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Offline Phaedrus2129

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« on: Sat, 24 July 2010, 16:22:44 »
http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-G80-3494-Keyboard-Black-G80-3494-Linear-White-/270602674492?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item3f012d213c

The title says G80 3494 "Linear White." Wait, what? White switches aren't linear, at least not the modern ones. Linear white to me sounds like MY switches, but "G80" indicates MX. Then in the pictures he shows an MX red switch from a completely different (white) keyboard.

Then his name is "hehehaha.hk" and some of his pictures have a "Night Flying" logo, which naturally brings to mind the phrase, "fly by night". But he has a reseller rating of 99.1% for 106 sales.


This one just leaves me scratching my head. WTF?
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« Reply #1 on: Sat, 24 July 2010, 16:25:35 »
The description says it's got red MX switches. Maybe the guy's meaning that the keyboard itself is white, not the switches. But the pictures show a black keyboard.

So I don't really know what it is either.
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Offline Phaedrus2129

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« Reply #2 on: Sat, 24 July 2010, 16:28:59 »
If it does have MX reds then these would be a gold mine for swapping. Buy a dozen, swap into a more popular keyboard, ?????, profit.

Assuming the seller isn't high/stupid/an *******.
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« Reply #3 on: Sat, 24 July 2010, 16:29:59 »
Why not send him a message and find out exactly what these things are?
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« Reply #4 on: Sat, 24 July 2010, 16:34:17 »
Wait, he responded to another buyer saying that it comes in black and white colors. So that solves that question. And the picture of the switch must just be of one of the white ones, though why they didn't stick with just pictures of the black, or pictures of black and white, I don't know.


Ouch, just noticed the $89 shipping. So that nixes the value on that. Still, it's a way to get MX reds.
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« Reply #5 on: Sat, 24 July 2010, 19:13:44 »
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Ouch, just noticed the $89 shipping. So that nixes the value on that. Still, it's a way to get MX reds.


The price isn't unreasonable either, considering you'd pay just as much if not more from any buying agent.
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« Reply #6 on: Sat, 24 July 2010, 19:18:37 »
I don't think it really costs 90 bucks to ship a keyboard. What do they do? Send it around the world ten times and then to your house?

Or maybe it's next-day shipping by supersonic jet.
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« Reply #7 on: Sat, 24 July 2010, 19:21:05 »
It's all talked about here

LMNOP seemed to explain it later in that thread.
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Originally Posted by HaaTa  
Still the price is cheaper than I last saw in Japan for the boards (about $150).
China too.

a couple months ago I contacted a Chinese agency to see how much it would cost to ship a Cherry G80-3494LYCUS-02 from China to US and this was the price quote I got.

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$136.10 expense
$28.68 Freight Charge
$30.62 Commission
$7.19 Paypal charge
Total $202.59
this is everything you need to know about the Cherry G80-3494.

G80-3494LYCUS-0 (White)
Polystyrol Casing
PBT Keycaps
Printing is Laser Etched
Backplate
Full Rollover
Cherry Logo Laser Etched
Blue LED
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