate?
- Are they a POS because I want them to represent some of my best efforts?
- Are they a POS because the designs are being copied?
Or
- Are they a POS because you love saying anything for attention?
Hey CC -
Yeah, I don't think tp4tissue has ever actually tried to do anything interesting or challenging in his entire life. That's why he has no idea how much work goes into one of your keycaps. (Also he's never seen one for himself AFAIK, so he has no idea what they look and feel like.) In the end, I think tp4tissue's attitude really comes down to "sour grapes", just like that fox in Aesop's fable. Oh and I have to thank you for the GC sale, even though I missed out on getting any Clacks, because you finally got my wife interested in my keyboard hobby! She started following the rarar drama, and now she's hooked. And now she wants to get a Topre Mr. Friday! heh, who doesn't? (Oh, and she applauded your decision to take the Mr. Friday back, btw.) Anyway, keep up the good work, and I'll try again to snag something from your next sale. As for tp4tissue, well, he's a mixed-up troll who craves the negative attention he gets.
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tp you're an idiot if you're calling out something that you should be exploiting
There's too little money in clacks for me to exploit..
how much are people making.. $200? woooo. $200 wtf am I going to do with $200
DangWang sold one recently for $500. Not even a set, just a single Clack. I have heard tale of one going for $900 under specific circumstances.
that was a typo when $500 was listed. Dan has changed it
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interesting thread. nothing against cc or the community but to you cc owners, what is the justification in buying a plastic keycap for $100? is it that the people actually value their own cc to be $100 or is it because the "market price" is $100?
again no disrespect or anything just curious
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interesting thread. nothing against cc or the community but to you cc owners, what is the justification in buying a plastic keycap for $100? is it that the people actually value their own cc to be $100 or is it because the "market price" is $100?
again no disrespect or anything just curious
because people with deep pockets think that their desires are more important than fair prices for everybody
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another way to look at it is, if there were no cc hype, would people still be paying 100+?
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another way to look at it is, if there were no cc hype, would people still be paying 100+?
no, at least they didn't a couple of years ago
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another way to look at it is, if there were no cc hype, would people still be paying 100+?
I am not sure how many times it has been explained, but here it goes again:
People will pay what they want for things they want. It has nothing to do with 'market value'. The market value is only a bi-product of the desire for hard-to-come-by items. If something is desired, but near impossible to get, somebody will pay whatever is needed to acquire that item. Do you remember collecting baseball cards? Coins? POG's? Toys that stayed in the original packaging? Etc.... etc.
If someone wants something bad enough, they will pay what is required. So if there are items running around that have seen low production numbers, and are rarely seen, those are sough-after items and can catch a good amount of money.
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another way to look at it is, if there were no cc hype, would people still be paying 100+?
I am not sure how many times it has been explained, but here it goes again:
People will pay what they want for things they want. It has nothing to do with 'market value'. The market value is only a bi-product of the desire for hard-to-come-by items. If something is desired, but near impossible to get, somebody will pay whatever is needed to acquire that item. Do you remember collecting baseball cards? Coins? POG's? Toys that stayed in the original packaging? Etc.... etc.
If someone wants something bad enough, they will pay what is required. So if there are items running around that have seen low production numbers, and are rarely seen, those are sough-after items and can catch a good amount of money.
No one's arguing "against" this..
I am only saying that Clickclacks are a terrible investment..
For someone who Genuinely just wants the itty-bitty piece of plastic.. sure pay whatever ..
For anyone who's "investing" in clacks,, THIS IS A TRAP....
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No one's arguing "against" this..
I am only saying that Clickclacks are a terrible investment..
For someone who Genuinely just wants the itty-bitty piece of plastic.. sure pay whatever ..
For anyone who's "investing" in clacks,, THIS IS A TRAP....
I don't really get your conspiracy theories. It's as simple as supply and demand. People like and want a product that sees limited production numbers. That automatically controls 'market value'.
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another way to look at it is, if there were no cc hype, would people still be paying 100+?
