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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: spremino on Wed, 02 March 2016, 09:28:35

Title: Cherry G80-3000 with Clears have become more expensive
Post by: spremino on Wed, 02 March 2016, 09:28:35

The price of Cherry G80-3000 keyboards with Clears has gone up considerably.  A few months ago, you could get one for less than 60 euros, but now you must pay more than 110 euros.  Why is this the case?

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000 with Clears have become more expensive
Post by: merlin64 on Wed, 02 March 2016, 12:13:23

I wonder if its because people have been buying Leeku's G80-3000 PCB and swapping it out with the original one. Do you know if the G80-3000 always comes with clear switches?

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000 with Clears have become more expensive
Post by: radish on Wed, 02 March 2016, 14:46:46

i got one for 28 usd 4 months ago.

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000 with Clears have become more expensive
Post by: spremino on Wed, 02 March 2016, 18:35:14

Quote from: radish on Wed, 02 March 2016, 14:46:46

i got one for 28 usd 4 months ago.

A few months ago they were cheaper, as I said.  I wonder what happened in the meantime.

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000 with Clears have become more expensive
Post by: spremino on Wed, 02 March 2016, 18:37:57

Quote from: merlin64 on Wed, 02 March 2016, 12:13:23

Do you know if the G80-3000 always comes with clear switches?

No, it doesn't.  Only the model with Clear switches comes with Clears.

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000 with Clears have become more expensive
Post by: kekman on Thu, 03 March 2016, 03:54:16

I guess people have noticed this trend and decided they can do the same, resulting in inflation? As long as people don't buy them at this price they will come down for sure.

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000 with Clears have become more expensive
Post by: spremino on Thu, 03 March 2016, 15:19:11

Quote from: kekman on Thu, 03 March 2016, 03:54:16

I guess people have noticed this trend and decided they can do the same, resulting in inflation? As long as people don't buy them at this price they will come down for sure.

I doubt that this is the case.  Prices have doubled.  What company would double the price of a product from one month to the next just to test the market?  There must be a another reason.  Maybe they are discontinuing the G80-3000, and therefore they have limited stock and those premium prices are for customers who still want a G80-3000 instead of their more recent models.

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000 with Clears have become more expensive
Post by: spremino on Thu, 03 March 2016, 15:52:18

Or maybe MX switches have become more expensive?