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geekhack Marketplace => Vendor Forums => MechanicalKeyboards.com => Topic started by: intelli78 on Sat, 31 May 2014, 00:34:18
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I am traveling in TN with my family and got a chance to visit the MK storefront. The building is actually labeled as Tiger Imports (their other business, which seems to focus on children's play vehicles, e.g., Power Wheels). It's in a quiet, mostly residential area -- definitely not a high-traffic location. No doubt that in-store sales are a tiny portion of their overall business. I got to meet 00zeRO (Justin Sweet) who showed us a bunch of keyboards including some of his customs, the new V60, and the Ducky Mini.
I ended up picking up a Ducky DK1087 with Green XM ALPS -- a barely used floor model. It's a fun keyboard that I will eventually pass on to someone in the classifieds for what I paid. My brother was interested in their leftover Pure w/ aluminum case, but Justin wanted to hang on to that so my bro ended up getting a Poker II with reds and a silver TEX case.
Here are some photos from the trip:
(http://i.imgur.com/EvIPm41.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/pe8lUYv.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/AMEGbR9.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/MxSnuwV.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/1sOYLnY.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/1fdUyUd.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/6OC7Ra8.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/iMkgYTX.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/s71Crgw.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/fdkmtKQ.jpg)
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Very awesome! I've wanted to make the trip down for a while. Also, if you're in the market to get rid of that 1087, let me know. I've been looking for another one for a while.
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I can't even count how many keyboards are in that mini (closet?) room... :eek: I just counted 100+ KBs/partially finished Dox/Keyboard boxes.
To think that there's even more stock hidden somewhere in the back...!
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Thanks for sharing!
Always nice to see where our keyboards come from :)
Interesting display idea for someone with too many keyboards :p
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Is that a RealForce 10AE? The one with the blue mod? Is that for sale?
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Is that a RealForce 10AE? The one with the blue mod? Is that for sale?
That's a Ducky.
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I'm only 3 hours from these guys I need to make a trip down one of these days.
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I can't even count how many keyboards are in that mini (closet?) room... :eek: I just counted 100+ KBs/partially finished Dox/Keyboard boxes.
To think that there's even more stock hidden somewhere in the back...!
That was just our keyboard showroom. The only 'stock' we keep there is a limited amount of Vortex's. The boxes above are empty. They all are for the keyboards on display below.
I'm only 3 hours from these guys I need to make a trip down one of these days.
You probably will, but then again, for the money you could just buy another keyboard instead of spending your money on all that gas... :thumb:
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I am traveling in TN with my family and got a chance to visit the MK storefront. The building is actually labeled as Tiger Imports (their other business, which seems to focus on children's play vehicles, e.g., Power Wheels). It's in a quiet, mostly residential area -- definitely not a high-traffic location. No doubt that in-store sales are a tiny portion of their overall business. I got to meet 00zeRO (Justin Sweet) who showed us a bunch of keyboards including some of his customs, the new V60, and the Ducky Mini.
I ended up picking up a Ducky DK1087 with Green XM ALPS -- a barely used floor model. It's a fun keyboard that I will eventually pass on to someone in the classifieds for what I paid. My brother was interested in their leftover Pure w/ aluminum case, but Justin wanted to hang on to that so my bro ended up getting a Poker II with reds and a silver TEX case.
Here are some photos from the trip:
Always great to have a fellow GeekHacker here to show off our goods (even the keyboards we are not willing to sell :p). By the way, I forgot to show the custom one I made for Shaker (our leader extraordinaire): Ducky Yellow Edition Shine 3 with Purple Shine II keycaps! LSU Tigers colors all the way...
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I want one of those LSU Duckys so bad....Intelli78, did you get to see the warehouse? It's incredible. Glad to see others are going to MK.com's storefront. :D
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I want one of those LSU Duckys so bad....
Get in line there fancy pants!
As some who actually graduated from there, I'm calling dibs! :p
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I visited the store a year and a half ago or so, pretty much by accident - happened to drive through Fairview, and remembered that they were there. Initially I was sure I was in the wrong place, but they showed me the keyboard closet, and were very friendly in showing me around. I didn't know what I wanted, only knew I had a razer blackwidow that didn't work very well with my mac. They showed me a few things, and I ended up leaving with a ducky shine 2 78. Since then I've bought another shine 2 and a shine 3, and even won one of their every 500 contests - got a topre keyboard that my wife loves! Great store, great business, great people!