I am not sure how many times it has been explained, but here it goes again:
People will pay what they want for things they want. It has nothing to do with 'market value'. The market value is only a bi-product of the desire for hard-to-come-by items. If something is desired, but near impossible to get, somebody will pay whatever is needed to acquire that item. Do you remember collecting baseball cards? Coins? POG's? Toys that stayed in the original packaging? Etc.... etc.
If someone wants something bad enough, they will pay what is required. So if there are items running around that have seen low production numbers, and are rarely seen, those are sough-after items and can catch a good amount of money.
Im not arguing against anything. I'm just curious if people buy cc for their own sake or if they buy it just because its so hard to get/hype
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tp you're an idiot if you're calling out something that you should be exploiting
There's too little money in clacks for me to exploit..
how much are people making.. $200? woooo. $200 wtf am I going to do with $200
buy a keyboard...
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No one's arguing "against" this..
I am only saying that Clickclacks are a terrible investment..
For someone who Genuinely just wants the itty-bitty piece of plastic.. sure pay whatever ..
For anyone who's "investing" in clacks,, THIS IS A TRAP....
I don't really get your conspiracy theories. It's as simple as supply and demand. People like and want a product that sees limited production numbers. That automatically controls 'market value'.
my claim, is that cc is generating artificial demand...
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tp you're an idiot if you're calling out something that you should be exploiting
There's too little money in clacks for me to exploit..
how much are people making.. $200? woooo. $200 wtf am I going to do with $200
buy a keyboard...
I can do that anytime
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tp you're an idiot if you're calling out something that you should be exploiting
There's too little money in clacks for me to exploit..
how much are people making.. $200? woooo. $200 wtf am I going to do with $200
buy a keyboard...
I can do that anytime
then buy me one
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then buy me one
So you can flip it for pure profit? What a deal!
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tp you're an idiot if you're calling out something that you should be exploiting
There's too little money in clacks for me to exploit..
how much are people making.. $200? woooo. $200 wtf am I going to do with $200
buy a keyboard...
I can do that anytime
then buy me one
First set the large batch of keyboards you own now on fire... then I'll buy you one..
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what click clack DID DO, ingeniously is "created" a price tag for something that's otherwise worthless.
Everything is worthless.
It's only worth something because we place a value on it.
A glass of water to you is worth nothing, but to a person dying of thirst, it could be worth everything he has.
my claim, is that cc is generating artificial demand...
Even if they are creating artificial demand, they aren't the ones capitalizing on it. It;s the same as the red esc keys, it's worth what someone will pay.
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what click clack DID DO, ingeniously is "created" a price tag for something that's otherwise worthless.
Everything is worthless.
It's only worth something because we place a value on it.
A glass of water to you is worth nothing, but to a person dying of thirst, it could be worth everything he has.
my claim, is that cc is generating artificial demand...
Even if they are creating artificial demand, they aren't the ones capitalizing on it. It;s the same as the red esc keys, it's worth what someone will pay.
I don't know why you guys keep pushing basic economics on me... I know how that works..
I'm merely alluding to the fact that there may be a PLOY here.. and some people are getting suckered like with the $250 red esc
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I'm putting my CCs in a safe for when the zombie apocalypse hits. Then I can use them to barter for massive amounts of weapons and food. It's the perfect plan. Better than gold.
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tp you're an idiot if you're calling out something that you should be exploiting
There's too little money in clacks for me to exploit..
how much are people making.. $200? woooo. $200 wtf am I going to do with $200
buy a keyboard...
I can do that anytime
then buy me one
First set the large batch of keyboards you own now on fire... then I'll buy you one..
i only have 1
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another way to look at it is, if there were no cc hype, would people still be paying 100+?
no, at least they didn't a couple of years ago
when and how did this fad start?
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People will pay what they want for things they want. It has nothing to do with 'market value'. The market value is only a bi-product of the desire for hard-to-come-by items.
i'm really not sure how you can separate the two. the 'market value' is directly affected by the desire to get hard-to-come-by items when somebody pays more than retail for the item on a second-hand market -- not least importantly being that geekhack is arguably the biggest second-hand market for these goods in the Americas and much of the rest of the english-speaking world.
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The market value is only a bi-product of the desire for hard-to-come-by items.
i'm really not sure how you can separate the two.
:)
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The market value is only a bi-product of the desire for hard-to-come-by items.
i'm really not sure how you can separate the two.
