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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: njfn on Tue, 01 July 2014, 01:22:00

Title: Where can I buy authentic Cheery MX switches down Australia?
Post by: njfn on Tue, 01 July 2014, 01:22:00

Where can I buy authentic Cheery MX switches down Australia?

Looking for some Cheery MX Blue (80pcs), White(10pcs) and Green(10pcs) switches.

At the moment, I can only find them on eBay, but are from HK or China, which seems to be a bit expensive if buy these in bulk.

I found there are some cheaper ones on Taobao, but the seller doesn't do international shipping.

Any chance I can buy some switches locally?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Where can I buy authentic Cheery MX switches down Australia?
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 01 July 2014, 01:36:01

I haven't seen anywhere selling MX switches down here :(

You'd be hard pressed to find anything with MX green of clear locally, either (although PCCG did have QFS with MX green for a fww weeks).

Best bet is to find a Taobao proxy e.g. qtan (http://geekhack.org/index.php?board=81.0).

Title: Re: Where can I buy authentic Cheery MX switches down Australia?
Post by: njfn on Tue, 01 July 2014, 02:14:48

Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 01 July 2014, 01:36:01

I haven't seen anywhere selling MX switches down here :(

You'd be hard pressed to find anything with MX green of clear locally, either (although PCCG did have QFS with MX green for a fww weeks).

Best bet is to find a Taobao proxy e.g. qtan (http://geekhack.org/index.php?board=81.0).

thanks rowdy,

it seems Taobao is the only option to get some rare switches. :)

Title: Re: Where can I buy authentic Cheery MX switches down Australia?
Post by: feizor on Tue, 01 July 2014, 02:42:53

You can also use mechanicalkeyboards.com

Shipping is $15USD for 100 switches though. Rare switches like clear or green are very expensive on Tao Bao. 6-8RMB each, which is $1.05-$1.25 AUD each + proxy fees + shipping.

Title: Re: Where can I buy authentic Cheery MX switches down Australia?
Post by: njfn on Tue, 01 July 2014, 23:52:24

Quote from: feizor on Tue, 01 July 2014, 02:42:53

You can also use mechanicalkeyboards.com

Shipping is $15USD for 100 switches though. Rare switches like clear or green are very expensive on Tao Bao. 6-8RMB each, which is $1.05-$1.25 AUD each + proxy fees + shipping.

Good point! thanks feizor!

Title: Re: Where can I buy authentic Cheery MX switches down Australia?
Post by: twiddle on Wed, 02 July 2014, 00:25:04

You can get a very limited range of MX switches (mostly a couple variations on blacks) from www.element14.com.  Just search for MX1 and they'll come up. I considered trying to get something together where if enough of us nag them they might stock some of the other types, perhaps..

Title: Re: Where can I buy authentic Cheery MX switches down Australia?
Post by: feizor on Sat, 05 July 2014, 21:03:06

http://au.element14.com/cherry/mx1a-11nn/switch-spno/dp/1180016

You're right twiddle, the mx black switches are pretty cheap on element14.