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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: SansTheSkeleton on Sun, 10 January 2016, 14:41:13
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I've always owned a mech but I've never got interested in artisan keycaps until I saw a few on massdrop. It led me to making a few google searches..and I found this site!
Please welcome me in..
Few questions :
How do I stay safe when purchasing keycaps from other people? Chargebacks, scams, never delivering... is there like a rep system here?
Thank you!
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Welcome!
I'd recommend using PayPal when purchasing from people. No matter how reputable someone is they can still take advantage of you. PayPal is very good at mediating between buyer and seller, and at preventing buyer's from getting scammed.
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I've always owned a mech but I've never got interested in artisan keycaps until I saw a few on massdrop. It led me to making a few google searches..and I found this site!
Please welcome me in..
Few questions :
How do I stay safe when purchasing keycaps from other people? Chargebacks, scams, never delivering... is there like a rep system here?
Thank you!
Welcome! We use the website heatware.com to give reviews of other users for transactions. Not everybody uses it but it's very beneficial, also if they're a known member of the forum then it's usually safe to go with them(paypal is always used). A little advice, nobody really likes to sell their caps so offering money is basically of no use. There's a lot of people that just offer money and I never really see them get a cap, just wait around for some buys from the actually artisans and try your hand at winning a cap.
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If you're on this site, use Heatware. I wish that people used it more.
reddit.com/r/mechmarket has a nice little flair system that increases with each confirmed trade.
If you're buying something, use Paypal. And don't ever label it as a gift, b/c you lose buyer protection that way.
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Welcome! We use the website heatware.com to give reviews of other users for transactions. Not everybody uses it but it's very beneficial, also if they're a known member of the forum then it's usually safe to go with them(paypal is always used). A little advice, nobody really likes to sell their caps so offering money is basically of no use. There's a lot of people that just offer money and I never really see them get a cap, just wait around for some buys from the actually artisans and try your hand at winning a cap.
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Heatware? I think I'll try it out, thanks for the tip.
If you're on this site, use Heatware. I wish that people used it more.
reddit.com/r/mechmarket has a nice little flair system that increases with each confirmed trade.
If you're buying something, use Paypal. And don't ever label it as a gift, b/c you lose buyer protection that way.
Got it, I have a paypal ready. Who usually goes first, the seller or buyer?
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Welcome! We use the website heatware.com to give reviews of other users for transactions. Not everybody uses it but it's very beneficial, also if they're a known member of the forum then it's usually safe to go with them(paypal is always used). A little advice, nobody really likes to sell their caps so offering money is basically of no use. There's a lot of people that just offer money and I never really see them get a cap, just wait around for some buys from the actually artisans and try your hand at winning a cap.
Heatware? I think I'll try it out, thanks for the tip.
If you're on this site, use Heatware. I wish that people used it more.
reddit.com/r/mechmarket has a nice little flair system that increases with each confirmed trade.
If you're buying something, use Paypal. And don't ever label it as a gift, b/c you lose buyer protection that way.
Got it, I have a paypal ready. Who usually goes first, the seller or buyer?
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Goes first doing what? If you're buying, then typically you pay and then the seller ships quickly (and the seller should give you a tracking number the same day that they ship it).
But you should know that at least 75% (unscientific estimate) of all artisan keycap exchanges are trades, while maybe 25% are sales. To really build up an artisan keycap collection, you'll need to be patient and wait for the sales by the artisans themselves. So definitely browse around the Artisan Services subforum (https://geekhack.org/index.php?board=160.0) and then click the "Watch" button in the threads for artisans that you like. Then you can click the "Watched" button whenever you login to see if there are new posts. The sales directly from the artisans are hard to win (usually there's a lot of entrants relative to the number of caps) but the pain of losing raffles is part of being an artisan collector (and *****ing about it is definitely part of the fun, too).
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Welcome to Geekhack!
Buying (and selling) artisan keycaps has become very competitive in the last year or two, unfortunately.
Your best bet is to participate in the community so you can get to know who is who, who is reliable and so on.
Apart from that, there are some good suggestions above.