:)
the way you explained it, you're treating that byproduct as somehow less significant than other factors of the market, and i think it's a lot more important.
you know when i'm trolling and when i'm not, let's not be glib :(
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I don't actually remember how was the transition from that situation where Click Clack keys remained in stock for months to just now where people are making a lot of profit by reselling the keys and hoarding them and it seems everyone have to own them.
I guess at some point some people started to sell them overpriced for profit when they went out of stock after being there for months. I guess that's how everything started but I can't remember that.
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I don't actually remember how was the transition from that situation where Click Clack keys remained in stock for months to just now where people are making a lot of profit by reselling the keys and hoarding them and it seems everyone have to own them.
I guess at some point some people started to sell them overpriced for profit when they went out of stock after being there for months. I guess that's how everything started but I can't remember that.
hopefully after the inception of this thread, cc's will go down in price
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I don't actually remember how was the transition from that situation where Click Clack keys remained in stock for months to just now where people are making a lot of profit by reselling the keys and hoarding them and it seems everyone have to own them.
I guess at some point some people started to sell them overpriced for profit when they went out of stock after being there for months. I guess that's how everything started but I can't remember that.
That there is the conspiracy... they never sold out of stock... they were never all that popular, and yes they're STILL quite ugly...
What clack did do "clever guy" is go from selling crappy plastic to selling "RARE" crappy plastic.. Then, by creating a few LARGELY staged transactions established the current fascade..
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This thread is only three pages long and it's already old.
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I don't actually remember how was the transition from that situation where Click Clack keys remained in stock for months to just now where people are making a lot of profit by reselling the keys and hoarding them and it seems everyone have to own them.
I guess at some point some people started to sell them overpriced for profit when they went out of stock after being there for months. I guess that's how everything started but I can't remember that.
hopefully after the inception of this thread, cc's will go down in price
What's that phrase "want in one hand, spit in the other, see which one fills up first"?
A troll thread is going to have about as much effect on CC secondhand prices as I would telling China to stop being communistic.
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I don't actually remember how was the transition from that situation where Click Clack keys remained in stock for months to just now where people are making a lot of profit by reselling the keys and hoarding them and it seems everyone have to own them.
I guess at some point some people started to sell them overpriced for profit when they went out of stock after being there for months. I guess that's how everything started but I can't remember that.
That there is the conspiracy... they never sold out of stock... they were never all that popular, and yes they're STILL quite ugly...
What clack did do "clever guy" is go from selling crappy plastic to selling "RARE" crappy plastic.. Then, by creating a few LARGELY staged transactions established the current fascade..
Just because you think they're ugly, doesn't mean everybody does.
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I am genuinely ANGRY at anyone profiteering from clacks, BECAUSE the highest bidder, the guy that pays the $250 is mentally handicapped, and you guys are taking advantage of him...
>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
LoL, I just caught this beauty ^
TP4TISSUE! CHAMPION OF THE HANDICAPPED!
Hmmm… that didn’t come out quite right.
Everyone deep down knew those Red Cherry Esc keys were not worth $250... then BOOM... they were right....
I posted this thread because it would seem that some people are being manipulated into buying these clacks based on their future value...
Since people in the keyboard hobby do not have much disposable income to begin with.. I just really don't want to see people get shafted by hype...
TP4TISSUE, THE CHAMPION OF THE "SOME PEOPLE".
Hmm...
TP4TISSUE, THE CHAMPION OF THE “DISPOSABLE INCOMLESS”.
TP4TISSUE, THE CHAMPION OF THE "HYPE-SENSITIVE".
Hmmm... that almost sounds like another word...
For someone who is against "hype" you are brilliant at it.
Keep posting, you're making me look great by comparison! Will all those who resell my keys for profit please post a "Thank You tp4tissue”?
Since you truly have so little to say , but, SO MUCH TIME to say it in, perhaps you would be better suited to helping people who actually ask for help. Or god forbid, need it. Looking at the time you spend on here, perhaps an EMT with double shifts would be a good start.
Unless of course you find this kind of uninspired banter to be “just the thing” needed to give feeling (was it feeling, or value?) back to your life. We all get a bit depressed, but if focusing on things related to me help you out. Then, well… you are most welcome. Glad I could help.
