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Title: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: MEEPhouse on Wed, 06 January 2016, 17:34:59: Just spotted this new listing up on eBay -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Clack-Factory-Click-Clack-Cherry-MX-Keycap-Mint-Gum-Skull-/172053321137?hash=item280f2d55b1:g:TeIAAOSwYIhWjYD3
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: riotonthebay on Wed, 06 January 2016, 20:16:41: $300

k
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: nubbinator on Wed, 06 January 2016, 20:29:04: Quote from: riotonthebay on Wed, 06 January 2016, 20:16:41
$300

k

That's totally what it's worth /s
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: whmeltonjr on Wed, 06 January 2016, 20:37:48: Got excited when I saw the title, but then I woke up.
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: Solo on Wed, 06 January 2016, 21:02:12: $300? I'm on it, boys.
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: appleonama on Wed, 06 January 2016, 21:21:39: (http://i.imgur.com/02vSkIm.png)
three fifty
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: heedpantsnow on Wed, 06 January 2016, 21:24:55: So what's the most common color? Seems like a see mint gum a lot.
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: jerue on Wed, 06 January 2016, 22:46:18: $300 eh?

(https://media.giphy.com/media/5yLgocdTA5Cpw0tOKv6/giphy.gif)

Quote from: heedpantsnow on Wed, 06 January 2016, 21:24:55
So what's the most common color? Seems like a see mint gum a lot.

There are a couple that are really common, mint gum is one (and probs the most common). There's 3D, the most common Tri. ~~The other really common one is a single color but can't remember right now.~~ edit: IIRC Hack Orange is pretty common.
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: Sifo on Wed, 06 January 2016, 22:54:27: Quote from: jerue on Wed, 06 January 2016, 22:46:18
$300 eh?

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Quote from: heedpantsnow on Wed, 06 January 2016, 21:24:55
So what's the most common color? Seems like a see mint gum a lot.

There are a couple that are really common, mint gum is one (and probs the most common). There's 3D, the most common Tri. ~~The other really common one is a single color but can't remember right now.~~ edit: IIRC Hack Orange is pretty common.

not anymore when Halverson and skcheng combined own like 80 percent of all hack oranges.
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: jerue on Wed, 06 January 2016, 23:14:45: Quote from: Sifo on Wed, 06 January 2016, 22:54:27
Quote from: jerue on Wed, 06 January 2016, 22:46:18
$300 eh?

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Quote from: heedpantsnow on Wed, 06 January 2016, 21:24:55
So what's the most common color? Seems like a see mint gum a lot.

There are a couple that are really common, mint gum is one (and probs the most common). There's 3D, the most common Tri. ~~The other really common one is a single color but can't remember right now.~~ edit: IIRC Hack Orange is pretty common.

not anymore when Halverson and skcheng combined own like 80 percent of all hack oranges.

didnt know halv was such a hoarder

yuck
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: nubbinator on Wed, 06 January 2016, 23:28:09: Quote from: jerue on Wed, 06 January 2016, 23:14:45
Quote from: Sifo on Wed, 06 January 2016, 22:54:27
Quote from: jerue on Wed, 06 January 2016, 22:46:18
$300 eh?

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(https://media.giphy.com/media/5yLgocdTA5Cpw0tOKv6/giphy.gif)

Quote from: heedpantsnow on Wed, 06 January 2016, 21:24:55
So what's the most common color? Seems like a see mint gum a lot.

There are a couple that are really common, mint gum is one (and probs the most common). There's 3D, the most common Tri. ~~The other really common one is a single color but can't remember right now.~~ edit: IIRC Hack Orange is pretty common.

not anymore when Halverson and skcheng combined own like 80 percent of all hack oranges.

didnt know halv was such a hoarder

yuck

Only for dem HOs. When you be straight pimping all the time, you need a stable full of HOs to keep it legit.
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: whmeltonjr on Thu, 07 January 2016, 16:43:14: Alright, which one of you got it?
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 07 January 2016, 22:45:05: Not me - wish I had enough funds to make a best offer. Or any offer!
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: hitlu on Sat, 09 January 2016, 00:20:05: Quote from: whmeltonjr on Thu, 07 January 2016, 16:43:14
Alright, which one of you got it?
i do
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 09 January 2016, 01:50:09: Quote from: hitlu on Sat, 09 January 2016, 00:20:05

Quote from: whmeltonjr on Thu, 07 January 2016, 16:43:14
Alright, which one of you got it?
i do

Congratulations - that's a nice colour :)
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: hitlu on Sat, 09 January 2016, 03:03:00: Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 09 January 2016, 01:50:09
Quote from: hitlu on Sat, 09 January 2016, 00:20:05

Quote from: whmeltonjr on Thu, 07 January 2016, 16:43:14
Alright, which one of you got it?
i do

Congratulations - that's a nice colour :)

i already have one. buy this for other color. thanks bro.
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: heedpantsnow on Sat, 09 January 2016, 19:48:44: Quote from: hitlu on Sat, 09 January 2016, 00:20:05

Quote from: whmeltonjr on Thu, 07 January 2016, 16:43:14
Alright, which one of you got it?
i do

Ah I was wondering who got it. Congrats dude!
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: Bromono on Sat, 09 January 2016, 19:55:24: I understand for not wanting to sell for retail but got damn...
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: hitlu on Sat, 09 January 2016, 22:15:23: Quote from: heedpantsnow on Sat, 09 January 2016, 19:48:44
Quote from: hitlu on Sat, 09 January 2016, 00:20:05

Quote from: whmeltonjr on Thu, 07 January 2016, 16:43:14
Alright, which one of you got it?
i do

Ah I was wondering who got it. Congrats dude!

haha. so difficult to buy any cc. so i cant control myself to do it. will trade it for goodtime green if possible. how r u these days bro.
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: ander on Sun, 10 January 2016, 22:55:29: Is it just me, or am I really the only non-hysterical person here? Why would anyone pay hundreds of bucks for a single keycap with a little skull carved on top?

Okay, I know how suggestible people are. If you can convince a certain number of them that something's valuable, they'll start convincing other people, and you can just sit back and watch the dough roll in. (That's how religion works.)

But even if you did think this little piece of plastic was worth that much, what possible assurance is there that the seller or their Uncle Fred or Aunt Jane didn't just sit down at the kitchen table and make it themselves? How hard could it be to mold and carve a single keycap? It's not like it has a double-shot legend or anything else that'd require serious machinery. I've carved entire mandolin bridges out of rock maple, and I don't consider myself an especially handy person—it's just a matter of time, patience and determination.

Honest, I'm not trying to be a wet blanket. I just don't get it.

Of course, back in 1626, Dutch colonists acquired the whole island of Manhattan (http://thereformedbroker.com/2010/05/24/the-real-greatest-trade-ever-minuet-buys-manhattan-384-years-ago-today/) from the local Indian tribe for $24 of trinkets. So obviously these things do happen.
Title: Re: Clack Factory Mint Gum Skull MX
Post by: riotonthebay on Mon, 11 January 2016, 09:54:20: Quote from: ander on Sun, 10 January 2016, 22:55:29
Is it just me, or am I really the only non-hysterical person here? Why would anyone pay hundreds of bucks for a single keycap with a little skull carved on top?

...

To each, their own. You see a keycap with a little skull carved on top while others see a piece of collectible functional art. Value is subjective. I personally believe we're in a "clack bubble," but only time will tell. People have been paying these prices for nearly a year now.

That said, I mocked this price earlier in this thread and still stand by that. But people mocked these selling for $50 a few years ago, $100 a couple years ago, and now $300 today.