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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Dianoda on Thu, 27 February 2014, 16:14:36

Title: For UK based eBayers: Alcatel MMK keyboard - £2.95 starting bid, ends today
Post by: Dianoda on Thu, 27 February 2014, 16:14:36

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121278328938 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121278328938)

I haven't bothered contacting the seller, but as far as I can tell they do not offer international shipping.

Title: Re: For UK based eBayers: Alcatel MMK keyboard - £2.95 starting bid, ends today
Post by: Photekq on Thu, 27 February 2014, 16:16:31

Cheers, I'll try and nab it ;D

Title: Re: For UK based eBayers: Alcatel MMK keyboard - £2.95 starting bid, ends today
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Thu, 27 February 2014, 16:33:33

What switches is that supposed to use?

Title: Re: For UK based eBayers: Alcatel MMK keyboard - £2.95 starting bid, ends today
Post by: Dianoda on Thu, 27 February 2014, 16:49:37

Quote from: False_Dmitry_II on Thu, 27 February 2014, 16:33:33

What switches is that supposed to use?

I believe they are all MX blacks: http://deskthority.net/wiki/Alcatel_MMK_Keyboard (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Alcatel_MMK_Keyboard)

Although the most interesting thing about this board is the all the windowed keycaps - f-row, lock keys, etc. - which are not very common in cherry boards.

Title: Re: For UK based eBayers: Alcatel MMK keyboard - £2.95 starting bid, ends today
Post by: ed_avis on Fri, 28 February 2014, 04:04:04

So how do you drive this thing from USB?

Title: Re: For UK based eBayers: Alcatel MMK keyboard - £2.95 starting bid, ends today
Post by: Photekq on Fri, 28 February 2014, 04:06:22

Quote from: ed_avis on Fri, 28 February 2014, 04:04:04

So how do you drive this thing from USB?

You don't.. It's wanted for its keycaps and for the switches.

Title: Re: For UK based eBayers: Alcatel MMK keyboard - £2.95 starting bid, ends today
Post by: longweight on Fri, 28 February 2014, 04:09:11

Sweet, I am in London so I can collect :D

Title: Re: For UK based eBayers: Alcatel MMK keyboard - £2.95 starting bid, ends today
Post by: Photekq on Fri, 28 February 2014, 04:18:55

Not sure it's worth much since the caps are probably shiny, odd layout etc. and since it uses black switches that are worth about $0.25 each when desoldered. I definitely won't be bidding very high on it, so you'll probably get it longweight ;D

Title: Re: For UK based eBayers: Alcatel MMK keyboard - £2.95 starting bid, ends today
Post by: longweight on Fri, 28 February 2014, 04:20:08

For £2.95? :D

Title: Re: For UK based eBayers: Alcatel MMK keyboard - £2.95 starting bid, ends today
Post by: Photekq on Fri, 28 February 2014, 05:59:07

Congrats whoever got it ;D I decided not to bid in the end

Title: Re: For UK based eBayers: Alcatel MMK keyboard - £2.95 starting bid, ends today
Post by: RabRhee on Fri, 28 February 2014, 08:44:13

Quote from: Photekq on Fri, 28 February 2014, 05:59:07

Congrats whoever got it ;D I decided not to bid in the end

Ha! I left it because I figured you had bagged it. But yeah the high postage made it less of a bargain really.

Title: Re: For UK based eBayers: Alcatel MMK keyboard - £2.95 starting bid, ends today
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 28 February 2014, 08:59:30

Whoever got it it was a great deal postage or not. Even though the board has some funny keys that won't work elsewhere, you get a industrial grey/white doubleshot alpha set at the very least and lot of black switch. It's still one of my favorite colorways... I hope someday we can have a groupbuy for it and it actually make to MOQ so it can be made.