Wanna keycap?
For you, a discount, $200.
Fine print-
Shipping not included (sorry, but I need to make a profit)
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Oh CC, you make me laugh.
aweee yeeeee :D
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ROFL. CC layeth the smack down...
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Will all those who resell my keys for profit please post a "Thank You tp4tissue”?
He's finally contributing!
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ouch. that's some fine troll-slaying up there.
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I am genuinely ANGRY at anyone profiteering from clacks, BECAUSE the highest bidder, the guy that pays the $250 is mentally handicapped, and you guys are taking advantage of him...
>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
LoL, I just caught this beauty ^
TP4TISSUE! CHAMPION OF THE HANDICAPPED!
Hmmm… that didn’t come out quite right.
Everyone deep down knew those Red Cherry Esc keys were not worth $250... then BOOM... they were right....
I posted this thread because it would seem that some people are being manipulated into buying these clacks based on their future value...
Since people in the keyboard hobby do not have much disposable income to begin with.. I just really don't want to see people get shafted by hype...
TP4TISSUE, THE CHAMPION OF THE "SOME PEOPLE".
Hmm...
TP4TISSUE, THE CHAMPION OF THE “DISPOSABLE INCOMLESS”.
TP4TISSUE, THE CHAMPION OF THE "HYPE-SENSITIVE".
Hmmm... that almost sounds like another word...
For someone who is against "hype" you are brilliant at it.
Keep posting, you're making me look great by comparison! Will all those who resell my keys for profit please post a "Thank You tp4tissue”?
Since you truly have so little to say , but, SO MUCH TIME to say it in, perhaps you would be better suited to helping people who actually ask for help. Or god forbid, need it. Looking at the time you spend on here, perhaps an EMT with double shifts would be a good start.
Unless of course you find this kind of uninspired banter to be “just the thing” needed to give feeling (was it feeling, or value?) back to your life. We all get a bit depressed, but if focusing on things related to me help you out. Then, well… you are most welcome. Glad I could help.
Wanna keycap?
For you, a discount, $200.
Fine print-
Shipping not included (sorry, but I need to make a profit)
I have no idea why you're mad... :D
people are buying your plastic junk, and you're making some idiots pay upwards of $200
and as for your generosity to offer me a clack, no thanks.. i think they're ugly.. but you know, not that you're ugly.. your work is. that doesn't make you a bad person, don't take it that way.
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this is sooooooooooo booooooooooooooring
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I am genuinely ANGRY at anyone profiteering from clacks, BECAUSE the highest bidder, the guy that pays the $250 is mentally handicapped, and you guys are taking advantage of him...
>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
LoL, I just caught this beauty ^
TP4TISSUE! CHAMPION OF THE HANDICAPPED!
Hmmm… that didn’t come out quite right.
Everyone deep down knew those Red Cherry Esc keys were not worth $250... then BOOM... they were right....
I posted this thread because it would seem that some people are being manipulated into buying these clacks based on their future value...
Since people in the keyboard hobby do not have much disposable income to begin with.. I just really don't want to see people get shafted by hype...
TP4TISSUE, THE CHAMPION OF THE "SOME PEOPLE".
Hmm...
TP4TISSUE, THE CHAMPION OF THE “DISPOSABLE INCOMLESS”.
TP4TISSUE, THE CHAMPION OF THE "HYPE-SENSITIVE".
Hmmm... that almost sounds like another word...
For someone who is against "hype" you are brilliant at it.
Keep posting, you're making me look great by comparison! Will all those who resell my keys for profit please post a "Thank You tp4tissue”?
Since you truly have so little to say , but, SO MUCH TIME to say it in, perhaps you would be better suited to helping people who actually ask for help. Or god forbid, need it. Looking at the time you spend on here, perhaps an EMT with double shifts would be a good start.
Unless of course you find this kind of uninspired banter to be “just the thing” needed to give feeling (was it feeling, or value?) back to your life. We all get a bit depressed, but if focusing on things related to me help you out. Then, well… you are most welcome. Glad I could help.
Wanna keycap?
For you, a discount, $200.
