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Offline MJL

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Leopold FC660M with extra keycap set in (?) Singapore
« on: Sun, 16 October 2016, 05:34:13 »
Came across this one while searching for keycaps:

http://forums.vr-zone.com/other-hardware-components/3395607-leopold-fc660m-pbt-dark-grey-keycaps.html

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Re: Leopold FC660M with extra keycap set in (?) Singapore
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 16 October 2016, 14:59:03 »
Came across this one while searching for keycaps:

http://forums.vr-zone.com/other-hardware-components/3395607-leopold-fc660m-pbt-dark-grey-keycaps.html

(no affiliation with the seller)

How is this remotely a good find? $140, even with an extra cap set, is way too high of a price for one of these.
I typed this post on my Slanck. I also developed a stronger, cleaner, easier handwiring method.


Offline MJL

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Re: Leopold FC660M with extra keycap set in (?) Singapore
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 16 October 2016, 20:57:32 »
Came across this one while searching for keycaps:

http://forums.vr-zone.com/other-hardware-components/3395607-leopold-fc660m-pbt-dark-grey-keycaps.html

(no affiliation with the seller)

How is this remotely a good find? $140, even with an extra cap set, is way too high of a price for one of these.

Did you take into account it are Singapore dollars and that it comes with an extra set of keycaps and that it has been hardly used (basically it is new)? That is about 100 USD..... It would suit someone not living in the US since shipping from the US is prohibitive....

Offline cribbit

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Re: Leopold FC660M with extra keycap set in (?) Singapore
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 17 October 2016, 00:37:19 »
Came across this one while searching for keycaps:

http://forums.vr-zone.com/other-hardware-components/3395607-leopold-fc660m-pbt-dark-grey-keycaps.html

(no affiliation with the seller)

How is this remotely a good find? $140, even with an extra cap set, is way too high of a price for one of these.

Did you take into account it are Singapore dollars and that it comes with an extra set of keycaps and that it has been hardly used (basically it is new)? That is about 100 USD..... It would suit someone not living in the US since shipping from the US is prohibitive....

$100 USD is a high but not horrible price if you really wanted one of these fast. But, if it's in singapore and a peer to peer sale it's kind of useless to everyone outside singapore.

I paid $90 including shipping for one with MX clears almost two years ago, keyboards are a good bit cheaper/easier to find nowadays. The FC660's are still about $90 but many other options in the same/similar layout are available which used to not be the case.

Considering that I mentioned "even with an extra cap set" I do believe I accounted for the keycaps. An extra keycap set is rather meaningless if you don't have another keyboard to put it on. From the picture it also looks like the caps are only for the letter keys, while the real important keys in a FC660 cap set are the modifiers and spacebar.

If you want to advertise your stuff for sale, try the classifieds subforum.
I typed this post on my Slanck. I also developed a stronger, cleaner, easier handwiring method.


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Re: Leopold FC660M with extra keycap set in (?) Singapore
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 17 October 2016, 02:42:45 »
No offense meant and I apologize if it did come across like that. My bill for buying a FC660M and a PBT dye-sub set (to replace the laser etched keycaps that come standard) comes to a lot higher than this, if I had seen it before buying from Korea I would have contacted the person.

Got nothing for sale (yet, have not made my mind up about the left over keys after I finish with the FC660M) not to mention that I have not yet got to the 25 posting required in order to be able to list.