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Title: As a Cherry distributor/reseller can you see if you can get an answer to this?
Post by: dante on Fri, 24 October 2014, 11:50:05

Can you put your feelers out to see who is producing the POM keycaps for the Cherry boards? (either G80-3000/3800/3850)

POM is becoming an extinct species fairly quickly - would be nice to know who produces those keycaps for Cherry; and if Cherry or the manufacturer can be contacted to make a batch for a Group Buy.

Several of us have been waiting for a PBT group buy to conclude so Ivan can run POM GB with PLUM.  Unfortunately PLUM is dragging their feet through the mud and so Cherry is the only other supplier I know of for these keycaps.

These can currently be ordered through TaoBao for the G80-3800/G80-3850 but some of the modifiers/space bar have incompatible spacing with everything else (Thanks Cherry...)

Any assistance you can provide would be invaluable.  Please save this sacred plastic for future generations  :cool:

Title: Re: As a Cherry distributor/reseller can you see if you can get an answer to this?
Post by: 00zeRO on Thu, 30 October 2014, 19:04:16

Quote from: dante on Fri, 24 October 2014, 11:50:05

Can you put your feelers out to see who is producing the POM keycaps for the Cherry boards? (either G80-3000/3800/3850)

POM is becoming an extinct species fairly quickly - would be nice to know who produces those keycaps for Cherry; and if Cherry or the manufacturer can be contacted to make a batch for a Group Buy.

Several of us have been waiting for a PBT group buy to conclude so Ivan can run POM GB with PLUM.  Unfortunately PLUM is dragging their feet through the mud and so Cherry is the only other supplier I know of for these keycaps.

These can currently be ordered through TaoBao for the G80-3800/G80-3850 but some of the modifiers/space bar have incompatible spacing with everything else (Thanks Cherry...)

Any assistance you can provide would be invaluable.  Please save this sacred plastic for future generations  :cool:

We will try...

Title: Re: As a Cherry distributor/reseller can you see if you can get an answer to this?
Post by: Grendel on Fri, 31 October 2014, 02:32:52

SP has a partial kit (http://keyshop.pimpmykeyboard.com/products/specialty-custom-keys/cherry-g81-3000-keycaps-original-laser-etched-keys)...

Title: Re: As a Cherry distributor/reseller can you see if you can get an answer to this?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 08 January 2015, 13:38:07

Anything?

Title: Re: As a Cherry distributor/reseller can you see if you can get an answer to this?
Post by: intelli78 on Thu, 08 January 2015, 13:40:11

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 08 January 2015, 13:38:07

Anything?

Timely bump, I actually just PMed Dante about this.

Title: Re: As a Cherry distributor/reseller can you see if you can get an answer to this?
Post by: dante on Thu, 08 January 2015, 16:43:13

I don't know who Cherry goes through but PLUM handles the majority of the market.

Unfortunately they have a MOQ of 400 sets; so despite being how cheap they are per set there is no way we'll find enough buyers.  Best chance for success would possibly be contacting MassDrop; but I'm still not sure you'll get enough buyers.

Title: Re: As a Cherry distributor/reseller can you see if you can get an answer to this?
Post by: intelli78 on Thu, 08 January 2015, 17:02:01

Quote from: dante on Thu, 08 January 2015, 16:43:13

I don't know who Cherry goes through but PLUM handles the majority of the market.

Unfortunately they have a MOQ of 400 sets; so despite being how cheap they are per set there is no way we'll find enough buyers.  Best chance for success would possibly be contacting MassDrop; but I'm still not sure you'll get enough buyers.

In your original thread (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49081.0) you mentioned MOQ of 200. Did they double it since then?

Title: Re: As a Cherry distributor/reseller can you see if you can get an answer to this?
Post by: dante on Thu, 08 January 2015, 17:04:21

Quote from: intelli78 on Thu, 08 January 2015, 17:02:01

Quote from: dante on Thu, 08 January 2015, 16:43:13

I don't know who Cherry goes through but PLUM handles the majority of the market.

Unfortunately they have a MOQ of 400 sets; so despite being how cheap they are per set there is no way we'll find enough buyers.  Best chance for success would possibly be contacting MassDrop; but I'm still not sure you'll get enough buyers.

In your original thread (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49081.0) you mentioned MOQ of 200. Did they double it since then?

Yes :(