Fine print-
Shipping not included (sorry, but I need to make a profit)
I have no idea why you're mad... :D
people are buying your plastic junk, and you're making some idiots pay upwards of $200
and as for your generosity to offer me a clack, no thanks.. i think they're ugly.. but you know, not that you're ugly.. your work is. that doesn't make you a bad person, don't take it that way.
CC doesn't MAKE anyone buy anything for any price besides what he lists it for.
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this is sooooooooooo booooooooooooooring
and yet you're bored enough to partake.. fk off if you have something "better" to do.. :D
kiddie hippocrits..
and you still haven't answered my question from another thread, are you an african american person?
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I am genuinely ANGRY at anyone profiteering from clacks, BECAUSE the highest bidder, the guy that pays the $250 is mentally handicapped, and you guys are taking advantage of him...
>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
LoL, I just caught this beauty ^
TP4TISSUE! CHAMPION OF THE HANDICAPPED!
Hmmm… that didn’t come out quite right.
Everyone deep down knew those Red Cherry Esc keys were not worth $250... then BOOM... they were right....
I posted this thread because it would seem that some people are being manipulated into buying these clacks based on their future value...
Since people in the keyboard hobby do not have much disposable income to begin with.. I just really don't want to see people get shafted by hype...
TP4TISSUE, THE CHAMPION OF THE "SOME PEOPLE".
Hmm...
TP4TISSUE, THE CHAMPION OF THE “DISPOSABLE INCOMLESS”.
TP4TISSUE, THE CHAMPION OF THE "HYPE-SENSITIVE".
Hmmm... that almost sounds like another word...
For someone who is against "hype" you are brilliant at it.
Keep posting, you're making me look great by comparison! Will all those who resell my keys for profit please post a "Thank You tp4tissue”?
Since you truly have so little to say , but, SO MUCH TIME to say it in, perhaps you would be better suited to helping people who actually ask for help. Or god forbid, need it. Looking at the time you spend on here, perhaps an EMT with double shifts would be a good start.
Unless of course you find this kind of uninspired banter to be “just the thing” needed to give feeling (was it feeling, or value?) back to your life. We all get a bit depressed, but if focusing on things related to me help you out. Then, well… you are most welcome. Glad I could help.
Wanna keycap?
For you, a discount, $200.
Fine print-
Shipping not included (sorry, but I need to make a profit)
I have no idea why you're mad... :D
people are buying your plastic junk, and you're making some idiots pay upwards of $200
and as for your generosity to offer me a clack, no thanks.. i think they're ugly.. but you know, not that you're ugly.. your work is. that doesn't make you a bad person, don't take it that way.
CC doesn't MAKE anyone buy anything for any price besides what he lists it for.
I never said he did..
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this is sooooooooooo booooooooooooooring
and yet you're bored enough to partake.. fk off if you have something "better" to do.. :D
kiddie hippocrits..
and you still haven't answered my question from another thread, are you an african american person?
this is getting good now
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people are buying your plastic junk, and you're making some idiots pay upwards of $200
Is that clear enough for you?
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I have a slightly off-topic question, if that's at all possible at this point. If offered, does anyone think Ripster would ever return to GH? Has such an offer ever been extended. When I joined, he gave me a ton of extremely knowledgeable answers to queries and was really one of the key bindings that held GH together for a time. Watching him self destruct like that was difficult to watch, but he really did bring it upon himself. Has enough time passed to heal wounds on both sides, or has that come and gone? Was he ever actually proven to have been to cause of r00twyrm?
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people are buying your plastic junk, and you're making some idiots pay upwards of $200
Is that clear enough for you?
don't lawyer this..
you've highlighted when i used "making" as "passive action" as in "creating the situation for"
when you posted clack didn't "make" you meant an ACTIVELY forcing people to buy..
They are different.
I agree that english would be better if it were more precise, but we must make due.
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I have a slightly off-topic question, if that's at all possible at this point. If offered, does anyone think Ripster would ever return to GH? Has such an offer ever been extended. When I joined, he gave me a ton of extremely knowledgeable answers to queries and was really one of the key bindings that held GH together for a time. Watching him self destruct like that was difficult to watch, but he really did bring it upon himself. Has enough time passed to heal wounds on both sides, or has that come and gone? Was he ever actually proven to have been to cause of r00twyrm?
His ego is too inflated to ever return, even if the offer was extended.
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I have a slightly off-topic question, if that's at all possible at this point. If offered, does anyone think Ripster would ever return to GH? Has such an offer ever been extended. When I joined, he gave me a ton of extremely knowledgeable answers to queries and was really one of the key bindings that held GH together for a time. Watching him self destruct like that was difficult to watch, but he really did bring it upon himself. Has enough time passed to heal wounds on both sides, or has that come and gone? Was he ever actually proven to have been to cause of r00twyrm?
Someone explain why ripster left.. the mods refuse to tell me.
And EGO? on the internet? I stand by this that : if you behave the way online as you would in life, you've completely missed the point of the internet..
The purpose of anonymous discussion is to cast away the inefficient courtesy that betrays Truth Intent..
I won't lie to you on the internet.. But if I met you in person.. I certainly would..
For example...
Online: I would say,, hey d...wade how's ur dead parrot..
In real life, I'd say, oh so sorry to hear about your loss. how have you gotten along.. KNOWING full well, that whatever I say wouldn't change anything, as the parrot is no more.
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I have a slightly off-topic question, if that's at all possible at this point. If offered, does anyone think Ripster would ever return to GH? Has such an offer ever been extended. When I joined, he gave me a ton of extremely knowledgeable answers to queries and was really one of the key bindings that held GH together for a time. Watching him self destruct like that was difficult to watch, but he really did bring it upon himself. Has enough time passed to heal wounds on both sides, or has that come and gone? Was he ever actually proven to have been to cause of r00twyrm?
Someone explain why ripster left.. the mods refuse to tell me.
Got banned.
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I have no idea why you're mad... :D
people are buying your plastic junk, and you're making some idiots pay upwards of $200
and as for your generosity to offer me a clack, no thanks.. i think they're ugly.. but you know, not that you're ugly.. your work is. that doesn't make you a bad person, don't take it that way.
I'm not mad, sorry to dissapoint. I'm having a blast with this thread. And Don't lie, so are you. And don't get upset that people don't understand you. Some people just prefer more tangible hobbies and interest.
I'm just killing time right now printing labels. I should get a faster printer, but then I wouldn't have time to read your posts.
I offered it to you at $200 so you could do the seemingly theraputic and nobel task of then selling it for $18. You know, show the people how it's done! Who cares if they are ugly. Stand up, be a man, don't be so vain, stick to your principles!
Phew... for a second there I thought you were going to say I was a bad AND ugly person.
Oh wait! The skull's a self portrait. Sh1t!
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Someone explain why ripster left.. the mods refuse to tell me.
He was accused of being more useful than you.
loling
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(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a205/bonzai_bartender/StopInTheNameOfLove.jpg)
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I have no idea why you're mad... :D
people are buying your plastic junk, and you're making some idiots pay upwards of $200
and as for your generosity to offer me a clack, no thanks.. i think they're ugly.. but you know, not that you're ugly.. your work is. that doesn't make you a bad person, don't take it that way.
I'm not mad, sorry to dissapoint. I'm having a blast with this thread. And Don't lie, so are you. And don't get upset that people don't understand you. Some people just prefer more tangible hobbies and interest.
I'm just killing time right now printing labels. I should get a faster printer, but then I wouldn't have time to read your posts.
I offered it to you at $200 so you could do the seemingly theraputic and nobel task of then selling it for $18. You know, show the people how it's done! Who cares if they are ugly. Stand up, be a man, don't be so vain, stick to your principles!
Phew... for a second there I thought you were going to say I was a bad AND ugly person.
Oh wait! The skull's a self portrait. Sh1t!
wait.. "are you ugly? "
I'm curious now... that would explain why you chose to make skulls.. as people who usually follow that direction of expression steer clear of conventional beauty due to their internal conflict with inadequacy.
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Someone explain why ripster left.. the mods refuse to tell me.
He was accused of being more useful than you.
(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbyrnw0wMq1r2urg8.jpg)
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I'm just killing time right now printing labels. I should get a faster printer, but then I wouldn't have time to read your posts.
ROFL!!!
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ClickClack I have 2 questions...
1. Is the skull the superhero after he died? They look similar in the facial region. Is there some sort of CC lore you are writing?
2. Who got the Mr. Friday?
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ClickClack I have 2 questions...
1. Is the skull the superhero after he died? They look similar in the facial region. Is there some sort of CC lore you are writing?
2. Who got the Mr. Friday?
rarar... did you not see the other thread? lol
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ClickClack I have 2 questions...
1. Is the skull the superhero after he died? They look similar in the facial region. Is there some sort of CC lore you are writing?
2. Who got the Mr. Friday?
rarar... did you not see the other thread? lol
CC didn't ship it. Took it back.
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Trolling is an art. And right now, tp's art is looking really ugly.
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Trolling is an art. And right now, tp's art is looking really ugly.
I don't like the term trolling, because the definition changed over time, from ACTUAL trolling, inciting-emotional-response, to labeling ANYTHING-at-all you disagree with..
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I think tp4 is just being modest. He can't deal with the stress of being the master of trolls.
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I think tp4 is just being modest. He can't deal with the stress of being the master of trolls.
there was a quote on the game of thrones show I watched yesturday, something something.. "he'd watch the kingdom fall to ruin, as long as he can be king of the ashes.." I know that doesn't apply here since there's nothing to ruin.. but I do like the quote..
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only 20%, that's like 10 more rebuttals.
And honestly, I don't know why this forum even needs Mods, because there's like almost NO ONE here saying anything most of the time.
If anything.. the fact that my posts make the place more lively is better than the dreary sullenness that GH usually is.
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only 20%, that's like 10 more rebuttals.
You've got to play it like blackjack, man. Get as close to 100% as you can without actually hitting it!
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only 20%, that's like 10 more rebuttals.
You've got to play it like blackjack, man. Get as close to 100% as you can without actually hitting it!
But where I play blackjack, you get paid 3:1 for hitting blackjack.
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only 20%, that's like 10 more rebuttals.
You've got to play it like blackjack, man. Get as close to 100% as you can without actually hitting it!
I mean seriously... Did you guys come onto the internet "FOR" peace and quiet? really? that's what you're here for?
can't you just just go on the deck and nap if that's the case?
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only 20%, that's like 10 more rebuttals.
And honestly, I don't know why this forum even needs Mods, because there's like almost NO ONE here saying anything most of the time.
If anything.. the fact that my posts make the place more lively is better than the dreary sullenness that GH usually is.
40% now...
And it certainly is more lively to have a troll sometimes, which is why you aren't muted... yet. Insulting an artist's work is kind of personal... if you've ever met an artist. But, it's an off topic thread, so you're still talkin, aren't you?
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I don't actually remember how was the transition from that situation where Click Clack keys remained in stock for months to just now where people are making a lot of profit by reselling the keys and hoarding them and it seems everyone have to own them.
I guess at some point some people started to sell them overpriced for profit when they went out of stock after being there for months. I guess that's how everything started but I can't remember that.
That there is the conspiracy... they never sold out of stock... they were never all that popular, and yes they're STILL quite ugly...
This part is funny and makes me laugh as to how you know what was and was not popular at GH well over a whole year before you even joined....let me educate you
The 1st CC sale at EK was the only one when they (TRI, BLUE, & RED) stayed in stock for a long time, with a long time being a couple weeks. This was the 1st time anyone was selling custom keys like this, and at $15 it seemed like a lot to most people when they were used to just buying $1-3 novelty keys.
The 2nd CC sale at EK was the original Halloween stuff (Jack & CandyCorn Skulls, Candy Corns, Gray Skull) and that lasted maybe 2 hours before being sold out with the Jack & CandyCorn Skulls being gone in minutes
Every sale since then has decreased the time to sell out where now we're talking about being sold out in seconds.
so yep you sure are right that "they were never all that popular"
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I don't actually remember how was the transition from that situation where Click Clack keys remained in stock for months to just now where people are making a lot of profit by reselling the keys and hoarding them and it seems everyone have to own them.
I guess at some point some people started to sell them overpriced for profit when they went out of stock after being there for months. I guess that's how everything started but I can't remember that.
That there is the conspiracy... they never sold out of stock... they were never all that popular, and yes they're STILL quite ugly...
This part is funny and makes me laugh as to how you know what was and was not popular at GH well over a whole year before you even joined....let me educate you
The 1st CC sale at EK was the only one when they (TRI, BLUE, & RED) stayed in stock for a long time, with a long time being a couple weeks. This was the 1st time anyone was selling custom keys like this, and at $15 it seemed like a lot to most people when they were used to just buying $1-3 novelty keys.
The 2nd CC sale at EK was the original Halloween stuff (Jack & CandyCorn Skulls, Candy Corns, Gray Skull) and that lasted maybe 2 hours before being sold out with the Jack & CandyCorn Skulls being gone in minutes
Every sale since then has decreased the time to sell out where now we're talking about being sold out in seconds.
so yep you sure are right that "they were never all that popular"
not mass-marketable product = not popular.. You're likely overestimating the market. If these clacks were at all POPULAR, there is EVERY REASON to sell them in volume and make a whole lot more.
The trouble is, keyboardin' is not there yet.. at least not in the USA..
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only 20%, that's like 10 more rebuttals.
And honestly, I don't know why this forum even needs Mods, because there's like almost NO ONE here saying anything most of the time.
If anything.. the fact that my posts make the place more lively is better than the dreary sullenness that GH usually is.
40% now...
And it certainly is more lively to have a troll sometimes, which is why you aren't muted... yet. Insulting an artist's work is kind of personal... if you've ever met an artist. But, it's an off topic thread, so you're still talkin, aren't you?
if people want to take internet seriously, i can't stop them
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not mass-marketable product = not popular.. You're likely overestimating the market. If these clacks were at all POPULAR, there is EVERY REASON to sell them in volume and make a whole lot more.
The trouble is, keyboardin' is not there yet.. at least not in the USA..
Want to buy one of my hand-customized traffic lights?
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not mass-marketable product = not popular.. You're likely overestimating the market. If these clacks were at all POPULAR, there is EVERY REASON to sell them in volume and make a whole lot more.
The trouble is, keyboardin' is not there yet.. at least not in the USA..
Want to buy one of my hand-customized traffic lights?
They tested LED traffic lights in the states, they saved power, but didn't melt the snow in winter, so they had to change back to regular halogen.
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I don't actually remember how was the transition from that situation where Click Clack keys remained in stock for months to just now where people are making a lot of profit by reselling the keys and hoarding them and it seems everyone have to own them.
I guess at some point some people started to sell them overpriced for profit when they went out of stock after being there for months. I guess that's how everything started but I can't remember that.
That there is the conspiracy... they never sold out of stock... they were never all that popular, and yes they're STILL quite ugly...
This part is funny and makes me laugh as to how you know what was and was not popular at GH well over a whole year before you even joined....let me educate you
The 1st CC sale at EK was the only one when they (TRI, BLUE, & RED) stayed in stock for a long time, with a long time being a couple weeks. This was the 1st time anyone was selling custom keys like this, and at $15 it seemed like a lot to most people when they were used to just buying $1-3 novelty keys.
The 2nd CC sale at EK was the original Halloween stuff (Jack & CandyCorn Skulls, Candy Corns, Gray Skull) and that lasted maybe 2 hours before being sold out with the Jack & CandyCorn Skulls being gone in minutes
Every sale since then has decreased the time to sell out where now we're talking about being sold out in seconds.
so yep you sure are right that "they were never all that popular"
not mass-marketable product = not popular.. You're likely overestimating the market. If these clacks were at all POPULAR, there is EVERY REASON to sell them in volume and make a whole lot more.
The trouble is, keyboardin' is not there yet.. at least not in the USA..
why do you always come back to this same argument as to why CC"s aren't popular? CC has answered this many times for you and others that this is just a hobby and way of sharing some of his work with others who enjoy them. But by your definition, unless CC quits his day job to mass produce them, then they are not popular
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know what guys. look I'm sorry if you're offended, my only intention was to warn anyone who may dive into cc as a investment..
That's it.. so. i'm locking the thread..